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“Info-inclusion for the Development of Educational Action”

IDEA - “Info-inclusion for the Development of Educational Action” 23th of November 2009 – final version

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REPORT ON THE SURVEY ABOUT INFO-EXCLUSION

CONDUCTED NEAR PARENTS

The survey was applied to a target group of 409 Portuguese parents and 495 Romanian parents. Overall the results proved to be very similar in both countries.

1. Age: 20-30 years old □ 31-45 years old □ 46- 55 years old □ more than 55

years old □

Scoala Nr. 12 Buzau, Romania

2. Gender: Female □ Male □ Scoala Nr. 12 Buzau, Romania


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1. Age

85%

14185%

117%

53%

20-30 years old 31-45 years old

46- 55 years old more than 55 years old

2. Gender

11771%

4829%

Female Male


In both countries, most parents involved in the survey are female and their ages comprised between 31 and 45 years.

3. Qualifications: Incomplete Elementary School □ Complete Elementary School □

Incomplete Junior High School □ Complete Junior High School □ Incomplete Secondary School □ Complete Secondary School □ Attendance of College / University □ Bachelorship □

Degree □ Mastership □ Graduation □Scoala Nr. 12 Buzau, Romania


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3. Qualifications

2616%

95%

1710%13

8%106%

9155%

Elementary School Professional School High School

College University Mastership


Most of the parents that have answered the survey in both countries have graduated from high school/secondary school. The second biggest number of Portuguese parents have a diploma from university or they have just graduated from a primary school, whereas in Romania the second biggest number of parents have graduated from a professional school or have a mastership diploma.

4. Have you got a computer at home? Yes □ No □Scoala Nr. 12 Buzau, Romania


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4. Have you got a computer at home?

15192%

138%

Yes No


5. Have you got Internet at home? Yes □ No □



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5. Have you got Internet at home?

14185%

2415%

Yes No


Over 90% of both Portuguese and Romanian parents own a computer at home. Not all of them have got Internet service though. In Romania, 85% of the parents answered that they are connected to the Internet, whereas 95% of the Portuguese parents have got an Internet service.

6. Are you a regular user (about 3 times a week) of the computer? Yes □ No □ Scoala Nr. 12 Buzau, Romania


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6. Are you a regular user (about 3 times a week) of the computer?

13884%

2716%

Yes No


The survey has showed that not all parents are using the computer on a regular basis. 84% of the Romanian parents use the computer about 3 times a week, whereas only 65% of the Portuguese parents do this frequently.

7. And of the Internet? Yes □ No □ Scoala Nr. 12 Buzau, Romania

The answers of both Romanian and Portuguese parents have emphasised the use of the Internet on a regular basis. 85% of the Romanian parents confessed they use the Internet more than 3 times a week. Only 63% of the Portuguese parents said that they do that.

8. Where do you usually use the computer / Internet?

home □ work place □ public points □ Others □



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7. And of the Internet?

14085%

2515%

Yes No

8. Where do you usually use the computer / Internet?

13381%

1811%

74%

74%

Home Work place Public points Others


9. Which is the most frequent use you give to your on-line activity / activity in the computer?

Pleasure □ Professional □



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9. Which is the most frequent use you give to your on-line activity / activity in the computer?

11167%

5433%

Pleasure Professional


Both Portuguese and Romanian parents use the computer/ the internet at home, but they do it fordifferent purposes. 67% of the Romanian parents use it for entertainment, and 33% for work reasons. 48% of the Portuguese parents have professional reasons to use the computer/ the internet at home, while 37% do it for entertainment.

10. In a scale from 1 to 5, in which 1 stands for Poor and 5 for Excellent, how do you assess your level of performance of the New Information Technologies (computer, internet)?

1 □ 2 □ 3 □ 4 □ 5 □



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PART 2

1. Do you consider the use of the computer and of the Internet important today? Yes □ No

□Scoala Nr. 12 Buzau, Romania


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10. In a scale from 1 to 5, in which 1 stands for Poor and 5 for Excellent, how do you assess your

level of performance of the New Information Technologies (computer, internet)?

3

20%

2

13%

1

7%

5

33%

4

27%

1 2 3 4 5


If you have answered No, point out two reasons and then move to question 3.:

. _____________________________________________________________________

. ______________________________________________________________________

2. Point out in which ways knowing how to use the computer / Internet can help....: a) a child: . ______________________________________________________


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11. Do you consider the use of the computer and of the Internet important today?

1811%

14789%

Yes No


. ______________________________________________________

b) a student: . ______________________________________________________

. ____________________________________________________

c) an adult in his/her professional life: . ______________________________________________________

. ______________________________________________________ d) in leisure time: . ______________________________________________________

. ______________________________________________________ e) an handicapped person: . ____________________________________________________

. _____________________________________________________

3. Do you think that Town Halls and Autarchies should facilitate the use of computers and the access to the Internet to all their residents?

Yes □ No □Scoala Nr. 12 Buzau, Romania


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12. Do you think that Town Halls and Autarchies should facilitate the use of computers and the access to the Internet to all their residents?

148%

15192%

Yes No


4. How would you do it, if it was up to you to decide? (Tick just one answer)

With free public access to computer cafés and web points □ With cheap public access to computer cafés and web points □ With some computers and Internet connection areas in local libraries □ Offering a computer with free Internet connection to every local household □Offering free education in the use of computers and Internet to their citizens □Offering cheap education in the use of computers and Internet to their citizens □



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5. At the moment if all the administrative form filled in at the City Hall yearly at the Police should be filled in on line on the computer, could you do it without any help?


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Yes □ No □Scoala Nr. 12 Buzau, Romania


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13. At the moment if all the administrative form filled in at the City Hall yearly at the Poloce,

should be filled in on line on the computer, could you do this thing without any help?

5735%

10865%

Yes No

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