INITIAL EVALUATION RESULTS

SPAIN- GINES MORATA SCHOOL

A sample of 4/5 students of the classes of 4 years, 5 years and 1 level in primary education (6 years) have takenthe test.

To the first question the differences that are mentioned have been: language, race, physical differences (color of hair, eyes, height, strength) character (nervous, playful), special needs, their ideas (minds, thoughts) and names. There are 4 students who mention that there are no differences and 1 who does not know or does not answer.

Regarding the second question, the vast majority are familiar with the wheel chair and the glasses and know what their use is. it is noteworthy that the biggest confusions or negative responses have occurred in relation to the hearing aid.About the blind cane,  all of them agree that is a stick but they don't know its real use.

75% of students say they know people from their environment with special needs, not only at school, but also friends and family. The ways to help them have generally been difficult to explain and they give answers like being their friend, playing with them, holding their hands, telling stories, keeping them company ....

As for if you can play with partners with speciall needs, there are 50% that indicate yes and another 50% that indicate no. Different types of games are mentioned according to the needs with enough accuracy that denotes that some of the older students have worked on these aspects (for example they mention wheelchair basketball, and balls with bells).All the children said that being different is positive, although 3 of them don't know or don't want to say

The initial evaluation has been also taken by  students from 7 to 12 years old, since one of the objectives of our project is to check if  the  PERSONA DOLL METHODOLOGY can be addapted  to primary school students. For the initial evaluation of pupils aged 7 to 12 years old, a voluntary online survey has been taken and answered by 82 students. In the question referring to the differences between people in addition to the aspects mentioned by the youngest ones, they also refer to differences at school level, of behavior, to people with special educational needs and gender. There are 7 students who do not recognize any difference.

All the answers agree on the fact that being different is something that makes us better,  although in some cases the question has not been understood and the students give reasons why being different can be better or worse depending on the situation.

Only 15 students   said that they do not know anyone with special needs, the rest know cases in the immediate environment, family, friends, school. It is significant that in many of the responses people with special needs are identified with sick people. The way in which you can help these people focuses on aspects such as  keeping them company and being with them when they need it, but there are no answers that explain about integration or inclusion, in short about the way they should be  treated,  like any person.

As for the questions about the use of hearing aids, glasses, walking stick for the blind and wheelchair. The vast majority know both the device and its use, although some of them  do not identify the stick  as the one used by the blind. It is also generalized that all the devices are usually used by the elderly and grandparents (with the exception of glasses).