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School during confinement

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Between March 16 and May 11, 2020, you haven't been to school, college or high school and you may not have picked up yet. We would like to understand how you live this period and how you keep in touch with your teachers and your classmates. We are asking students from several European countries to tell us about their distance education experience. So we would be very happy if you could take a few minutes to answer the following questions. Your answers will help us better understand the needs and experiences of students in this new and unprecedented situation. There is no right or wrong answer and all answers will be kept anonymous. A big thank you for your collaboration! This survey is carried out by two members of the BONHEURS Laboratory: Pascale Haag (School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences) and François Durpaire (CY Paris-Cergy University).

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1. What is your grade level?

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  • CP

  • CE1

  • CE2

  • CM1

  • CM2

  • 6th

  • 5th

  • 4th

  • 3rd

  • 2nd

  • 1st

  • Terminale

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2. Are you:

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  • A girl

  • A boy

  • I don't want to answer

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3. Where do you live?

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  • In France

  • In Belgium

  • In Swiss

  • In Canada

  • In another country (specify)

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4. Where do you go to school?

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  • In a large city (over 200,000 inhabitants)

  • In a small town

  • In a village

  • other (explain, list,)

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5. Is your school or institution:

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  • Public

  • Private under contract

  • Private outside contract

  • I do not know

  • other (explain, list,)

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6. What does your living / working space look like? (several answers are possible. Please tick the answers that concern you)

  • I have my own room

  • I have a quiet place to work

  • I live in a flat

  • I live in a house

  • I have access to a garden

  • I have access to a balcony or a terrace

  • other (explain, list,)

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7. Which terminal do you use for your online tasks? (many possible responses)

  • Smartphone

  • Tablet

  • Computer

  • Other

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8. Do you have your own device?

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  • Yes

  • No

  • Complete the answer:

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9. Can you use this device for as long as you need to learn and work?

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  • Yes

  • No

  • Complete the answer:

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10. If you answered no to the previous two questions, who do you share your device with?

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  • Your parents

  • A brother or sister

  • Several brothers or sisters

  • Complete the answer:

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11. How is your Internet connection?

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  • I have no connection problem

  • I sometimes have trouble connecting

  • I have great difficulty connecting

  • Complete the answer:

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12. Do you think you get any positive elements from this period? And if so, what?

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13. Since the beginning of this period without school, how much time on average do you devote to school work per day?

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  • 6 hours or more than 6 hours

  • Between 5 and 6 hours

  • Between 4 and 5 hours

  • Between 3 and 4 hours

  • Between 2 and 3 hours

  • Between 1 and 2 hours

  • 1 hour or less than an hour

  • Any comments :

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14. How much of the schoolwork do teachers ask for?

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  • I only do the work requested by the teachers

  • I do the work requested by the teachers and I also do some additional tasks I do not do everything that is asked

  • I do nothing, or very little

  • Free observations:

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15. Do you have a schedule or work plan for your days?

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  • Yes

  • No

  • Any comments :

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16. If so, who defines your schedule or work plan?

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  • Myself

  • My parents and I

  • My teachers and I

  • My parents

  • Other family members or other relatives

  • My teachers

  • Any comments :

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17. What is the field of education in which you devote the most time?

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  • French

  • Modern foreign and regional languages

  • Artistic teaching

  • History-geography-Moral and civic education

  • Physical education and sport

  • Chemical Physics

  • Life and earth sciences

  • Technology

  • Mathematics

  • Media and Information Literacy

  • Other areas (specify):

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18. Who helps you with your work at home? (you can tick a maximum of 3 boxes)

  • My teachers

  • Other people from my establishment (CPE, educational assistants, etc.)

  • My parents

  • Someone else from my family (a brother, a sister, a grandparent ...)

  • A private help service (private lessons, etc.)

  • An associative service, volunteers ...

  • CNED

  • My class mates

  • Other people (specify):

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19. Since you came home, who do you have the most relationships with in your school?

  • With my teacher

  • With two or more teachers

  • With management staff

  • With one or more other people (specify):

  • 20. Did your relationship with teachers change during confinement? She improved

  • She stayed the same

  • She got worse

  • It depends with whom (specify):

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21. Do you have more personal contact with your teachers than before?

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  • Yes

  • No

  • It depends with who (specify):

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22. Do you have long-distance discussions with your classmates?

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  • Exactly as much as before confinement

  • More than before confinement

  • Less than before confinement

  • I no longer have any contact

  • Specify the answer:

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24. How do you interact with your classmates?

> Possible answers: never, very rarely (less than once a month), sometimes (several times a month), often (several times a week), very often (almost every day):

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  • We exchange e-mails:

  • On WhatsApp or other instant messengers:

  • Via videoconferences (Zoom, Google hangouts, etc.):

  • By telephone :

  • By mail :

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24. How do you interact with your teachers?

> Possible answers: never, rarely, sometimes, often, very often:

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  • We exchange e-mails:

  • On WhatsApp or other instant messengers:

  • Via videoconferences (Zoom, Google hangouts, etc.):

  • By telephone :

  • By mail :

  • By recovering from work at school or in another place:

  • On the school website:

  • Other:

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25. How do you do your school work?

> Possible answers: never, very rarely, sometimes , often, very often:

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  • I watch videos :

  • I use books and manuals:

  • I do exercises given by the teachers:

  • I work on several projects:

  • I have individual work written:

  • I have lessons to learn:

  • I have rated checks or assessments:

  • Other:

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26. What types of corrections and feedback do you receive on your work?

> Possible answers: never, very rarely, sometimes , often, very often:

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  • Marks :

  • Corrections and feedback in writing:

  • Oral corrections and feedback:

  • Corrections and feedback are made between peers:

  • Other:

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27. Do you think that:

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  • You have too much work

  • You have exactly the job you can do

  • You would like to have more work

  • Any comments :

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28. What has changed for you compared to before the lockdown and school closures?

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  • I get more personal help

  • I can ask more questions

  • It's harder to get help

  • I have more time to work independently

  • Other changes (free answer):

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29. How often are you in contact with your teachers?

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  • Everyday

  • Several times a week

  • Once a week

  • Less than once a week (specify):

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30. How much time do you spend in front of a screen (computer, television, smartphone or iPhone, game console ...) on average per day?

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  • 8 hours or more

  • About 7 hours

  • About 6 hours

  • About 5 hours

  • About 4 hours

  • About 3 hours

  • About 2 hours

  • About 1 hour

  • Less than an hour

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31. How much of this time do you spend on screen schoolwork?

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  • 8 hours or more

  • 6 to 8 hours

  • 4 to 6 hours

  • 2 to 4 hours

  • 1 to 2 hours

  • Less than an hour

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32. Has your time in front of screens increased since you stopped going to class?

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  • Yes, clearly

  • Yes a bit

  • No it's the same

  • No it has decreased

  • Any comments :

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33. Are you more or less motivated than before the confinement to carry out your own projects and activities?

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  • I am more motivated

  • My motivation is the same

  • I am less motivated

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34. If you answered yes to the previous question, can you specify which projects or activities these are?

> Possible answers: No, rather no, neither yes nor no, rather yes, yes:

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I read more books:

I often play a musical instrument:

I do more sports:

I started a new hobby:

I am learning a new language:

I play more:

I walk around more:

Others:

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35. How much time do you spend in physical activity per day?

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  • More than an hour a day

  • An hour a day

  • Less than an hour a day

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36. What do you think of this period of confinement?

> Possible answers: not at all, a little, moderately, rather, completely:

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  • It is very difficult to work alone:

  • I am bored :

  • I got used to it and I'm fine. I know it's temporary:

  • It's very hard not to see my classmates:

  • There are a lot of positive things:

  • I am happy that there are no more conflicts between the students:

  • I now know better how to take care of myself:

  • With the instructions of the teachers and their help, I learn very well:

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37. Did your pace of life change during confinement? Do you go to bed and get up at the same times as before?

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  • Yes

  • No

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38. If you answered yes to the previous question, can you clarify?

> Possible answers: more than 3 hours apart, around 3 hours apart, around 2 hours apart, around 1 hour away:

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  • I go to bed later:

  • I go to bed earlier:

  • I get up later:

  • I get up earlier:

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39. From your perspective, what should be improved to make distance learning more effective?

> Possible answers: No, rather no, neither yes nor no, rather yes, yes:

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  • Improve the quality of IT tools:

  • Students should be better trained in the use of computer tools:

  • Teachers should be better trained in the use of IT tools:

  • Teachers should give more specific work instructions:

  • The schedule should be different:

  • Teachers should offer us more interesting activities:

  • The IT tools must be provided to us:

  • I would need better internet access:

  • I would like to have a teacher to help us instead of several:

  • We would need more teachers to help us:

  • I would like to have more projects to work on with my classmates:

  • I wish I had fewer projects to work on with my classmates:

  • Others:

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40. When schools are reopened, would you like some of the education to continue to be distance learning?

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  • Yes

  • No

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4 1. What do you miss in your current life?  

> Possible answers: not at all, a little, moderately, a lot, a lot, not concerned:

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  • Some courses

  • Some teachers

  • The friends

  • Breaks

  • My hobbies and extracurricular activities

  • The freedom to come and go

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42. Since your school closed, have you talked to your whole class at the same time on the Internet?

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  • Yes several times

  • Yes one time

  • No

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43. Do you think that your school results are:

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  • Excellent

  • Very good

  • Good

  • Means

  • Insufficient

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44. Did you already answer this survey in April?

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  • Yes

  • No

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45. Have you returned to class since the end of confinement?

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Yes

No

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