eumind school life_3g _analysis
TRANSCRIPT
Tuviksh Narula
Siddharth Sateesh
Vidhi JainSanyam Jain
Nimah Yusuff
QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE GRANDPARENTS /PARENTS Name: ________________________________________________________ Age: ____________________________________________________________ FAMILY BONDING
1. Where did you live with your parents when you were a teenager?
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2. How many members were there in your family?
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3. Who was the earning member in the house? What was his/her profession?
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4. Do you remember any historical fact/event that took place when you were a
teenager?
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School – The Stepping Stone 5. Did you get the opportunity to study in a school when you were a teenager? If yes, then give the name of the
school and the village/town/city in which it was located?
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6. If you got the opportunity to study in a school, why was that school chosen
by your parents?
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7. Were there separate schools for boys and girls when you were a teenager?
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8. Did your siblings go to the same school? If not, then give reasons.
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9. Was religion a compulsory subject in your school?
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My Subjects – My Knowledge 10. How many periods were scheduled in a day? _________________________________________________________
11. How many subjects were taught to you in a day?
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12. Which of the subjects were generally preferred by the students? Why?
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13. Were you given the privilege of appreciating the quality of teaching?
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14. What kind of extra curricular activities were organized at your school?
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15. Which extracurricular activity did you opt for? Was it compulsory to
participate?
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Schedule of my School: 16. How did you commute to school?
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17. What were the timings of your school?
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18. By what did you reach home?
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Teachers - My Mentors: 19. What were the discipline policies of your school?
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20. Were you allowed to ask problems related to the subject from your
respective subject teachers?
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21. Were private tuitions/coaching classes popular at that time?
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22. What was the student- teacher ratio?
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23. What type of relationship did the students and the teachers share?
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24. Were the teachers respected by the parents and the students? Why / why
not?
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My World, My View: 25. Do you think most of the students in their teens study harder nowadays
than when you were a teenager? Explain.
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Pictures of the Grand Parents
Grandparent interviewed by Tuviksh Narula
Name: Mr. Suresh NarulaAge: 69 years
• School: Gyan Ashram School.
• Place: Amritsar, Punjab.• Family members: 11• Earning Member: 01
- Father• Occupation: Coal
business
Grandparent interviewed by Sanyam Jain
Name: Mr. Gyanchand JainAge: 65 years• School: Shree Digamber Jain
Vidyalaya• Place: Kolkatta.• Family members: 07• Earning Member: 01 - Father• Occupation: Iron and Steel
business
Grandparent interviewed by Nimah Nazir
Name: Mr. Hidayat QahqaiAge: 73 years• School: Anjuman Islam
Kurla boys school• Place: Kurla, Mumbai• Family members: 10• Earning Member: 01 - Father• Occupation: Merchant Navy
Grand Parent interviewed by Vidhi Jain
• Name: Hema D Kothari• Age: 55 years• School: Saint Mary’s High School• Place: Mumbai, Maharashtra.• Number of members: 8 • Earning Member: 02
- Father and elder brother• Profession: Textile business
Grand Parent interviewed by Siddharth Sateesh
• Name: Ms. Bhanumati Nair• Age: 75 years• School: Saint Theresas• Place: Cochin• Number of members: More than 10 • Earning Member: 01
- Brother• Profession: Service
Grand Parents and their school life experiences
• Infrastructure of the schools was inadequate• Well maintained grounds, swings, cricket pitches were not available• Sports like Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Hockey were popular games played in the
schools• Most of the schools were separate for girls and boys• Schools were academically focused• Five subjects were taught• No foreign languages were taught• No exposure to the outside world• Since there were few schools, the students had to travel a lot – either by
foot or by cycle
Analysis - Grand Parents’ school life to present day school life
Do you think most of the students in their teens study harder nowadays than when you were a teenager?
• Today’s teenagers are hard working as modern education is complex and there is tough competition.
• Since there are many career options available students are more focused and clear about what they want to do and hence they work hard. However, some said since students have more exposure they are distracted. Phones, computers, search engines like google etc are responsible for the lack of focus. Hard work for most of them is hard to do.
Pictures of Parents
Parent interviewed by Tuviksh Narula
: Mr. Kalpesh MehtaAge: 41 years
• School: Don Bosco School.• Place: Mumbai,
Maharashtra.• Family members: 05• Earning Member: 01 - Father• Occupation: Coal business
Parent interviewed by Sanyam Jain
: Ms. Shibani SinghaniaAge: 37 years
• School: St. Joseph’s High School.
• Place: Juhu, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• Family members: 05• Earning Member: 01 - Father• Occupation: Civil Engineer
Parent interviewed by Nimah Nazir
: Ms. Farzana NazimAge: 48 years
• School: Holy High Cross School.
• Place: Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• Family members: 06• Earning Member: 01 - Father• Occupation: Service -
Bombay Port Trust
Parent interviewed by Vidhi Jain
• Name: Mr. Ajit Jain • Age: 38 years• School: N L School• Place: Malad, Mumbai, Maharashtra.• Number of members: 8 • Earning Member: 01
-Father• Profession: Business
Parent interviewed by Siddharth Sateesh
• School: Century Rayons School.
• Place: Kalyan, Maharashtra.• Family members: 04• Earning Member: 01
- Father• Occupation: Finance
Manager
: Ms. Rajalakshmi Age: 51 years
Parents and their school life experiences
• The area covered by the schools was generally large. • Schools had huge playgrounds• Various sports were promoted like Basket Ball, Foot Ball,
Badminton, Volley Ball etc. • Six main subjects were taught. (English, Hindi, Mathematics,
Science, Social Studies, Sanskrit )• Foreign languages were commonly unpopular• Discipline policies were strict. Right behavior, proper uniform,
correct usage of vocabulary was given utmost importance• Students respected their teachers and shared a professional
relation with their teachers
Comparison between Grand Parents and Parents School Life
Comparison between Grand Parents’ and Parents’ School LifeSimilarities
• The subjects taught to the grand parents and parents were almost the same.
• Mathematics and science were given utmost importance.
• Discipline policies were strict. Rules were followed sincerely by the students.
• Teachers were highly respected and considered as ‘gurus’.
Differences• 1. Schools during grandparents time was not well
equipped. Whereas the area covered by the schools of parents was generally large.
2. Student teacher ratio was 60:1 during grandparents school time where as during Parents’ school time it was 40:1.
3. The distance between the school and residence was much more for grandparents than parents.
Differences
• 4. Tuitions were not popular during grandparents’ school time as schools used to conduct extra classes for the weak students. Tuitions were common during Parent’s school time.
5. Though subjects were the same during parent’s and grandparent’s school time but the syllabus of the subjects was revised during parent’s School time.
Analysis - Parents’ school life to present day school life
Do you think most of the students in their teens study harder nowadays than when you were a teenager?Since their parents were not aware of the different career options so when the parents were teenagers they were not advised on right career options.
Analysis - Parents’ school life to present day school life
• Television, social network sites, phones, movies etc. are a great source of distraction for today’s youth.
• When the parental generation was young they were focused and hard working as they had to solve their problems on their own.
