COMENIUS MULTILATERAL PARTNERSHIP WHAT EUROPEANS KNOW ABOUT THE EUROPEAN UNION SURVEY SLOVAKIA

1. What was the main target for making EU? A peace B economic cooperation C cultural cooperation 2. When did the process of uniting Europe countries begin? A 1945 B 1950 C When was the EU founded? A 1995 B 1993 C Which state doesn´t belong to the countries that were at the foundation of EU? A Great Britain B Germany C Belgium

5. Which state entered EU in 1973? A Danmark, Ireland, Great Britain B Danmark, France, Great Britain C Ireland, Great Britain, Belgium 6. When did Slovakia became a member EU? A 2004 B 2005 C Where does the European parliament meet? A Wien B Brussel, Luxembourg, Strasbourg C Paris 8. Which town is the seat of European Central Bank? A Brussel B Frankfurt am Mein C Strasbourg

9. Which are the three main institution of EU ? A European Parliament, Council of European Union, Europe Council B European Parliament, Council of European Union, Region council C European Parliament, Council of European Union, Eropean Commission 10. European Union has at the present. official languages. A 27 B 25 C How many stars are on the flag of EU? A 25 B 15 C When did Euro began to be used in the first 12 countries EU? A 1. January 1999 B 1. January 2002 C 1. January 2004

We used for the questionnaire a voting gadget of an interactive board. Students answered the questions by pressing the correct letter on the voting egg. The results were automatically evaluated and every participant could learn how many times he answered correctly or incorrectly. We use this to test quickly the knowledge of our students. It saves a lot of paper and time.

Questions about European Union answered by students

No of correct participantsanswers No of correct participant answers

Green square – OK Blue square – bad White square – without voting

Green square – OK Blue square – bad White square – without voting

Final evaluation of results Number Number of correct answers of students

Questionnaire about European Union answered 50 students age from 13 to 15. There is not a student who answered 12 questions correctly. One answered 11 questions and one 10 questions correctly. Every student answered more than one question. Altogether thirty- four students answered correctly more than 50 % of questions.

Questions about European Union answered by older people

Green square – OK Blue square – bad White square – without voting

Evaluation of results Number number of correct answers of elders

Questionnaire about European Union answered 8 elders. They accepted our invitation to school, so they could also use avoting gadget. One answered all questions correctly and three of them answered 11questions. Seven elders answered 50 percent of questions right.

Mark the age category: up 60 years over 60 years 1. Do you know about history EU? Don´t knowpartly knowknow 2. Do you know the basic facts about the way EU works? Don´t knowpartly knowknow 3. Do you think that by entering EU there are more possibilities to study abroad? Don´t agree partly agree agree 4. Do you think that entering EU has more positives than negatives ? Don´t agree partly agree agree Quiz about European Union answered by parents

Quiz about European Union answersNumber of Number of parents of grandparents 1. Don´t know84 partly know64 know62 2. Don´t know85 partly know73 know52 3. Don´t agree01 partly agree126 agree83 4. Don´t agree43 partly agree74 agree93

Quiz results Our quiz answered 20 parents and 10 grand - parents. 8 parents marked that they don´t know much about history and basic facts of EU. Four parents don´t think that EU has more positives for their country. 9 grandparents said that they don´t know much about history and basic facts of EU. Four think that EU has more negatives than positives.

Number Number Number of correct of parents of grandparents answers Questionnaire about European Union

answered 20 parents and 10 grandparents. Two of them answered all questions correctly and five of them answered 11 questions. Fifteen parents answered 50 percent of questions right and nine grandparents answered more 50 percent of questions correctly.

The questionnaire about EU answered 80 people altogether. 65 participants got correctly 50 % of questions which is 81%. We compared the results of four groups: Students 68% Parents 75% Grandparents 90% Elders 90%

The best results achieved the older groups, then parents and finally the students. We are happy that our citizens have such a good knowledge about European Union. We believe that we - students will increase our experiences of life in EU and learn more about the way it functions and influences our lifes.