In particular, students’ perceptions improved via appreciating more
of the following:
- Emphasis
on environmental concerns
- End
products contributing to everyday lives
- Contribution to local and national economy
- Wide range
of different and interesting jobs and skills
- Support
for employees and their career progression
- Working in
teams rather than individually
- Importance
of Safety.
With the
biggest change in perception on appreciating:
- Attractive
clean working environment
- Qualifications and entry routes
- Reduction
of pollution.
Typical
results:
- 310 very
positive perceptions about industry before the lessons
increased to 924 after the lessons.
- 41% of
positive or strongly positive perceptions about industry
before the lessons increased to 69% at the end of the
lessons.
- The effect
size is an amazing 1.5 (A score of 0.2 is low, 0.5 is medium
and 0.8 is considered high)
- The
statistical significance is a probability of >99%
Typical bar chart
of results
