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Young Researchers
- 1. YOUNG RESEARCHERS! Barrow in Furness 2015
- 2. Introduction Today we want to • Tell you about our story • Share our research results • Make some recommendations • Try to answer questions
- 3. Introduction • We are from four different schools • we have been researching about aspirations. • This is what we did.......
- 4. First meeting • We met at Cambridge Primary school • we had a surprise visit from Neil Doherty and he explained to us what he wanted us to find out
- 5. We explored how wanted our team to work 5 How did we want our team to work? •good communication •respect •listening •working together •honesty •trust
- 7. Our Expectations • Aspirations are a goal that you want to achieve • most people have them • lots of young people want to be famous
- 8. We learned skills, on how to be a good researcher to carry out the research about aspirations. Research
- 9. Research First we explored what research is Special type of ‘finding-out’ activity.... • Systematic • Sceptical • Ethical
- 10. The next step! • make the surveys about aspirations • choose the questions • test the questions
- 12. The next step! • Decide how we could get everyone to do the questionnaire • Presentations in Assembly • Teachers and parents
- 14. Kepplewray • We went to Kepplewray to understand our results
- 23. The Data • Back indoors!
- 29. 257 Parents - 36 Teachers - 33 These are the results: Total responses from Young People
- 30. Q2: Are you male or female?
- 31. Pupils: Do you have any aspirations or goals in your life, that you would like to achieve?
- 32. Parents: Does your child(ren) have any aspirations or goals that they want to achieve?
- 33. Teachers: Do you think that, in general, children in years 5 & 6 have aspirations or goals that they want to achieve?
- 34. Do children in years 5 & 6 have aspirations or goals? Teachers’ responses •it depends a lot on their home environment •their goals are sometimes limited, short term or unrealistic •children are affected by a lack of opportunity or exposure to possibility •Children sometimes find it hard to articulate their goals
- 35. Some of what Teachers said: •‘It's difficult to have a goal if you don't know what is possible.’ •‘Young people’s aspirations are sometimes quite far fetched, for things they have seen on tv, like being a pop- star or a footballer....because it offers a lavish lifestyle.’ •‘All young people have dreams and aspirations ....all they require is support’
- 36. Parents mentioned •Careers in Sport •Medical careers •to ‘Get a good job’ •to ‘become a Teacher’
- 37. One parent with 5 children said to us “ My 16 year old wants to be a music teacher/rock Star, my 13 year old wants to be nurse, my 12 year old wants to play for England women’s team, my 8 year old wants to own their own cafe, my 5 year old wants to be a fighter pilot... .... and my 3 year old wants to be a Ninja Turtle : ) ”
- 38. What are your Aspirations or Goals? Fire / Police - Accountant - Lawyer Creative - teacher – Digital -archaeologist - work with Animals - become famous - Medical - Scientist - Improve my learning - beautician - hairdressing - BAE - motor-biker / racing driver - Travel - trade / commerce
- 39. What are your Aspirations or Goals? Noofpupils Aspiration or Goal
- 40. Main categories becoming a professional footballer / rugby player / runner / wrestler / referee / gymnast / tennis & table tennis player / swimmer / boxer / golfer / hockey player Sport Creative Digital Animals being a professional artist / designer / author or writer / performer or actor / singer / dancer / photographer / architect / chef / working in fashion working on You-tube / games designer / working in film being a Vet, working for the RSPCA, with Horses
- 41. If you DON'T have any aspirations or goals at the moment, have you had any in the past?
- 42. If you DON'T have any aspirations or goals the moment, do you want to have aspirations in the future?
- 43. Pupils: How confident do you feel that you can achieve your aspirations? Please think carefully about your answer
- 44. Parents: How confident do you think your children are that they can achieve their aspirations?
- 45. Pupils: What helps you be more confident about achieving your goals or aspirations?
- 46. Pupils: Are there any people who can help you achieve your aspirations or goals?
- 47. Teachers:
- 48. Parents:
- 49. Pupils: Do you think your aspirations will change as you get older?
- 50. Parents: Do you think children's aspirations will change as they get older?
- 51. Teachers: Do you think children's aspirations change as they get older? Answered: 32 Skipped: 0
- 52. Opportunities or chances Being encouraged Self esteem Feeling safe Being inspired Experiencing success Teachers: What do you think helps children develop aspirations or goals?
- 53. Pupils: How did you get you aspirations or goals? From Inside T. V. / on-line Parents Outside immediate family Friends Siblings Out of School activity
- 54. Pupils: What might stop you from having aspirations, or from achieving your goals? 46% “inside me”, which is things about who I am, how I feel and think. 45% “outside me” which is things that happen in life that I don’t have control over
- 55. Summary We’ve learned - about research - the majority of YP in Barrow do have or want aspirations - that young people think their parents are important for helping develop aspirations - that adults, teachers and children see their goals differently
- 56. Summary -parents and teachers take their role seriously -that many children see their goals coming from somewhere ‘inside’ - some young people might have problems stopping them from developing aspirations, but others think nothing will stop them from following their goals
- 57. Our recommendations We recommend that • more help is available for young people to believe in themselves, and to have aspirations that they follow • young people have encouragement from parents, teachers, and others
- 58. Our recommendations We recommend that • parents, teachers, and others are supported to help them develop young people’s aspirations • there are more opportunities for young people to see what is possible through - making visits and trips out of school - through experts visiting class
- 59. Thank you for your time!!!! Any questions?
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- Hello [SMILE] We are young researchers and we want to tell you about the research we have carried out for the Inspiring Barrow project. CLICK Today we want to: CLICK Tell you about our story CLICK Share our research results CLICK Make some recommendations CLICK Try to answer questions CLICK
- CLICK We are from five different schools St Georges, Greengate Juniors, Cambridge Primary and Sacred Heart and when we met each other at the first meeting it came as a surprise to us when we had to work with people we had never met but soon we all became good friends. CLICK we have been researching about aspirations CLICK This is what we did....... CLICK
- CLICK we had our first meeting at Cambridge primary school, where we met each other for the first time We heard all about Young Researchers CLICK we had a surprise visit from Neil Doherty and he explained to us what he wanted us to find out The questions Neil asked us to investigate are Do young people in Yr 5,6 & 7 in Barrow have aspirations, and if so, what are they and do they feel confident that they can achieve them?
- CLICK At the start we explored how we wanted our team to work, which included lots of things, like these CLICK ONCE – the list appears autmoatically Paul helped us to return to these at different times during the project CLICK
- We explored our own ideas about aspirations by doing an Enquiry, CLICK We started by looking at some pictures and using them to make our own questions about Aspirations We chose our favourite one, which was ‘Is your Aspiration different when you are young to when your are older?’ When we discussed together it helped us to see all the similar ideas. CLICK
- CLICK From our enquiry we found that Aspirations are a goal that you want to achieve in your life. CLICK We expected that most people have them - but not all CLICK We also expected that lots of young people want to be famous for many reasons but some people want to have a normal life instead of fame and glamour CLICK
- CLICK And we learned skills, with Paul, on how to be a good researcher to carry out the research about aspirations. We learned that research is important - its important because it helps us to improve what we know about the world so we can make good changes happen & avoid repeating our mistakes CLICK
- CLICK First we explored what research is: CLICK We found that it is a special type of 'finding out' activity' that is: CLICK Systematic - which means we do things in a planned and organised way CLICK Sceptical - we are always asking questions! – like: How do we know this? Can we say this is true? CLICK Ethical - which means we make sure that no-one comes to any harm, and it is always fair and respects everyone’s needs Also - our research tries to make a difference, so it has a purpose. CLICK
- What was the next step? CLICK After finding out about Research the next thing we did was to make our surveys about aspirations. CLICK When we planned the surveys we thought about what questions we were going to ask. We used what we had learned from our Enquiry about aspirations to help us CLICK Then we tested the questions CLICK
- ......by trying them out on each other CLICK CLICK CLICK
- CLICK When we finally finished making our questions, and made some changes, we had to decide how to get everyone to do the questionnaire. CLICK We decided it was a good idea to do a presentation to assembly, explaining what we are doing and asking everyone to do the survey. CLICK We also wanted teachers and parents to join in. We sent the on-line links home and invited some parents to do the survey after school, using i-pads
- We all did a presentation in our own schools, to let people know that we had put a survey on line and on paper as well. When we checked the results we found out that 263 people from years 4,5 and 6 did the survey, which we think is a lot 36 parents also completed the survey, and 33 teachers.
- Then we went away to Kepplewray to try to understand our results CLICK This is the room where we worked [ point out on the photo the room where we worked ] CLICK
- This is us setting out from Barrow station CLICK
- At Kepplewray first we had to make our beds CLICK
- And then we went outside and we practiced working together as a team and trusting each other CLICK
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- We talked about what makes a good team and what we appreciate about each other CLICK
- We started to tell the story of how we have worked on the Young Researchers CLICK
- Then we went inside to start looking at our results and trying to understand them CLICK
- There was lots of survey data to sort Some of it was graphs of what people said, but most of it was lots and lots of individual answers to our open ended questions. And each answer was different. It was more difficult to interpret this data because it was all about people’s opinions and feelings. But we think it is the most interesting part of our research. CLICK
- For some questions, we took all the answers, cut up into strips, and started to look at them for any patterns CLICK
- Then we tried to see to see if we could spot any similarities, and put them into groups. CLICK We counted how many was in each group using tally charts. CLICK
- We made different tally charts of people’s answers to our questions CLICK
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- A total of CLICK 257 children answered our survey online. We achieved a lot more than people would think. To get the parents to complete the survey we sent an internet link home with the youngest sibling. CLICK 36 Parents or guardians answered our survey and only 11% of men participated. There could be many reasons for this, However all we know is that only a few did take part. Nearly 40% of parents had 2 children. One had more than 5!! We’re not sure whether that makes them more of an expert on children or not. CLICK 33 School staff filled in this survey. Over half of them were teachers, 2 people were Head Teachers, and some were Teaching Assistants CLICK
- In our survey we asked pupils if they are male or female - CLICK as you can see that there’s not a lot of difference between genders who filled out the survey. CLICK
- When we asked about aspirations, CLICK 90% of children said ‘yes’ they do have aspirations or goals in life That’s almost all of them! Which confirms what we had expected at the start We think this tells us that most young people in Barrow do have aspirations CLICK
- When we asked parents the same question CLICK 86% said they think their children do have aspirations or goals they want to achieve. We think it is interesting about 1 in 8 parents said that their children don’t have any aspirations or goals that they want to achieve. It is surprising because children have influences from a very early age for example Keith’s little brother wanted to be fireman as soon as he watched fireman Sam on TV when he was young. CLICK
- Then we asked teachers the same question CLICK just 13% of them thought that ALL children have some aspirations or goals that they want to achieve. Most teachers are not confident that all of their pupils have aspirations, But the majority, 87% of all our respondents think that some or most children have aspirations. This shows that teachers parents and children have different opinions, and that teachers and parents both take their roles seriously. Teachers may not think that children have learned enough. CLICK
- We asked teachers to share their thoughts about children's aspirations and they told us these things CLICK x 4 - with time to read each We think these are telling us that teachers think children need help at home and opportunities at school to make realistic aspirations CLICK
- Here are some quotes from what teachers told us: CLICK – with time to read each one CLICK - CLICK - We think this shows that some teachers believe most pupils will try to achieve their goals and need help to think carefully about what they truly want to be when they are older. CLICK
- When we asked parents about their children's aspirations they thought these are in... CLICK – with time to read each one CLICK
- One parent with 5 children who they saw our article in the Evening Mail and did the survey told us that Click – x 6
- We wanted to find out what young people’s goals are so we asked them ‘What are your Aspirations or Goals? This was one of our main open ended questions. We didn’t want to give a dropdown list of options for people to choose because we didn’t want to influence what they told us. Paul helped us sort the answers - these are the main categories. CLICK – time to read CLICK
- This graph shows how many people are interested in each CLICK As you can see, in years 4, 5 and 6 sporting aspirations are the most common, followed by ones that are creative. But even though the other choices weren’t as popular, there is a very wide range of different aspirations and goals that the children have. CLICK
- These are some of the things in the main categories CLICK SPORT CLICK [becoming a professional footballer / rugby player / runner / wrestler / referee / gymnast / tennis & table tennis player / swimmer / boxer / golfer / hockey player ] CLICK CREATIVE CLICK [being a professional artist / designer / author or writer / performer or actor / singer / dancer / photographer / architect / chef / fashion designer] CLICK DIGITAL CLICK [working on You-tube / games designer / film maker ] CLICK ANIMALS CLICK [being a Vet, working for the RSPCA, with Horses ] CLICK
- To make sure everyone was included in the questionnaire we asked the people who don’t have aspirations or goals at the moment ‘have you had them in the past? ‘ CLICK Nearly two thirds said they have NEVER had any aspirations. Just over a third said they have had aspirations in the past, and we concluded that SOMETHING must have happened to make them lose their aspirations. CLICK
- We also asked the same people without aspirations if they want to have them in the future CLICK And we found that most do want to have an aspiration when they get older CLICK
- This was an important question for us. Neil asked us at the start how confident young people really feel about achieving their aspirations, and so we gave them a choice of answers: CLICK very confident / confident / not very confident / not confident at all. CLICK The majority of young people (80%) say they are either confident or very confident that they will achieve their aspirations. However about one in seven, or 14% of children, feel not very confident or not confident at all. We hope that the findings of our research can help those children who don’t have aspirations or goals, or who don’t feel confident about them. CLICK
- We asked parents How confident do you think your children are that they can achieve their aspirations? CLICK 92% of parents believe that their child is confident or very confident that they could achieve their goals and aspiration. We think this shows that they know their children quite well because about 80% of children said they feel confident or very confident CLICK
- When we asked pupils ‘What helps you be more confident about achieving your goals?’ they told us CLICK that their family helps the most, followed by practicing or gaining experience, and having help from friends. They also talked about praise and encouragement, support from school, self belief, and watching others including on tv and on-line as making them more confident about achieving goals. CLICK
- We asked children to tell us if they think there are any people who help them to achieve their aspirations and goals. CLICK Most think that the people who can help them a lot are their parents/carers (63%), followed closely by other family members (58%) and friends (56%). 42% said that teachers can help them a lot. Youth leaders were also seen as helpful, but only a little. CLICK
- We compared this to what teachers said CLICK Teachers said they thought that they are the most important, CLICK
- And Parents thought CLICK they are most important in inspiring young people to develop their goals or aspirations. The results show us that parents believe that they themselves have the most influence. Next, they think that teachers can inspire children. We think this is telling us that parents and teachers take their roles seriously CLICK
- When we had our enquiry about aspirations, to find out what are the important things to research, we wondered whether aspirations change as you get older, or stay the same. So we asked people in the survey. CLICK And we found that 19% of children thought that they would, 36% thought they wouldn’t, but most children (45%) weren’t sure. It’s telling us that most young people don’t know if there aspirations will change when there older. CLICK
- We asked parents the same question. Although only 19% of children said yes to this question and we found that parents have a different view, CLICK almost half of them expect their children’s aspirations to change. About the same amount weren’t sure whether they would change or not. CLICK
- And when we asked teachers, CLICK they are more certain that children’s aspirations will change as they get older. No teachers thought they wouldn’t. We think teachers probably have a reliable opinion on this because they’ve known lots of children as they grow up, and also they’ve been young themselves. We think this is telling us that children are determined to get the job they want, but that parents think their aspirations may change as they grow up, and Teachers think their aspirations will definitely change.
- We asked Teachers: What do you think helps children develop aspirations or goals? This is what they said CLICK ‘Having opportunities or chances ’ is what teachers think helps children the most to develop aspirations. We think teachers’ opinion is important because they’ve known lots of children as they grow up and they know children well
- We asked children how they got their aspirations or goals and this is what they said CLICK And ‘From inside’ included things like ‘Because I just like it / because I am interested in it Watching t.v. or you-tube clips is also important for developing aspirations, and so are parents and family CLICK
- We asked Pupils:What might stop you from having aspirations, or from achieving your goals? 175 children answered this question. 51 of them actually said “nothing” will stop them”! This tells us that they are already really confident. We printed out ALL of the answers, and found that they were evenly split between two main categories which we called CLICK ‘inside me’ and CLICK ’ outside me’’ We haven’t found out what makes some people more confident than others but we know the answers are split evenly between reasons that are inside and outside We think this is saying that when people are trying to help young people’s aspirations they should address both inside and outside factors CLICK
- We’ve learned CLICK all about research and that it is fun and important CLICK We learned that the majority of YP do have or want to have aspirations CLICK We’ve learned that parents are important for helping children develop aspirations CLICK that adults, teachers and children see their goals differently. Unlike parents and teachers, most children don’t think their goals will change as they grow CLICK
- From our research we have understood that CLICK parents and teachers take their role of helping young people’s aspirations seriously CLICK That many children see their goals coming from somewhere ‘inside’ themselves CLICK and that some young people might have problems stopping them from developing aspirations, but others think nothing will stop them from following their goals
- We recommend that CLICK more help is available for young people to believe in themselves; and to believe that they can follow their own aspirations CLICK Young people need and should have encouragement from parents, teachers, and others CLICK
- We also recommend that CLICK parents, teachers, and others are supported to help them develop young people’s aspirations CLICK Finally we recommend that YP have opportunities to see more of the things that are possible through CLICK making visits and trips out of school , and CLICK through experts visiting children in class and talking about their career This will help them to understand that it is a large world, and that you have to work hard for your goals and never give up.
- Thank you for listening to our presentation If there are any questions we’ll try to answer them