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QUESTIONNAIRE

Regional  EDUVINET  teacher training

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The following questions are designed to indicate the extent to which you use computers in general
and the Internet in particular. Please answer as indicated.

1.	I have a computer at home				yes					no	

2.	I have easy access to a computer in my school/college			yes					no	

3.	I use a computer at home

	often				sometimes				seldom				never	

4.	I use a computer in school/college

		often				sometimes				seldom				never	

5.	Have you some experience of using the Internet?

		very much				much				some				very little				none	

Even if you've had little or no experience yet of using the Internet, on the scale below please indicate your attitude towards teaching and learning on the Internet.

Please give your opinion by putting one tick only in each row between the two alternative statements Three crosses indicate the most positive attitude. Only if you have no opinion should you mark the zero.

										
		+++	++	+	0	+	++	+++		
21	    modern								old fashioned	
22	    dull								exciting	
23	    easy								difficult	
24	    unimportant								important	
25	    rewarding								unsatisfying	
26	    self explanatory								confusing	
27	    boring								interesting	
28	    makes sense								does not make sense	
29	    likely to be dry								likely to be fun	
30	    quantifiable								unquantifiable	
31	    satisfying								frustrating	
32	    necessary								superfluous	
33	    abstract								concrete	
34	    opens doors								dead end	
35	    true to life								unreal	
36	    unnatural								humane	
37	    clear								unclear	
38	    apolitical								political	
39	    progressive								traditional	
40	    useless								has applications	
41	    childish								mature	
42	    depressing								cheering	
43	    logical								illogical	
44	    constraining								liberating	

In the following statements, you find a number of attitudes expressed about the use of the Internet in class.

Give your personal opinion on each statement by ticking the appropriate box:

							
		I fully agree	I agree	I don't know	I disagree	I totally disagree	
							
51
	On the Internet you will find all the information you need.						
52	Having to use a foreign language puts me off using						
	the Internet more often.						
53	I can't use a computer anyway.
						
54	The Internet is the fastest way to get information.						
							
55
	Most information on the Internet is rubbish anyway.						
56	Without training, you can't make use of the Internet.						
							
57	The Internet is a way of enriching classroom activities.						
							
58
	IT makes me anxious.						
59
	Students don't take the Internet seriously - to them it's
just a bit of fun.				
		
60	It takes too long to find useful information on the 						
	Internet.						
61	Student intercommunication suffers when the Internet						
	is used intensively in class.						
62	Using the Internet intensively would take up too much						
	National Curriculum time.						
63	The Internet could give new impetus to my classroom 						
	teaching.						
64	The Internet is a trendy new medium, like video, only						
	more boring.						
65	Students are able to use the Internet faster than I can.						
							
66	Using the Internet to facilitate flexible classroom						
	activities makes more demands on the teachers.						
67	I could make my classroom teaching more interesting 						
	by making more use of Internet information.						
68	The Internet makes students mere uncritical consumers						
	of information.						
69	Students would gain most from the Internet if  its						
	interactive possibilities were exploited.						
70	Having the Internet in class would make teachers						
	superfluous.						

							
		I fully agree	I agree	I don't know	I disagree	I totally disagree	
							
71
	There is no point in having teacher training for the Internet.				
		
72	If it takes me more than an hour to get what I need 						
	from the Internet, it's a waste of my time.						
73	To use the Internet effectively in class, you would have						
	to completely rethink your teaching and learning style.						
74	By using the Internet, I can display text and graphics 						
	in class that I could not have presented otherwise.						
75	Using the Internet in class motivates students.						
							
76	I have no chance against the student computer freaks						
	in my classes.						
77	I think it is fascinating to exchange ideas with 						
	colleagues via the Internet.						
78	Unless the text on the Internet is primarily in my native						
	language, I will not be able to use it.						
79	Training on the Internet reduces the time it takes me 						
	to find useful information for teaching purposes.						
80	Using Internet in class involves too much co-operation						
	between colleagues.						
81	Using the Internet in class best prepares students						
	both for advanced study and working life.						
82	My students are distracted by the Internet from their 						
	real learning goals.						
83	Why bother with the Internet? I don't need the Internet						
	to deliver the curriculum effectively.						
84	The main problem with the Internet at my school/college is that you don't get enough technical						
	back-up.						
85
	Being able to use the Internet is a necessary skill nowadays.						
86	Much more Internet training is necessary to change the 						
	pedagogic culture in schools/colleges.						
87	Using the Internet is not cost-effective in terms of the 						
	time expended and the results obtained.						
88	I don't see why we should waste time in schools 						
	teaching hobbies.						
89	With the Internet, there are more possibilities for active						
	learning than with traditional methods.						
90	Using the Internet will make the teacher redundant 						
	in the classroom.						

							
		I fully agree	I agree	I don't know	I disagree	I totally disagree	
							
 91	Using the Internet in class enables students to develop						
	more complex thinking skills.						
 92	The quality of the teacher is more important with traditional learning methods than with Internet-centred						
	techniques.						
 93	When the Internet is used all that happens is that 						
	students drown in information whereas with traditional 						
	methods students learn properly.						
 94	I'm surprised by the possibilities offered by Internet-						
	centred learning.						
 95	Using the Internet in class poses a problem for 						
	marking.						
 96
	Any well-organised library is better than the Internet.						
 97	What students learn on the Internet stays longer in their minds than when they learn by traditional						
	methods.						
 98	With the Internet, students can learn equally 						
	intensively outside school/college.						
 99	Students need very detailed guidance if they are to use						
	the Internet effectively.						
100	Teachers need special skills and qualities to develop						
	effective Internet-centred teaching and learning strategies.