School and Democracy

A STEP TO OUR JOINT FUTURE

A DEMOCRACY QUIZ

1.       SCHOOL DEMOCRACY

a)      Do you have any  democratic institutions at your school ?

o     Yes

o     No

b)      What is the name of your school students’ representation?

c)       How do you choose them?

o   public vote

o   secret ballot

d)      What is your students’ representstion responsible for ?

e)      How many members of students’ representation are there at your school ?

f)       Is there a students’ representation for every group, class, year etc. ?

o   Yes

o   No

g)      How do you choose them ?

o   public vote

o   secret ballot

h)      What are they responsible for ?

i)        Is there a girls’ sport team at your school ?

o   YES

o   NO

j)        Do you have Religious Education at your school ?

o   YES

o   NO

k)      If  YES  what religious are they ?

l)        Are there any religious symbols at your school ?

o   Yes

o   NO

m)    If  YES what are they?

n)      What do you wear at school ?

o   A school uniform

o   casual clothes

o)      If you don’t  wear a school uniform are there any special rules about your clothes

o   YES

o   NO

p)      If YES what are they ?

2.       DEMOCRACY IN YOUR REGION

a)      How are your authorities choosen?

o   public vote

o   secret ballot

b)      How is choosen your mayor?

o   public vote

o   secret ballot

o   by authoritives

c)       Do you know the name of your mayor?

d)      What are his responsibilities?

e)      Do you know the names of your municipal coucil?

f)       What are their responsibilities?

3.       DEMOCRACY IN YOUR COUNTRY

a)      How many different nations live in your country ?

b)      What are main  religions are in your country ? (give %)

c)       Are there sportsmen and sportswomen from different countries in your national teams?

THE RESULTS OF OUR DEMOCRACY QUIZ

NAME OF THE COUNTRY

QUESTION	ANSWER	NUMBER OF RESPONSES	PER CENT
1A	YES NO	*** ***	% %
1C	PUBLIC VOTE SECRET BALLOT	*** ***	% %
1F	YES NO	*** ***	% %
1G	PUBLIC VOTE SECRET BALLOT	*** ***
1I	YES NO	*** ***	% %
1J	YES NO	*** ***	% %
1L	YES NO	*** ***	% %
1N	A SCHOOL UNIFORM CASUAL CLOTHES	*** ***
1O	YES NO	*** ***	% %
2A	PUBLIC VOTE SECRET BALLOT	*** ***	% %
2B	PUBLIC VOTE SECRET BALLOT BY THE AUTHORITIES	*** *** ***

RESULTS

	question	TURKEY	GERMANY	PORTUGAL	SPAIN	POLAND
1a	Do you have any democratic institutions at your school?	yes	Yes	yes	yes	yes
1b	What is the name of your school students’ representation?	Turgut karadağ	Schulsprecher (School Speaker) Jana Fuchs			Samorząd uczniowski (Students’ representative)
1c	How do you choose them?	Secret ballot	Secret ballot	Secret ballot	Public vote	Secret ballot
1d	What is your students’ representation responsible for ?	Every issue to help friends students searches for solutions to problems Determines the school ıssues	They represent the interests of the students. They organize activities for all of the students.			Organising trips, discos, school festivals
1e	How many members of students’ representation are there at your school ?	one	? / 10 / 25  (different answers!)			5
1f	Is there a students’ representation for every group, class…	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
1g	How do you choose them ?	Secret ballot	Secret ballot	Secret ballot	Public vote	Public vote, secret balot
1h	What are they responsible for ?	Report deficiensries to the administation of the class	hey represent the interests of the class and organize special activities for the class. They talk to the headmaster if there is a problem in the class.			School life, dialog between students and teachers
1i	Is there a girls’ sport team at your school ?	Yes	yes	No	yes	yes
1j	Do you have Religious Education at your school ?	Yes	yes	No	yes	yes
1k	If  YES  what religious are they ?		Protestant and Catholic. Some students take Ethics.			Catholic
1l	Are there any religious symbols at your school ?	No	No-95% Yes-5%	No	yes	Yes
1m	If  YES what are they?		The religious education teacher teaches us about religious symbols.			crosses
1n	What do you wear at school ?	A school uniform	Casual clothes	Casual clothes	A school uniform	Casual clothes
1o	If you don’t  wear a school uniform are there any special rules about your clothes
1p	If YES what are they ?		Students shouldn’t wear t-shirts with obscene language.
2a	How are your authorities choosen?	Faruk Akdoğan Public vote	Secret ballot	Secret ballot	Public vote	Secret ballot
2b	How is choosen your mayor?	Public vote	Secret ballot	Secret ballot	By the authorities	Secret ballot
2c	Do you know the name of your mayor?	Faruk Akdoğan	Yes, Andreas Schulz			Yes, Mirosław Warczak
2d	What are his responsibilities?	Give serves to the public and to administer a city	He is responsible for laws and projects in our community.			Commune economy management, financial economy
2e	Do you know the names of your municipal coucil?	yes	No		Yes-50% No- 50%
2f	What are their responsibilities?	Management of municipal decision-making body. Determines the price tariffs.	He is responsible for laws and projects in our community.		Taking part in meetings, voting about resolutions
3a	How many different nations live in your country ?	There are sixty-seven different nations in my country.	Over 170
3b	What are main  religions are in your country ? (give %)	Islam 99% Other 1%	30% Protestant, 30% Catholic, 5% Islam		Christianity
3c	Are there sportsmen and sportswomen from different countries in your national teams?	Alex,Stoch,Yobo,Quaresma,bobo,ens Milan baroş,hilbert,almeida,simao	Lukas Podolski - Poland, Mesut Özil - Turkey, Mario Gomez - Spain		yes