1. MULTICUTURAL COMMUNICATION: BREAKING STEREOTYPES
MULTICUTURAL COMMUNICATION: BREAKING STEREOTYPES
QUESTIONNAIRE ABOUT STEREOTYPES Gargždų “Minijos“ progimnazija March, 2017

2. QUESTIONNAIRE ABOUT STEREOTYPES
Objectives:
to investigate stereotypical attitudes of year old students towards different races;
to identify stereotypes students have heard or experienced ;
to determine whether students stereotype  themselves and others;
to find out what factors students take into account while stereotyping others.

3. QUESTIONNAIRE ABOUT STEREOTYPES
Method: Questionnaire method was used to investigate stereotypes. Students were given a questionnaire with 24 open questions to collect data.
Results: characteristics of groups of people given by our students tend to be oversimplificated. Participants don’t see any harm of stereotyping even though the stereotypes linked to them are largely negative.
Conclusion: stereotypes are widespread, and shared by members of a particular social group.

4. Responds to questionnaire 328 respondents aged 12-14

5. Responds to questionnaire 328 respondents aged 12-14

6. Responds to questionnaire 328 respondents aged 12-14
4)Have you ever heard a crazy stereotype about your country? Is it true?
- Lithuanians do not live in Lithuania. No, it isn’t true. (We know that many Lithuanians went to work in the UK, Ireland, Spain, and the USA and we have a high emigration rate)
- Achoo is a way of sneezing. No, it means “Thank you. Aciu”
- Haven’t heard (215 respondents, 65,5%)

7. Responds to questionnaire 328 respondents aged 12-14

8. Responds to questionnaire 328 respondents aged 12-14

9. Responds to questionnaire 328 respondents aged 12-14

10. Responds to questionnaire 328 respondents aged 12-14

11. Responds to questionnaire 328 respondents aged 12-14

12. Responds to questionnaire 328 respondents aged 12-14

13. Responds to questionnaire 328 respondents aged 12-14
Examples of offensive stereotypes:
All teenagers are rebels.
Teachers stereotype students as “troublemakers”
Children are stereotyped based on where they live and who their parents are.

14. Responds to questionnaire 328 respondents aged 12-14
Examples of positive stereotypes:
All dark skinned sportsmen are good
Women are better nurses
People from Asia know kung fu.

15. Responds to questionnaire 328 respondents aged 12-14
“ Stereotypes aren’t always true , I know the saying “LikeWolves in Sheep's Clothing”
Kotryna, 13 years old

16. Responds to questionnaire 328 respondents aged 12-14

17. Responds to questionnaire 328 respondents aged 12-14

18. Responds to questionnaire 328 respondents aged 12-14
-There’s no harm in having stereotypes or making jokes based on stereotypes. Iveta, 14 years old
-Stereotypes are harmful because they ignore the humanity and uniqueness of all people.
Laura, 14 years old
Stereotypes can cause feelings of hate and aggression.
Žilvinas, 13 years old
Stereotypes can cause feelings of hate and aggression.
Žilvinas, 13 years old

19. Responds to questionnaire 328 respondents aged 12-14
-No, we have to teach others that it is wrong, it can negatively impact emotional well-being and lower the level of self-esteem.
Andrius, 14 years old
-People who believe that they are being judged negatively will never reveal the best of their ability.
Justas, 13 years old
-No, it’s wrong. People might feel depressed and commit a suicide.
Eimantas, 13 years old

20. The larger conclusions we drew
The  topicality of the questionnaire. Actually, our students were asked to associate ethnic groups with whom they had no personal contact.
The researcher had to change the language of questions to match the social background of respondents' age and educational level.
The questionnaire was too long to complete it due to young age of the respondents

21. This type of research
Was time consuming to collect the data. It took longer for the respondents to complete open questions.
Was time consuming to analyze the data. It took longer for the researcher to analyze qualitative data as she had to read the answers and try to put them into categories. 
Was not suitable for the young respondents as open questions in the questionnaire require knowledge that our students haven‘t obtained yet.