Appendix. Examples of questions

• Author: Van Hove, G.; Gradinaru, C.; Morabito, C.; De Schauwer E.; Mattelin, E.
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Appendix. Examples of questions

Education

- Do you like your school? What do you like about your school? What you do not like?

- Do you think your school is different from schools in other areas of your city? In what

way does it differ? (Important h ere maybe to give an example, naming another area

of the city).

- How many children from your neighbourhood are in your class room? How many from

other areas? (Request f urther explanation about possible segregation... Why do they

not come to your school? Why do you not go t o schools in other areas? Wh at are the

reasons? Would you like to be with children from other areas ( or conditions, in case of

children with disabilities or institutions going to special schools)?

- How do you feel in your school? Do you feel accepted? Why?/Explain.

- What are the teachers like? Do you like the teachers? Why? If not covered, ask targeted

questions: How do the teache rs teach? How do they interact with you? What do they

teach? Would you like to learn something else?

- How big are the classes (number of chil dren and number of teachers)? Do you think

are big enough? Why? Do you like the buildings, the playground? Why?

- Do you receive food at school? Do you like it? Why?

- How far is your school from the place you live? By what transport do you go to school?

- How can technology help you in learning? Do you use technology in school, with

teachers?

- Are your parents i nvolved in school activities? (Specify—for example, going to see

teachers, participating in school activities like shows, extracurricular ac tivities). Why?

- Does the school ask your opinion about learning? (Specify—for exampl e, about the

school, the teaching, whether there are things to improve). Is it important that a school

asks children's opinion?

- Do you have private tuition? Why?

- Do you think about continuing school? Why? What type of school? (Mention vocational,

etc., adapted to country's context). Why?

What should be done to ‘build’ the perfect school? (Summarise arguments that have

emerged.)

Early Childhood Education and Care

- Talking about education, do you remember when you were a little child, i n preschool?

What did you like about it? Did you go to childcare (before a ge 3)? Do you remember

where you were, with whom? Why did you go to childcare (or not) in your opi nion?

- Do you have little sisters or brothers or relatives who went/go to childcare? Why do/did

they go, or why not? Did they like it? Why?

Nutrition

- Now we talk about food!

- What is your favourite food?

- Do you like vegetables? Why?

- Do you like fruits? Why?