Schoolkompas, A website to support in choosing a secondary school

Schoolkompas, A website to support in choosing a secondary school

Siegers, J.C.

Boersema, T. (mentor)
Van Mourik, F. (mentor)

Industrial Design Engineering

Industrial Design

Master of Science Design for Interaction

2011-11-23

In the Netherlands, every year 200.000 pupils make the transition from primary to secondary education. Selecting a secondary school is no longer as ‘simple’ as finding a school with the same religious views. Pupils and parents want to know more information about schools, like quality and atmosphere. Some of them have easy access to information, while others have no idea where to start. This is caused by the fact that in some regions printed guides are distributed that help pupils and parents in the process. However, in most parts of the Netherlands there is no central ‘place to go’ when you want to find information about schools. Subjective information like atmosphere and ‘how the teachers are’ is hard to capture in a guide or on a website. Pupils and parents get a good idea about it at open days and it plays a big role in the final decision. When pupils and parents are however still orienting for schools they are interested in information that can be captured on a website, like the satisfaction of other pupils or the profile of the school. The website ‘Schoolkompas’, the result from this project, provides an answer to this need. It is meant to be the central place to go for all pupils and parents that need to find a secondary school. On the website they can find all information they need in order to make a well considered selection of schools. The digital appearance of Schoolkompas makes it possible to offer up-to-date information. Next to that, Schoolkompas offers an easy way to compare schools. Information is standardized so good comparisons are possible. With the gathered information in mind pupils and parents can visit open days well prepared and eventually select the school that suits them best. How does it work? Schoolkompas guides pupils and parents in four steps: • Schools can be searched on a map • Schools can be compared at fifteen characteristics • Schools can be added to a list of favourite schools • General information for visiting schools is provided The fifteen characteristics are carefully chosen based on research: 1. School supply 2. School profile 3. Satisfaction of pupils 4. Satisfaction of parents 5. Safety 6. Involvement 7. Filling in of cancelled lessons 8. Group sizes 9. Learning gains 10. Study rate 11. Graduation rate 12. Graduation grades 13. Judgment of Inspectorate of Education 14. Care plan 15. Parental contribution

interface
school choice
secondary education
design

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b2c47da2-7c56-42a3-b0cc-95450df650b5

Campus only

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2011 Siegers, J.C.