Post on 06-Jul-2015
Design for Giving ’09
Teachers’ Survey Report
Background of Teachers
Maximum numbers of participating teachers were from citieslike Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Vadodara etc.
69%
31%
City
Town / Village
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Grades
8%
25%
29%
38%
Higher Secondary
Middle
Primary
Secondary
• Highest number of teachers from grades 6 – 9.
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Type of Schools
12%
6%
70%
12%
Govt
NGO
Private
Public
70% of participating schools were privately held, much higher than government or public schools
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Gender Break up
74%
26%
FemaleMale
Almost two thirds of participating teachers were female.
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Age Group
21%
37%11%
16%
5%
5%5%
20 - 24
25 - 29
30 - 34
35 - 39
40 - 44
55 - 59
60 - 64
58% of teachers were aged between 20 – 30 years
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Reasons for participating in DFG
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43.24%
27.03%
10.81%
18.92%
00.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
30.00%
35.00%
40.00%
45.00%
50.00%
Students shouldlearn about
community needs
Good School buildingexp
Wanted to studentsto win
Curriculumenhancement
Pressure
Almost 50% teachers feel it is very important for their students to learn about
community needs. This was their primary reason to participate in DFG ’09.
Time spent with students / self
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22.9
14.3
2.9
5.7
0
5
10
15
20
25
0-5 hrs 5-10 hrs 10-20 hrs 20 hrs ormore
Time spent working alone at school
Percent
22.9
34.3
14.3 14.3
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
0-5 hrs 5-10 hrs 10-20 hrs 20 hrs ormore
Time spent working with students
Percent
5 -10 hours was the maximum time spent by teachers to help students to successfully carry out their DFG projects.
Most teachers spent up to 5hours working by themselves atschools to help their students.
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Community needs addressed
11%
11%
21%
29%
14%
7%
7%
Type of community projects
Addiction
Awareness
Education/ Literacy
Environmental Issues
Help challenged / lonelypeople
Responsible Citizen
Sanitation
Environmental issues like cleanliness, excessive use of plastic bags, globalwarming were most commonly felt community need closely followed byeducation and literacy related issues.
Time taken in different legs of DFG
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17.1
28.6
14.3 14.3
8.6
2.9
8.6
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
1 day 2 days 3 days 4 days 5 days 6 days 7 days
Time to plan and organize
Percent
5.7 5.7
17.1
5.78.6
11.4
40.0
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
1 day 2 days 3 days 4 days 5 days 6 days 7 days
Time to implement the idea
Percent
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
1 day 2 days 3 days 4 days 6 days 7 days
Time to document
Percent
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
1 day 2 days 4 days 5 days 7 days
Time to complete entry form
Percent
Work done with students
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1
3
4
2
4
6
2
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Help with theidea
Keep themfocused
Help with groupdynamics
Doing theactual work
Scheduling Help withdocumentation
Help with entryform
Rank - Work with students (most to least enjoyable on a scale of 1- 7)
Rank
Helping with ideation and doing the actual work were the easiestand most enjoyable. Helping students with documentation wasthe least enjoyable for teachers.
Different legs of DFG
Planning & organizing what to do and doingthe actual work were the toughest legs ofDFG contest.
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4
3
2
1
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
Planning &Organizing
Doing theactual Work
Documentiation Complete entryforms
Rank - different legs of DFG (easiest to hardest)
22.9
25.7
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Effect on students Helping students
Favourite part of DFG
Helping students and watching them changethrough DFG contest was most teacher’sfavourite thing about DFG ‘09.
Resources required
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11.90%
16.67%
14.29%
57.14%
More time
More help fromschool/community
More money
None
Almost 58% of teachers felt the resources they had were enough to carry out such work.
Rank - students participating in DFG
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5
3
1
4
5
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Helping thecommunity
Team work Using the DFGwebsite
Sense ofaccomplishment
Students gained newskills / knowledge
Helping the Community and watching students gain new skills /knowledge were the best part about students participating in theDFG ‘09 according to teachers.
Reasons for Winning
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Most teachers believe that creative thinking and coming up with an innovativesolution for a community need helped them win DFG ’09.
29%
6%
6%
11%
48%
Creative thining
Determination
Good Documentation
help from school
Sucessfully met community need
Virtues children learnt
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64.9 64.9
48.6
67.6
59.5
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Team - Work Helping others Documentation &Presentation
Community needs /problems
New Skills /Knowledge
Virtues students learnt
Percent
52% teachers believe their students were highly motivated by this work andalmost 92% believe their students want to do more community service projectsbecause of participating in DFG contest.
How DFG helped the Teachers
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Percent, 51.4
Percent, 70.3
Percent, 48.6Percent, 45.9
Percent, 54.1
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Motivate mystudents
Teach them realways to make a
difference
Teach team building Teachdocumentation &
presentation
Help identifyimportant issues
Teachers feel that DFG taught them how to make their students compassionate and understanding towards the needs of community and make a real difference.
DFG Helped Teachers Discover
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16.22%
70.27%
DFG helped me discover about students
Importance ofawarness aboutcommunity needs
Students can do
23%
45%
32%
DFG helped me discover about myself
Community need/ problems
I can
Joy of Giving
Most teachers were surprised bythe strength and understandingthey discovered in their students.
Teachers felt empowered andalso discovered the joy andcontentment giving brings.
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Thank You