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WMCA Sustainable Transport - Teacher Survey

This is a short survey to help the West Midlands Combined Authority develop teaching resources for teachers and educators of PSHE and Citizenship which will provide young people with information about sustainable travel during non-curriculum-oriented exercises.

If you are not involved in teaching PSHE or Citizenship, can you please forward this survey to your PSHE colleagues.

The survey should take just 8 minutes and by leaving your details you will be entered into a prize draw to win one of four £25 High Street vouchers.

Thank you very much for your time!
1.What is the name of the school where you teach?
2.Which public transport options can be used to travel to your school?
3.How do the majority of pupils travel to your school?
4.What age groups do you teach?
5.How long does a single lesson typically last, in minutes? (e.g. 30, 45, 60)
6.Approximately how much time do you typically have to plan and prepare a single lesson, in minutes?
7.Where do you typically find teaching resources for the lessons you teach?
8.What are the main challenges you face day-to-day when preparing and delivering your classes (e.g. lack of time to prepare, lack of high quality resources, differentiating lesson content, etc.)?
9.In a typical term, how much time is dedicated to PSHE lessons for a typical pupil?
10.In a typical academic year, how often will children learn about transport or sustainable travel (i.e. public transport, walking and cycling)?
11.If possible, please describe what sort of topics pupils will learn about regarding public transport and sustainable travel
12.Thinking specifically about public transport and sustainable travel, where do you currently find your resources?
13.What types of information are you looking for?
14.What are the best formats for you to use this information? (E.g. PDFs; iPad apps; etc)
15.Why do you choose these resources?
16.How often do you use the following in the classroom?
Never
Rarely
Occasionally
Regularly
All the time
Non-interactive whiteboard
Physical printouts
Interactive whiteboard
Videos
Tablets
Laptops
17.Prior to participating in this survey, how likely would you have been to visit the following websites to find teaching resources on sustainable travel?
I didn't know this website existed
Very unlikely
Quite unlikely
Quite likely
Very likely
Transport for West Midlands
(tfwm.org.uk)
Network West Midlands
(networkwestmidlands.com)
Letzgogreen
(letzgogreen.org)
Future Travel
(futuretravel.org.uk)
18.If you have visited any of those websites in the past for teaching resources, what did you find useful and what could be improved?
19.If new, updated teaching resources did exist about sustainable travel (e.g. lesson plans, videos, mobile apps, worksheets, etc.), from Transport for West Midlands, how likely would you be to use those resources?
20.If WMCA were to produce resources for you to use to teach children about sustainable transport, what specific recommendations would you make? Particularly regarding format, length, topics covered, etc.?
21.If you would like to be entered into the draw for the opportunity to win one of four £25 High Street vouchers, please provide your name and contact details below: