Questions to ask the referal unit - Rizwana Jawid

1) Could you please specify your role within the referal unit

2) What does your institution offer differently from other main stream schools in regards to student discipline?

3) Do you think that the referal unit has a positive impact on student behaviour?

4) Are there any methods you believe should be implemented into main stream schools to stop the decline on bad behaviour?

5) In the 50's, hitting students was abolished. Do you believe that these old disicpline menthods could have a positive impact on student behaviour isthey were to be reinforced in the education system today?

Questions for Head teacher by Sunil Chandla

Head teacher questions:

• As a head teacher do you find parents complacent on the education there children are getting?

• What is your role as a head teacher when it comes to teaching staff how to discipline students?

• Have you seen a change in school education due to bad behaviour?

• Is there a rise of students being kicked out due to bad behaviour at your school? If so why is this?

• Can you blame teachers for not controlling their own class adequately enough?

• Does uniform help control students? Does it make them respect their schools?

• Does uniform create more conflict between other schools?

• Do you think bringing back old methods in school teaching will help control this situation?

Questions to ask the teacher - Munya Gatawa

1) Do you feel behaviour in secondary schools is on a decline? Please explain

2) What methods do you think could be introduced to dramatically halt the deline of bad behaviour within schools?

3) There have been certain interlectuals that constantly refer to old discipline methods as a way of controlling a classroom environment.

Do you think these methods need to be brought back to halt the decline? What are your opinions on this.

4) Within many main stream schools, uniforms are compulsory. Do you see this as having a positive or a negative impact on student behaviour?

Questions to ask the parents - Rizwana Jawid

1) Do you think discipline within schools in regards to student behaviour has dramatically changed from your school days?

2) In you opinion, does bad behaviour effect the learning capabilities of children within secondary schools?

3) What do you believe are key factors behind the decline of student behaviour within the class?

4) What methods to improvement would you like to see be implemnted in to the education system?

5) Within many main stream schools, uniform has been made compulsory. In your opinion do you think this has a positive or negative effect. Please discuss

Updates

Another institution we rang up to be able to arrange possible interviews from was the 'NASUWT - The Teachers Union' ... we were asked to email them so thyey could pass on the email to some that could help us futher. We emailed them but did not recieve any responses from them at all.

Questions to ask the school governor - Rizwana Jawid

1)In recent years , do you think there has been a decline in student behaviour?

2)According to the BBC, more than 2200 students in England are excluded from school every single school day.

What do you think are the reasons behind these high figures of exclusion?

3)What measures have been implemented in order to prevent further decline in student behaviour in terms of achievement?

4)Do you think that the measures that have been implemented will have a positive effect on student behaviour in terms of achievement?

5)Who do you think is responsible behind these declines in student behaviour?

Questions to ask the students

1) Do you think bad behaviour within the class room effects your learning enviroment? If so please explain.

2) What do you think would be a good method to be used by teachers to control unruly behaviour and discipline students within the class room environment?

3) What impact does a negative classroom enviroment with bad behaviour from students have?

4) If schools were to bring back old ways of disciplining students, what would your response be?

5) In your opinion would it help encourage better behaviour within the classroom?

Results of Questionnaire - Rizwana Jawid

click here to view the resuts of the pre - documentary questionnaire

Week 3

Each one of us in the group were given instructions to come up with questions to ask the interviewees ...

during this week we will also begin to film our cut-aways.

We have to also start doing our documentary analyses ... these will be blogged on our individual bloggs.

Pre - Documentary Questionnaire - Munya Gatawa

Click here to view the pre-documentary questionnaire