Design for Giving ’09

Teachers’ Survey Report

Background of Teachers

Maximum numbers of participating teachers were from citieslike Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Vadodara etc.

69%

31%

City

Town / Village

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Grades

8%

25%

29%

38%

Higher Secondary

Middle

Primary

Secondary

• Highest number of teachers from grades 6 – 9.

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Type of Schools

12%

6%

70%

12%

Govt

NGO

Private

Public

70% of participating schools were privately held, much higher than government or public schools

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Gender Break up

74%

26%

FemaleMale

Almost two thirds of participating teachers were female.

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Age Group

21%

37%11%

16%

5%

5%5%

20 - 24

25 - 29

30 - 34

35 - 39

40 - 44

55 - 59

60 - 64

58% of teachers were aged between 20 – 30 years

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Reasons for participating in DFG

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43.24%

27.03%

10.81%

18.92%

00.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

35.00%

40.00%

45.00%

50.00%

Students shouldlearn about

community needs

Good School buildingexp

Wanted to studentsto win

Curriculumenhancement

Pressure

Almost 50% teachers feel it is very important for their students to learn about

community needs. This was their primary reason to participate in DFG ’09.

Time spent with students / self

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22.9

14.3

2.9

5.7

0

5

10

15

20

25

0-5 hrs 5-10 hrs 10-20 hrs 20 hrs ormore

Time spent working alone at school

Percent

22.9

34.3

14.3 14.3

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

0-5 hrs 5-10 hrs 10-20 hrs 20 hrs ormore

Time spent working with students

Percent

5 -10 hours was the maximum time spent by teachers to help students to successfully carry out their DFG projects.

Most teachers spent up to 5hours working by themselves atschools to help their students.

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Community needs addressed

11%

11%

21%

29%

14%

7%

7%

Type of community projects

Addiction

Awareness

Education/ Literacy

Environmental Issues

Help challenged / lonelypeople

Responsible Citizen

Sanitation

Environmental issues like cleanliness, excessive use of plastic bags, globalwarming were most commonly felt community need closely followed byeducation and literacy related issues.

Time taken in different legs of DFG

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17.1

28.6

14.3 14.3

8.6

2.9

8.6

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

1 day 2 days 3 days 4 days 5 days 6 days 7 days

Time to plan and organize

Percent

5.7 5.7

17.1

5.78.6

11.4

40.0

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

1 day 2 days 3 days 4 days 5 days 6 days 7 days

Time to implement the idea

Percent

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

1 day 2 days 3 days 4 days 6 days 7 days

Time to document

Percent

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

1 day 2 days 4 days 5 days 7 days

Time to complete entry form

Percent

Work done with students

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1

3

4

2

4

6

2

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Help with theidea

Keep themfocused

Help with groupdynamics

Doing theactual work

Scheduling Help withdocumentation

Help with entryform

Rank - Work with students (most to least enjoyable on a scale of 1- 7)

Rank

Helping with ideation and doing the actual work were the easiestand most enjoyable. Helping students with documentation wasthe least enjoyable for teachers.

Different legs of DFG

Planning & organizing what to do and doingthe actual work were the toughest legs ofDFG contest.

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4

3

2

1

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

Planning &Organizing

Doing theactual Work

Documentiation Complete entryforms

Rank - different legs of DFG (easiest to hardest)

22.9

25.7

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Effect on students Helping students

Favourite part of DFG

Helping students and watching them changethrough DFG contest was most teacher’sfavourite thing about DFG ‘09.

Resources required

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11.90%

16.67%

14.29%

57.14%

More time

More help fromschool/community

More money

None

Almost 58% of teachers felt the resources they had were enough to carry out such work.

Rank - students participating in DFG

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5

3

1

4

5

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

Helping thecommunity

Team work Using the DFGwebsite

Sense ofaccomplishment

Students gained newskills / knowledge

Helping the Community and watching students gain new skills /knowledge were the best part about students participating in theDFG ‘09 according to teachers.

Reasons for Winning

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Most teachers believe that creative thinking and coming up with an innovativesolution for a community need helped them win DFG ’09.

29%

6%

6%

11%

48%

Creative thining

Determination

Good Documentation

help from school

Sucessfully met community need

Virtues children learnt

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64.9 64.9

48.6

67.6

59.5

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Team - Work Helping others Documentation &Presentation

Community needs /problems

New Skills /Knowledge

Virtues students learnt

Percent

52% teachers believe their students were highly motivated by this work andalmost 92% believe their students want to do more community service projectsbecause of participating in DFG contest.

How DFG helped the Teachers

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Percent, 51.4

Percent, 70.3

Percent, 48.6Percent, 45.9

Percent, 54.1

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Motivate mystudents

Teach them realways to make a

difference

Teach team building Teachdocumentation &

presentation

Help identifyimportant issues

Teachers feel that DFG taught them how to make their students compassionate and understanding towards the needs of community and make a real difference.

DFG Helped Teachers Discover

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16.22%

70.27%

DFG helped me discover about students

Importance ofawarness aboutcommunity needs

Students can do

23%

45%

32%

DFG helped me discover about myself

Community need/ problems

I can

Joy of Giving

Most teachers were surprised bythe strength and understandingthey discovered in their students.

Teachers felt empowered andalso discovered the joy andcontentment giving brings.

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