Proud to be tvmbo - Kortlopend Onderwijsonderzoek

Table 6.6: Teachers’ opinions about tvmbo (n=12 teachers)
1. My own English is good enough to teach in tvmbo. 7 5 0 0
2. I need to use a lot of Dutch in the classroom with tvmbo .
students.
Is tvmbo a success?
Teachers were asked in a final question to write a comment about whether they consider
tvmbo to be a success. One teacher summarized the situation at her school as follows:
‘At the moment I am in a very new position in a very new school. Teaching the
children English in English is somewhat a novelty, which seems to have worn off.
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agree
partly agree
disagree
irrelevant
4 5 3 0
3. Tvmbo is a success. 2 6 2 2
4. It’s too difficult to teach my subject to tvmbo students in English.
0 4 5 3
5. Teaching in English means I have less contact with the students. 1 6 5 0
6. Students who have chosen tvmbo are a delight to teach. 0 6 0 6
7. Tvmbo students are clearly more motivated than regular vmbo
students..
0 3 6 3
8. Tvmbo helps students increase their self-esteem. 1 9 0 2
9. Starting tvmbo helps vmbo students to be more motivated. 1 9 0 2
10. My own English is improving through teaching in tvmbo. 3 7 0 2