Dear Mr/Mrs,

We are two master students ‘Educational Sciences’ from Ghent University

and we are staying at Beijing Normal University for a collaborative
research based internship between the former two universities. We would
like to research which challenges novice primary teachers face during the
first five years of their employment. Therefore we would like to let
beginning primary teachers fill in a questionnaire about their experiences
in the classroom and the school environment.
These questions are based on the literature about challenges young
teachers face. Afterwards a comparison between Chinese and Flemish
primary teachers will be made.
This questionnaire will take about 5 minutes and contains 43 multiple
choice questions.
All the questionnaires will be processed anonymous.

We would like to thank you for your participation, if you have any further
questions, please let us know.

Kind regards,

Fauve De Backer & Lisa Dewulf in collaboration with Prof. Cai YongHong.

Fauve.DeBacker@ugent.be
Lisa.Dewulf@ugent.be
Personal Information

Age: 26
Sex: M
Graduated Artevelde hogeschool Gent
at (place of
college/uni
versity):
Years of 2
employmen
t:
Name of Het Laar
the school:
Province of Oost-Vlaanderen
employmen
t:
Teaching BuLo type 2
grade:

Challenges

On a scale of 1 to 5, how much do you agree with following items?

Please check the box: 1= Strongly disagree; 2 = Disagree; 3 = Neither
agree nor disagree; 4 = Agree; 5 = Strongly agree.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5
.
1. I can get students to pay attention and stay x T
on task.
2. I can adjust for students’ learning styles. x T
3. I can build good personal relationships with x S
my students.
4. I have a good relationship with the x S
headmaster of the school.
5. I can deal with very resistant students. x M
6. I can keep order and discipline in the x M
classroom.
7. When I have problems with classroom x T
discipline, I know how to deal with it.
8. I can explain things clearly to the pupils. x T
9. I can differentiate between pupils to meet x T
their individual needs.
10.I can get the most out of my space, time and x M
furniture.
11.I know what procedural routines are x T
important, and how to get maximum mileage
 out of them.
12.I can vary my teaching style according to my x T
pupils.
13.I can communicate to students well. x S
14.I can communicate well with the headmaster x S
of the school.
15.I know what I should teach, and how I should x T
frame my objectives.
16.I am aware of my hidden curriculum. x SC
17.I know what my students have really learned. x T
18.I know how to assess student’s work. x T
19.I can collaborate efficiently with other x S
teachers and the headmaster.
20.I know how to deal with conflicts with parents. x S
21. I am able to inform the parents when x S
students’ results are not good.
22.I can build good relationships with parents. x S
23.I know how to communicate with parents. x S
24.I feel confident about my knowledge of the x SC
teaching subjects.
25. Sometimes I have feelings of insecurity x SC
or inexperience with teaching.
26.Sometimes I feel I lack preparation. x SC
27.I have enough time for the preparations of my x SC
lessons.
28.I can deal with differences between students. x T
29.I make my lessons efficient and effective. x T
30.I know individual students have diverse needs x T
and I can manage this.
31. Sometimes I feel insecure about my x SC
role as a scholarly model for the pupils.
32. Sometimes I feel stressed by being a x SC
teacher.
33.Sometimes I feel anxious and stressed due to SC
the absence of a qualified mentor.
34. I am good at time management in daily x SC
life.
35.Sometimes I feel like I do not have enough x SC
time to manage all my teacher tasks.
36.I am satisfied with the support and guidance x SE
of the school.
37. My teacher training prepared me enough on the x O
difficulties that I now face as a novice teacher.
38.I think there is a good climate on school x SE
(teachers help each other etc.).
39.I know who I can talk to when I have x SE
questions or when I feel uncertain.
40.I like the school environment. x SE
41.I think this school is a good environment for x SE
children.
42.When I have some questions, I can ask for x SE
help from colleagues.
43.My expectations of my students are x SC
 appropriate.

Thank you for your participation.

Fauve De Backer and Lisa Dewulf.