Joe Dyson
Age 10
I
was interested in researching this topic because
many people at my school do scouting or guiding
and I do it myself.
 I wanted to find out what peoples reactions were to
scouting and guiding, if they enjoy it, and what
they thought could be improved.
 My research question is ‘What do children at my
school think about scouting and guiding?’
My participants were children from year 3,4,5, and 6.
 I chose these children because I thought they would be able
to read a questionnaire and give me suitable answers.
 I handed out at least 45 questionnaires.
 I received 21 back.
 To analyse my questionnaires I used tallies and coding.
 For my closed questions I used tallying.
 For my open questions I used coding. To do this I sorted the
answers into groups which had similar themes.
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 To
make my questionnaire ethical, I asked the
participants not to put their names on so they were
anonymous.
 To make sure the answers were confidential, I
locked them in a cupboard so no-one could see
them, and I didn’t talk to anyone about them.
 To make sure the questionnaires were suitable for
the audience, I didn’t use complicated words, and if
I had to, I gave a definition.
Have you ever been in a scouting or guiding
group before?
7
Number of children
6
5
4
No
3
Yes
2
1
0
Boy
Age 7
Girl
Boy
Girl
Age 8
Boy
Girl
Age 9
Age and Gender
Boy
Girl
Age 10
Boy
Girl
Age 11
If you answered 'yes' to question 3 which
Number of children
groups do you belong to?
4
3
Guides
Beavers
2
Cubs
Scouts
1
Rainbows
Brownies
0
Boy
Age 7
Girl
Boy
Girl
Age 8
Boy
Girl
Age 9
Boy
Girl
Age 10
Age and Gender
Boy
Girl
Age 11
If you answered 'no' to question 3, why have you not
taken part?
4.5
4
Number of children
3.5
Other: Can't afford it
3
2.5
Other: Can't get there
2
Not near my house
1.5
Too busy
1
Not interested
0.5
0
Boy
Age 7
Girl
Boy
Girl
Age 8
Boy
Girl
Age 9
Boy
Girl
Age 10
Age and Gender
Boy
Girl
Age 11
If you could join, would you?
5
Number of children
4
3
Maybe
2
No
1
Yes
0
Boy
Girl
Age 7
Boy
Girl
Age 8
Boy
Girl
Age 9
Boy
Girl
Age 10
Boy
Girl
Age 11
If you do scouting or guiding do you enjoy it?
3
Really don't
Number of children
2
enjoy it
Don't enjoy
it
1
Don't mind
it
0
Boy
Girl
Age 7
Boy
Girl
Age 8
Boy
Girl
Age 9
Boy
Girl
Age 10
Age and Gender
Boy
Girl
Age 11
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What do you enjoy about scouting and
guiding? – I got 5 responses
Everything
 Everything
 Being able to spend time with friends
 That you can take part in things
 Make new friends
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What don’t you enjoy about scouting and
guiding- I got 4 responses
I don’t know
 Horrible teachers and children
 I don’t mind
 Girls that swear
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Do you have anything you wish to add about scouting and
guiding?
I got 5 responses
If it was a hot summer day you could go swimming
I would like to try my mum wouldn't let me
I really like guides because you have freedom
They should look after new children better I am know in the
girls brigade
I never done it before
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Have you ever been in a scouting or guiding
group before?
9
children said yes
 11 children said no
 None of the 10 year olds I asked said
‘yes’
 Perhaps its because they’re on the
border line of scouts and cubs or
brownies and guides.
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If you answered ‘yes’ to question 3. which groups
do you belong to?
I found out that that the most popular group
was cubs this could be because this covers all
of the year 3,4 class and year 5
 The least popular groups were rainbows and
beavers
 Perhaps because very few of the children I
asked were young enough to do it.
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If you answered ‘no’ to question 3, why have
you not taken part?
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most common reason for not taking
part is because there not interested
 There were also other reasons such as to
busy, not near my house, cant get there
and can’t afford it.
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If you could join would you?
7
children said yes and 7 said no
 This shows that 7 people want to
take part but can’t for some reason
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If you do scouting or guiding do you enjoy it?
9
children do scouting and guiding and
6 of them say they enjoy it very much
but only 1 person said they really don’t
enjoy it
 This shows that most people are very
happy about scouting and guiding
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Question 8, what do you enjoy about scouting and
guiding?
2 people said ‘ everything’
2 people mentioned spending time with friends
Question 9. what don’t you enjoy about scouting
and guiding?
2 people were unsure
2 people disliked the other people such as teachers and
children
What did I find out?
 Of
the people I asked, most didn’t do
scouting or guiding
 If they didn’t take part it was mostly
because they weren’t interested, but
there were other reasons too.
 Most people who do scouting or
guiding enjoy it a lot.
How did my project go?
 I think my project was partly successful. This is because I thought some
of the children could have given more precise answers to my open
questions rather than just one word answers.
 However I was successful in finding out what I wanted to find out
If I was doing this project again
 I would probably chase people up more to return the questionnaires
because I didn’t get many back.
 I could ask people what they would improve about scouting or guiding.
Thank
you