Pilot survey

Here is my pilot survey for my inquiry, which looks in 'What makes a good teacher?'. This is my first attempt at my survey, I would really appreciate it if as part of my BAPP SIG would test it out for me. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, particularly focusing on the order of my questions and the content of them. Also, if anybody has any suggestions of relevant questions that are sparked from this survey.

Thank you in advance :)

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/M55TSBY

Creating my survey/ questionnaire

As I sat down to start producing my trail questionnaire, part of my SIG - fairy godmother Lauren Harper - sent me a useful link on how to successfully create an expert survey. Below is a screenshot of one page, showing how important it is to know what you are trying to achieve from each question. 

Relevant questions provide relevant results.

Here is the link (courtesy of Lauren), I hope it helps others as well.

https://cdn.smassets.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/survey-planning-eguide.pdf?ut_source=content&ut_source2=content_blog_rr_downloadguide&utm_source=content&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=content_blog_rr_downloadguide 

tools of inquiry

Survey - yes

purposive or random

purposive - more valuable to know who my data is coming from as I will be able to choose a variety of people to get a better scope of information. Every individual is connected to teaching - every individual has learnt something from another individual. With this in mind I will not just be asking teachers, but those affected by their impact:

• teaching assistant
• senior leadership
• governors
• parents

I will also be using a range of 'teachers':

• newly qualified teachers (NQT's)
• in the profession up to 10 years
• in the profession over 10 years
• former teachers

This will provide me with mainly quantitative data, which I can analyse and view the evidence clearly on a chart.

Questionnaire - yes

This will allow me to collect more qualitative data than the survey, which could developer a deeper understanding of my inquiry.

Focus group - no
feel the result may not be reliable as people may not feel they can be honest, saying what is ethically ' right' rather than what they believe.

Interview - no

I feel I will struggle to analyse the data effectively, the evidence gathered may be unreliable due to my interpretation of their response being open to assumption.



For both of my chosen tools of inquiry, I will provide consent forms prior to handing out the survey/questionnaire. Making sure my participants are fully aware of what I am doing, why I am asking what I am asking and where the information will go from there. I will make it clear to the participants that in my inquiry they will only be known as participant 1 for example, this will keep their identities confidential and therefore encourage them to be more honest and open with their answers.

quality rather than quantity

I have been trying to set myself goals for the week, of what I would like to achieve within my inquiry process and the time I would put into this. However, I got home from work this evening, made my dinner and couldn't get my mind to focus. So, I decided not to force it, relax and give my mind the peace it needed. I then decided I would have a look into a few areas of interest, that had been buzzing around. I have got so much more out of the past 15minutes studying than I have on previous 3hour slogs!