TO: EVOC 502/3 Instructor
FROM:
DATE: January 7, 2006
RE: 503, DLQ2, Wiget
EVOC 503
Distance Learning Quiz 2
Pre-Course Survey and Post-Course Survey
Pre-Course Survey
Post-Course Survey
Surveys or
questionnaires are very useful tools. A pre-course survey for my class in Substance
Abuse Treatment and Recovery can give me an understanding of what a student's
goals are for the course, how much experience they have with recovery, and how
much support they may be likely to receive at home. I ask why they are taking
this class (most of the time it is to keep from going to jail). So it is almost
without saying that most students have a negative attitude when they first
start the course. A short recovery terminology test included
with the pre-course survey might change a student's perception,
or idea, of how much recovery information and skills they actually have. After
a day of explaining the course and what there is to learn, and the freedom that
is possible to attain, I then give the survey which asks what the student's course
goals are. Do they want to learn about recovery for their personal well
being or are they just doing it to get their parole agent off their back. The
answers from the pre-course surveys could also change some of the objectives
or goals of the course if the majority of students simply want to understand
why and how they do the things that do to obtain drugs.
The importance of setting these course goals, for
both student and teacher, are realized in the post-course survey. The day
before the post-course survey, students review their pre-course survey. In this
way, they have a better perception through reflection on all that
they have learned and achieved. In this way, hopefully the opinions
stated in the post-course survey will be truly objective. I can
form a general synopsis, or
summing up of how successful the course was.