4. The Research Procedures

I intend to use questionniares that will collect qualitative and quantitative data from a range of stakehodlers (governors, staff) in addition to interveiw- potentially semi- structured with some prompts as I want to discover other's perceptions and experiences of the role of co- headteacher so that I am able to compare and contrast it to my own (case study- of pratitioner research & action enquiry). Having completed wide research regarding the design of questionnaires I have designed one using an attidude survey/ lickert scale with opportunities for respondents to reply in an open ended way to enable self expression and futher probing where appropriate.

I intend to use questionniares that will collect qualitative and quantitative data from a range of stakehodlers (governors, staff) in addition to interveiw- potentially semi- structured with some prompts as I want to discover other's perceptions and experiences of the role of co- headteacher so that I am able to compare and contrast it to my own (case study- of pratitioner research & action enquiry). Having completed wide research regarding the design of questionnaires I have designed one using an attidude survey/ lickert scale with opportunities for respondents to reply in an open ended way to enable self expression and futher probing where appropriate.

For my research I will be using a case study and qualitative data such as: parental, teacher, case study child and peer interviews, observations, journals and On/Off task recording. With a colleague we will undertake a critical incident analysis in respect to the case study, peers and teacher’s behaviour in certain situations.

I am aware that our particular school environment and the child’s socio-economic background will have a bearing on the findings but as my research is to develop the social and academic progress of a child with an attachment disorder within my setting then I believe that the research will be valid in this instance.
 

I'm using qualatative data - small scale study, data rich through interviews/questionnaires across a wide range of staff/students who have input into Teacher/Training, Professional Formation, Main Grade Lecturers within Additional Learning Support and within Curriculum Areas, and the end user, students. The guided interview is based on the Inclusive Development Plan used in Primary and Secondary Schools - so each element is coded. The interviews are heavy on time, but each interviewee has the opportunity to offer information through open questions which has been a good source of material.

There is some threading of other material from a trainee teacher session on teaching strategies that could be used with students with SpLD and observation of teaching in the classroom.

I'm also gathering qualitative data through the use of an open-ended questions questionnaire that will provide me with rich detail on the students' experiences of the target language. I also intend to carry out some recorded interviews involving KS3 at both ends of the spectrum with years 7 and 9 only.
I am also gathering other details through informal observations of the chosen classes to enable validity tests on the research findings. The questionnaire responses will be coded, analysed and evaluated.

Validity tests such as triangulation will be used once the collected data has been immersed. The interviews will be focusing on specific items addressing attitudes and the way to innovatively increase the use of target language in the classroom through their own feedback and taking into account the literature encircling this area of teaching and learning foreign languages.

The informal observations will help me to corroborate what they have previously said in relation to their target language experiences. The questionnaires also contain a small set of closed questions to gather background information on gender and age to enable me to display the findings in quantitative form.

I am going to be using questionnaires to gather data for my study. Questionnaires worked really well in my last study and although this one is different I am still researching within the same field which is assessment for learning. My study is looking at children's attitudes towards self and peer assessment and looking at whether this has allowed them to make progress in their writing. As well as using questionnaires I will be scrutinising their work to see whether these processess have allowed them to reach their next step. But are these reserach methods enough to ensure the validity of my study?

I will be using questionnaires, interviews, observations and visual photographs to collect data. i hope this will give me enough info, though I will opnly interview and collect info from ten respondents. is this acceptable?