Scottish Government

Appendix 1: Survey Questionnaire

MAPPING YOUTH LITERACIES IN SCOTLAND

Questionnaire for providers

Youth Literacies - Are you doing it?

Scotland's Adult Literacy and Numeracy Strategy ( ALNIS, 2001) defined literacy and numeracy as:

'The ability to read, write and use numeracy, to handle information, to express ideas and opinions, to make decisions and solve problems, as family members, workers, citizens and lifelong learners.' (p7)

If you work with young people between 16 and 25; and

If your provision explicitly helps to develop any of the above abilities within your programmes and/or activities, that is, you plan for their development and young people are aware that they are learning them;

Then:

• You are involved in youth literacies, and
• We want to find out more about you and your provision.

Introduction

This questionnaire has been designed for quick completion, many of the questions require only that you tick a box or enter a few words. If you have any questions about the research please contact either Vivien Edwards on 0131 651 4192 or Stuart Hall on 0141 330 3492.

General information

Q1 Name of organisation?

Q2 Name of literacies project/provision?

Q3 Local authority/partnership area?

Q4 Your name?

Q5 Your job title?

Q6 Your email address?

About the provision

Q7a How would you characterise your approach to youth literacies work? (Tick one box on each line)

Q7b Please give a brief description of your approach.

Q8a How would you describe the format of literacies support you offer to young people?

Q8b Which format do the young people you work with prefer?

Please say why.

Q9 Which of the following best describes the support offered? (Tick as many as apply)

Answer Q10 only if you offer ALN courses of fixed duration

Q10 What is the typical duration of the literacies programme(s) offered to young people? Please also give an estimate of the percentage of young people who complete the course(s).

Answer Q11 and Q12 only if you offer courses leading to qualification

Q11 What percentage of the young people you engage with typically work towards some form of qualification? This may or may not be a literacies qualification.(Please tick one box)

Q12 Of the young people working towards qualification what percentage would you typically expect to achieve it? (Please tick one box)

Q13 To what extent are the following regarded as formal aims in your literacies work with young people? (Please tick one box on each line)

Q14 From your experience please rate the following recruitment methods for young literacies learners. (Please indicate methods tried and rate success)

Q15a Please indicate how successful your provision has been in implementing the following elements, derived from Literacies in the Community - the good practice framework, and aimed at developing a successful youth literacies organisation. (Please tick one box on each line)

Key: 1 = great success 2 = some success 3 = little success 4 = no success

Q15b From the above list, what do you regard as the 3 most important elements for developing successful youth literacies provision? ( Please insert the letter corresponding to the relevant statement)

1._________ 2._________ 3._________

Q15c Why do you regard these as key?

Q15d Please indicate how successful your provision has been in implementing the following elements, derived from Literacies in the Community - the good practice framework, and aimed at developing a successful learning programme for young people. (Please tick one box on each line)

Key: 1 = great success 2 = some success 3 = little success 4 = no success

Q15e From the above list, what do you regard as the 3 most important elements for developing successful learning programmes for young people? Please insert the letter corresponding to the relevant statement.

1._________ 2._________ 3._________

Q15f Why do you regard these as key?

Q16a Please complete the following table with details of the staff/tutors who engage in literacies work (as previously defined) with young people.

Please photocopy this page if you require additional space

NB *: Includes Community Education and CLD qualifications

Q16b What is the total number of staff/tutors who work on literacies with young people?

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Q16c What is the Full Time Equivalence ( FTE) of staff who work on literacies with young people?
(Please divide the total number of hours engaged in with young people in the last week by 35)

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Q17a In your experience what are the best methods of engaging young people in literacies provision? (Please say why)

Q17b In your experience what are the best activities/subjects to engage young people in literacies provision? (Please say why)

Q18 In your experience what constitutes effective youth literacies practice? (Please say why)

And finally in this section…

Q19 What is your understanding of the term youth literacies?

The young people you work with

These questions are about the young people who engage with your literacies provision.

Q20 Please complete the following table with the numbers of young people in each age group that are currently (that is, within the last few weeks) engaged in literacies work.

Q21a Does your literacies provision 'target' particular groups of young people?

Q21b Which of the following groups do you regard as 'target' groups for your literacies work? (Please also give an indication of how successful you have been in engaging with them)

Evaluating your literacies provision

Q22 Please give a short description of the methods used to evaluate your literacies provision for young people. (Please comment on how successful these methods are).

E.g. use of learner questionnaire, discussion groups, ILP etc

Q23 Please use this space to make any other relevant comments.

The second strand of this research involves conducting a small number of visits to youth literacies providers across Scotland and talking with staff and young people about their experiences.

If you would be willing to take part in such an exercise please tick the box and provide details of your preferred method of contact.

Contact details

If you have any questions or queries about this questionnaire or the research in general please contact either Vivien Edwards on 0131 651 4192 or Stuart Hall on 0141 330 3492.

Thank you for completing this questionnaire