Result and Analysis - Phase II Programme Evaluation

1	Program content	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
2	Chief Tutor’s knowledge	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
3	Chief Tutor’s delivery	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
4	Tutor’s knowledge	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
5	Tutor’s delivery	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
6	Effectiveness of instructional methods	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
7	Overall quality of the program	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
8	Was opportunity given to ask questions	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
9	Opportunity for hands-on learning	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
10	Classroom environment helpful to learning	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
11	Did you enjoy the training	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
12	Did you consider the training relevant	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
13	Did you consider the time length of the program sufficient	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
14	Was it a good use of your time	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
15	Ease and comfort of experience	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
16	Is there change in you in the direction or area that was intended in the training	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
17	Was there noticeable and measurable change in the activity and performance when you went back to your classroom	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
18	Perceived practicality and potential for applying the learning in your classroom	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
19	Can you use the relevant skills and knowledge in the classroom	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
20	Could you apply the change in personal life	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
21	Do you think the change in behaviour and new level of knowledge will be sustainable	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion
22	Will you be able to transfer your learning to another person	1	2	3	4	5	No Opinion

The average of the total programme is 98 marks

The total points being 110 marks

Thus the programme receives an average 4.5 marks

Putting it at nearly excellent

Some answers to the Participants---

Question
9	6 of the 60 participants felt that there was average opportunity for hands-on learning. This is really surprising as a huge 50% of the programme was formatted as a practical lesson. I believe more than 50% hands-on learning is not possible as there has to be at least 50% time spent for lecture and dialogue.
12	5 of the 60 participants gave this point 3 marks and 21 participants 4 . Bringing the average to 4. This is very surprising as ONLY Life Skills education using drama was ever discussed and taught in all the sessions. So the question of giving average marks -3 is not applicable.
13	Considering time length. This is the only point that has received 3 -1/ poor mark and 3 -2 marks and 8 -3 marks suggesting the participants would like this programme to go on for longer.
15	There were 3 participants who felt unease- English. Understanding their problem all the other tutors spoke only in Gujarati.
	The rest of the questions have very personal answers and no explanation can be given for them.

The following are some suggestions given by the participants

Suggestions

• The participants would like a lengthier programme with reference to days and time as they feel 10 days are not enough to cover the topics of a life skills programme. Moreover, life skills are taught using drama, hence the participants had to additionally learn how to use drama-in-education. All in all 5 weekends / 10 days is too short for such a demanding, intensive and profound course.
• The participants feel the need to get together at least twice a year to re-cap and up-date learning and knowledge.
• The time duration between two sessions should be longer like maybe two months. This is to ensure that the participants can carry out the new learning in their schools.

• Medium of teaching should only be Gujarati or Hindi. The participants experience difficulty in understanding ‘research language English’.
• The participants feel the need for written material and notes of the lecture contents and games.
• The participants would like to learn more drama/ theatre games.
• The participants are keen to learn additional life skills not covered in Phase II, for example problem solving, critical thinking, creative thinking and decision making. They would like to gain deeper knowledge of the subject- ‘understanding self’

Feedback

• The participants ‘love’ [sic] this training because it is different from others.
• The participants appreciated the unique method of teaching feel fortunate to have attended this course.
• The participants learned a lot about themselves. They gained a great deal of self confidence in themselves and have become more confident in their personal and professional life.
• The participants observed a remarkable change in their students after they have taught them the lessons learned in this workshop. The participants also perceived a change in teacher behaviour.
• The participants have noticed a change in the relationship between the teacher and the students.
• Teachers acquired a new definition of the teaching profession.
• The participants feel this work shop can make a big change in the whole education system in our country.
• This training has built a fantastic bond and an incredible relation between all the trainees and the trainers.
• The experience from this programme has proved to be a life enriching experience for participants. The participants are eager to continue this programme for life time. They believe that this programme should be a life-long learning experience.
• The participants felt they have attended something worth while at last. They believe they were fortunate to have attended this course as they thought that the programme was very effective and inspiring. The participants felt that the tutors’ conviction about issues like role of the teacher in the students’ life and meaning of work in the teachers’ life, commitment and loyalty to one’s profession as a teacher and maintaining standards of ethics gave them a new sense of direction and achievement. Most participants had no hesitation to say this is the best program they have so far attended. Furthermore, following this training the participants feel proud of the fact that they are teachers. Additionally, the participants have now got the perfect idea what a teacher should do in the classroom