Young Life and Times 1999: Education

Listed below are the questions asked in the Education module in 1999.
If you want to see how young people actually answered the questions in a particular year you can click on the short name given beside every question.

  • Q11PLUS1: Does the 11+ put too much pressure on 10 and 11 year olds?
  • Q11PLUS2: Does selection have to happen at some time in a child's education?
  • Q11PLUS3: Is a system of separate secondary and grammar schools unfair?
  • Q11PLUS4: Do grammar schools provide the best standard of education?
  • Q11PLUS5: Does the 11+ system mean that most children feel that they are failures?
  • Q11PLUS6: Is the 11+ a good measure of ability?
  • Q11PLUS7: Are children aged 10 or 11 too young for selection tests?
  • Q11PLUS8: Do children not at grammar school still get a first class education?
  • CHANGE11: Does the 11+ and then secondary/grammar school system work?
  • GRAMOR11: Change 11+ test, the secondary/grammar school system, or both
  • CHG111: Have 11+ test at end of Primary 7?
  • CHG112: Have selection test at age 14?
  • CHG113: Have selection test at age 16.
  • CHG114: Have children assessed by teachers?
  • CHG115: Have a different kind of test?
  • CHGGRAM1: Same school until 14, and then secondary/grammar school?
  • CHGGRAM2: Same school until 16 and then 'A' levels or vocational training?
  • CHGGRAM3: Secondary schools select a third of pupils for 'grammar stream'?
  • PASS11: Did you pass 11+?
  • GOVMXSCH: Should the government encourage more mixed schooling?
  • SLFEVINT: Have your children ever attended an integrated school?
  • SEPFUDIV: Do separate schools for Protestants and Catholics fuel community divisions?
  • INTDKCLT: Do children at integrated schools learn enough about their own culture and traditions?
  • GVNOFUND: Should the government fund schools taking only Catholic or only Protestant pupils?
  • IRSHLANG: Should all secondary level pupils study Irish language and culture?
  • ULSTLANG: Should all secondary level pupils study Ulster-Scots language and culture?
  • PROTRELG: Should all secondary level pupils study Protestant religious beliefs?
  • CATHRELG: Should all secondary level pupils study Catholic religious beliefs?
  • NONDRELG: Should all secondary level pupils study religious beliefs in general?
  • PLURAL1: Should children at school learn about the religious festivals of all religions and ethnic groups?
  • PLURAL2: Should religious education be left to parents and their churches?
  • PLURAL3: Should Catholic schools offer cricket and rugby?
  • PLURAL4: Should Protestant schools offer gaelic football, hurling and camogie?
  • EDGAIN1: Schools aim towards skills and knowledge which will help get a good job?
  • EDGAIN2: Schools aim towards good exam results?
  • EDGAIN3: Schools aim towards self-confidence?
  • EDGAIN4: Schools aim towards knowledge that equips them for life in general?
  • EDGAIN5: Schools aim towards an ability to live among people from different backgrounds?
  • EDGAIN6: Schools aim towards skills that allow them to adapt to the changing needs of the world of work?
  • EDGAIN7: Schools aim towards an ability to speak and write clearly?
  • EDGAIN8: Schools aim towards a readiness to challenge other people's ideas?
  • CITIZN1: Is it the job of schools to teach about politics and human rights?
  • CITIZN2: Is it about time schools started to openly tackle such difficult issues?
  • CITIZN3: Is teaching children about politics and human rights just trying to brainwash them?
  • CITIZN4: Do you doubt that the people teaching this kind of thing would do it fairly?
  • CITIZN5: Will children never be effective members of society unless they learn about human rights and politics when they are young?
  • CITIZN6: Should schools should be a place where children can get away from political problems?
  • CITIZN7: Will teaching about human rights and politics help young people become active members of their own communities?
  • CITIZN8: Will teaching about human rights and politics risk encouraging children towards extreme political views?
  • CITIZN9: Will discussions about politics and human rights help children understand why other traditions feel hard done by?
  • CITIZN10: Will discussions about politics and human rights be too painful for children who have suffered during the Troubles?
  • CITIZNGD: Is it a good idea to teach about politics and human rights in schools?

 

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