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The report presents the results of the second stage of the teachers’ readiness level monitoring study to implement the NUS Concept, conducted by the State Scientific Institution “Institute of Educational Analytics” in cooperation with the Ministry of Education of Ukraine (full cycle of research: September-December 2019). The purpose of the study was to assess the level of readiness to teach according to the new State Standard of Primary Education for both educational institutions and primary school teachers. The target group of the study was teachers of 1st and 2nd grades of general secondary education. The survey was conducted in the form of an online survey using the Google Forms service (survey period: October-November 2019). The total number of respondents is 1,064, including 710 1st grade teachers and 354 2nd grade teachers. According to the design of the study, a combined multi-stage sampling was used for the selection of schools, taking into account the region, type of settlement, type of educational institution. In order to comply with the structure of the general population, a system of weights calculated according to the regional breakdown was used among the teachers who took part in the survey. In general, the results of the study show a significant improvement of material and technical support for the implementation of the NUS, as well as an increase in the level of provision of students with basic teaching aids. There has been an improvement in the provision of classrooms with copying and other computer equipment compared to last year. It was found that teachers need additional competencies in the tools of implementation of a number of provisions of the NUS Concept, in particular on methods of integrated teaching, planning and organization of class time, the formation of personal time management skills, etc. |
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The report presents the results of a monitoring study of the process of introducing new approaches to primary school education (V monitoring stage – in the context of teaching students in the 3rd pilot schools). The monitoring research was conducted by the State Scientific Institution “Institute of Educational Analytics” in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. The fifth stage of the monitoring study lasted from October 8 to October 20, 2019. The purpose of the study was to identify the features of the process of introducing new approaches to primary school education. Within the framework of the monitoring, a quantitative data collection strategy was applied, the ultimate goal of which was to obtain statistically reliable data. The study involved 129 schools selected by the Ministry of Education and Science as a pilot. Respondents were teachers – participants in the experiment. The sample of teachers was solid. The questionnaire survey of teachers – the survey participants was conducted using the online survey method and the Google Forms service. The study found that in the third year of the experiment there is an increase in the positive assessment of the statements about the results of the experiment to introduce new approaches to elementary school. |
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Nationwide research of the New Ukrainian School Concept (hereinafter NUS) implementation process in General Secondary Education Institutions was conducted during 15 – 25 July 2019 by the State Scientific Institution “Institute of Educational Analytics” with the participation of the State Scientific Institution “Institute of Education Content Modernization” and with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. The purpose of the research was to capture the progress of the NUS reform in the first year of its implementation, as well as to identify the links between a number of components of the NUS and the expected learning outcomes of students. The sample of the research was formed on the basis of “city-village”. The survey respondents are elementary school teachers who taught in grade 1 in 2018/2019 a.y. and parents of students who studied in grade 1st in 2018/2019 a.y. The survey was conducted using an online survey in Google Forms. The research found that, in general, the interaction of students and adults (teachers and parents of students) on the principles of partnership pedagogy gives good educational results, contributes to the formation of a positive attitude to school and study from first graders. Maintaining an interest in learning and wanting to go to school is one of the challenges that the NUS concept is about to overcome. The study found that children liked and more liked going to school. One of the main reasons why a child is happy to go to school is a liked teacher, and also new friends. An indicator of a successful start of the NUS is the attitude of parents to the new school, who for the most part evaluated their child’s educational achievements in different competencies at the end of the first grade as “very good” and “quite good”. The findings of the study will form the basis for determining the correlation between the components of the NUS to eliminate the risks and improve the quality of secondary education.
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This analytical report highlights the results of the Ukrainian study of the quality of preschool education. The study was conducted by the State Scientific Institution “Institute of Educational Analytics” in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine from 9 to 19 April 2019. The purpose of the study was to identify available material, technical and human resources that affect the quality of preschool education. The study involved using a descriptive research strategy that provided a description of the quantitative and qualitative features and characteristics of the subject of research. The online questionnaire was used to gather primary information. Respondents included the principals, teachers of preschool institutions and parents of preschool institutions’ pupils. The survey was conducted on the basis of a probabilistic stratified single-stage sampling. The study found that participants of the educational process in institutions of preschool education note positive changes and assess the educational environment as a quality and comfortable for children. It is necessary to conduct additional researches that will provide current and substantive information about the process of implementation of high-quality preschool education.
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This report highlights the results of monitoring of the implementation of new approaches to primary school education (III and IV stage of the study were conducted in the context of pupils’ education in the second grade of pilot schools). The monitoring study was conducted by the State Scientific Institution “Institute of Educational Analytics” in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. The third stage of monitoring lasted from 11 December 2018 to 9 January 2019, the fourth stage of monitoring lasted from 22 May to 4 June 2019. The purpose of the study was to determine the peculiarities of the process of implementation of new approaches to primary school education. The study involved using of the quantitative strategy of data collection that implies obtaining of statistically reliable data. The study involved 100 schools that were selected by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine as pilot schools. Respondents included the principals, deputy directors and teachers. The sample of directors, deputy directors and teachers provides that each member of the general population enter the sample. Sampling consisted of panels of four directors, four deputies and eight teachers from each region of Ukraine. The online questionnaire and Google Forms service were used to gather primary information. The study found that at the end of the school year, there was a positive increase of assertions’ estimation about the results of the experiment. |
