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e-Bug Pack Evaluation Senior Schools Warsaw, June 2008 e-Bug is funded by the European Commission DG-SANCO Evaluation Process The evaluation was carried out in 3 countries France Czech Republic United Kingdom Control and
Warsaw, June 2008
e-Bug is funded by the European Commission DG-SANCO
– France – Czech Republic – United Kingdom
Topics % Correct before % Correct after % Improvement score p value Micro organisms 50 63 17 (14, 21) <0.001 Spread of Infection 68 83 19 (15, 23) <0.001 Treatment and Prevention 29 51 27 (23, 31) <0.001
Micro organisms: % Improvement (95% CI) p Value Fungi can be used to make antibiotics 14 (2, 25) 0.02 Microbes are the cause of all illnesses 12 (1, 23) 0.04 Microbes can cause food poisoning 11 (1, 22) 0.03
Improvement scores (baseline vs change) by statement and topic for senior schools
– Images did not photocopy well – Too much information and too advanced
– Quite childish although students seemed to like it
– More electron microscope images – Classroom demonstration to explain relative sizes – string around classroom, glitter, balloons, etc
– look at microbe types under microscope
7 10
– There are 3 different types of microbes – Some can be useful and some harmful
– Practical activity – Interesting facts – Whiteboard presentations and images – Game
– Confusing – Too easy – Childish – Complicated names
– Make more ID cards of microbe – Make game of the microbe names – Fact sheets
and 3D on web
– Make the ‘size’ presentation into a practical
– Fun and interesting – Met all the learning outcomes
– Make smaller quantities of yogurt – Remove the ‘add fruits etc to taste’, students cannot eat it – The sterile milk is NOT a proper control step, change to sterile yogurt and add a boiling step – Add the question – what is the purpose of a control?
7 10
understanding
the students watched
– Suggest teacher sterilizes equipment and makes a batch of yogurt in advance – Include images of extension activity – Add an alternative to view mould in blue cheese – Highlight the benefits of good microbes – Include ‘what’s the purpose of a control?’ question
– Liked the teacher sheets – Time-consuming
– Use the map as a starting point
– Too much reading, replace with research activity into MRSA or
5 10
– Geographic location and quantity of different diseases – How microbes can infect people – Diarrhoea can kill
– Researching the topics – Group work – Interesting and fun – Videos and images – Designing factsheets
– Too much copying from board – No practical – Homework – Not enough time
– Make student questionnaires shorter – Suggest activity as a group work activity – Include more images – Use examples more relevant to teenagers i.e. holiday destinations, STIs – Replace extension activity with research into MRSA or C. difficile
Micro organisms: % Improvement (95% CI) P Value Fungi can be used to make antibiotics 14 (2, 25) 0.02 Microbes are the cause of all illnesses 12 (1, 23) 0.04 Microbes can cause food poisoning 11 (1, 22) 0.03
Improvement scores (baseline vs change) by statement and topic for senior schools
– Students enjoyed the activity and the teachers enjoyed teaching this lesson – Didn’t work very well in the ‘all girls’ school as their hands were unbelievably clean to begin with (girls also unwilling to take part)
– Prompt the students to touch surfaces etc prior to starting the activity – Glitter glue worked better than the Glo gel – Stronger UV light works better or darken the room before showing the results
6 10
– How to stop germs spreading – How and why to wash hands – Microbes are always there
– Visualise the microbes – Seeing how microbes grow on the agar – Interactive – Seeing how and why to wash hands properly
– Seeing how dirty our hands are – Too much class discussion
– Replace photos with coloured agar to make it easier to visualise – Simplify the questions – Take out graph paper and condense to 1 worksheet – Suggest activity begins with Glo gel and use photos of colonies for graphing work
– Popular activity with students – Chain of Infection sheets did not photocopy well – Presentation needs to be more interactive
– Extra prompt to make sure squeezy bottle works – Use of specific terms requested in the UK curriculum » Dependant and Independent variable
6 10
– How infection can spread – How to prevent infection from spreading – Chain of Infection
– Fun practical activity – Visualise the spread of infection – Situation that was relevant to them as young people – Got to learn the causes AND prevention of infection
– Teacher did everything – Repetitive – Graphs were boring – Copying from board
– Delete diagram on SW1 as teachers didn’t feel there was any need for it – Introduce a global activity aspect? – Take out graph paper from pack as this is generally supplied by schools
– Students enjoyed the activity and were genuinely interested – Area that is difficult to teach but very relevant
– Prompt teachers to choose someone who won’t be picked on if they are the initial carrier – Add extra prompt to ensure students mix outside their own group
– Cartoons very childish and almost spoilt the activity – Student discussions were interesting and informative – Dialogues can be changed on the web – not good!!!
7 10
– How STIs can be transmitted – How to protect yourself – To get regular testing if sexually active
– Talked to as grown ups – Finally explained WHY its important to have safe sex – Showed HOW to be safe – Fun and memorable
– Slightly embarrassing – Stories were too basic – Practical was disturbing
– Suggest activity be carried out in smaller groups of 15 students – Modify the online images so dialogues cannot be changed – Suggest teachers may wish to bring in other teacher or a doctor to carry out the test to make it more realistic – Demonstrate how to put on a condom?
Micro organisms: % Improvement (95% CI) p Value Vaccines help protect people against viral infections only 8 (-1, 18) 0.09
Improvement scores (baseline vs change) by statement and topic for senior schools
– Disappointed that there was no natural defence system diagrams or images – Too advanced, dry and dull – Some teachers thought it was interesting
– Request activity, possibly similar to the junior school pack activity
6 10
– Overuse leads to resistance – Drugs become resistant – Antibiotics should only be used on bacteria!
– Story – Problem solving – How resistance works
– Too much writing – No practical activity – Boring – Difficult (but challenging)
– Use antibiotic discs to demonstrate resistance – Make the activity into an investigation or drama style activity
students
white cells engulfing bacteria cells
6 10
– How a vaccine works
– Interesting – Story – Computer work
– No practical – Got boring – Seeing pox pictures – Complicated
– Make shorter – Rethink entire activity
would need for holidays
– Add a section on the success of vaccines – Add a cartoon or series of images
fact sheet