DEMOS Project

Training Needs Analysis Questionnaire - January 2001

1. Position held (select one)

__ Academic

__ Research

__ Other: ________________________________

2. Hours of work (select one)

__ Full-time

__ Part-time

3. Main subject area (select one)

__ Art, Design and Communication studies

__ Bioscience

__ Business, Management and Accountancy

__ Economics

__ Engineering

__ English

__ Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

__ Health Sciences and Practice

__ History, Classics and Archaeology

__ Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism

__ Information and Computer Sciences

__ Languages and Linguistics

__ Law

__ Materials

__ Mathematics

__ Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine

__ Performing Arts

__ Philosophical and Religious Studies

__ Physical Sciences

__ Psychology

__ Social Policy and Social Work

__ Sociology, Anthropology and Politics

__ The Built Environment

4. University (select one)

__ UMIST

__ University of Manchester

__ University of Salford

__ Manchester Metropolitan University

5. How much time have you spent attending staff development events in the last two years? (select one)

__ None (go to question 9)

__ 1 hour

__ 2 hours

__ 3 hours

__ 4 hours

__ 5 hours

__ 6 hours

__ 7 hours

__ 8 hours

__ 9 hours

__ 10 hours

__ 10-15 hours

__ 16-20 hours

__ more than 20

6. How much time have you spent attending staff development events related to disability in the last two years? (select one)

__ None (go to question 9)

__ 1 hour

__ 2 hours

__ 3 hours

__ 4 hours

__ 5 hours

__ 6 hours

__ 7 hours

__ 8 hours

__ 9 hours

__ 10 hours

__ more than 10

7. Please indicate the main topic/s of coverage of the disability related training (multiple answers possible)

__ General Disability Awareness event

__ Impairment specific training e.g. visual impairment, hearing impairment

__ Dyslexia

__ Disability Discrimination Act

__ QAA Code of Practice

__ IT and disabled students

__ Making information and teaching accessible

__ Other:_________________________________________

8. In what ways did the training related to disability change
a) your attitudes and
b) your methods of teaching and supporting disabled students?

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9. How high on your list of priorities is attending staff development courses related to disability issues? (select one)

__ 1 (Top of list)

__ 2

__ 3

__ 4

__ 5

__ 6

__ 7

__ 8

__ 9

__ 10 (Not on list)

10. In terms of teaching, how important do you rate issues relating to disabled students? (select one)

__ 1 (Very important)

__ 2

__ 3

__ 4

__ 5

__ 6

__ 7

__ 8

__ 9

__ 10 (Not important)

11. How confident do you feel about teaching disabled students? (select one)

__ 1 (Very confident)

__ 2

__ 3

__ 4

__ 5

__ 6

__ 7

__ 8

__ 9

__ 10 (Not at all confident)

12. How much time would you be prepared to commit to training related to disability over the next 2 years? (select one)

__ None (go to question 14)

__ 1-3 Hours

__ 4-10 hours

__ More than 10 hours

13. What are your reasons for wanting to attend disability training? (multiple answers possible)

__ Improve my awareness of disability

__ Need to develop my teaching methods

__ General interest

__ Part of my role

__ Compulsory

__ Currently/Will be teaching a disabled student

__ Find out about legislation/legal issues

__ Have personal experience of disability

__ Subject Review preparation

__ Other:__________________________________________

14. What are the barriers that stop you from attending disability training? (multiple answers possible)

__ No time

__ Not interested

__ Already attended training

__ Already aware of the issues

__ Don't teach many disabled students

__ Events in the past haven't been useful

__ I don't feel it is my responsibility

__ Events clash with my timetable

__ Other:___________________________________________

15. If you are interested in attending events in the future what areas would you like to see covered? (multiple answers possible)

__ General disability awareness training

__ Supporting dyslexic students

__ What is dyslexia?

__ Supporting deaf students

__ Practical advice regarding teaching disabled students

__ Assistive/enabling technology

__ Disability, Education and the Law

__ The QAA Code of Practice and its implications

__ Disabled students experiences of higher education

__ Assessment and examination issues

__ Other:____________________________________________

16. If disability information was made available in the following ways, which would you be likely to use? (multiple answers possible)

__ A certificated course over a number of days/weeks

__ Full day sessions

__ Am or PM sessions

__ Lunchtime briefings

__ Group sessions

__ Workshop

__ Online learning

__ Distance learning

__ Lecture

__ Conference

__ Information on the www

__ Books/guides/leaflets

__ Other:____________________________________________

17. Do you have any further comments regarding any of the above questions or disability-related training?

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