scholarly journals Evaluation of the teaching practice course carried out with the Lesson Study Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-127
Author(s):  
Şeyma Şahin ◽  
Abdurrahman Kılıç
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Lesson Study ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Group Interview ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Study Process

The purpose of this research was to evaluate the teaching practice process carried out with the lesson study model. In this research “action research” approach was adopted. The study group of the research consisted of four Turkish Language and Literature pre-service teachers. Lesson study was carried out in nine weeks of the teaching practice course. Qualitative data collection techniques such as observation, unstructured focus group interview, and document review were used as data collection techniques. Pre-service teacher course observation forms obtained before the lesson study process, course plans, reflective diary forms, peer observation forms and student opinion forms obtained during the lesson study application process were analyzed with descriptive analysis method. At the end of the lesson study process, focus group interview data and letters written by pre-service teachers were analyzed by content analysis method. At the end of the research, it was seen that pre-service teachers’ perception of teaching profession changed in line with student-centered understanding. It has been determined that pre-service teachers personally develop in terms of multi-faceted thinking, problem solving, self-confidence and patience and also improve professionally on issues such as coping with students, preparing plans, and producing activities. Received: 14 April 2020Accepted: 22 October 2020

scholarly journals Application in the World of Understanding: Researchers’ Experiences of Participation in Reflective Dialogues

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 233339361881500
Author(s):  
Linda Nyholm ◽  
Susanne Salmela ◽  
Lisbet Nyström
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
Group Interview ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Application Research ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study was to describe researchers’ experiences of participation in reflective dialogues through a hermeneutic application research approach. The aim was also to describe their perspectives on application, that is, the inner appropriation and application of theory into practice and vice versa. Twenty-one clinical coresearchers and four scientific researchers participated in reflective dialogues in a project on ethical sustainable caring cultures, in which an application research approach was used. The study included questionnaires, a focus group interview, and conversations. The findings show that participation in the reflective dialogues required that the participants are present, open for dialogue, share a common interest in the thematics of the dialogue, and are given space to express themselves. The participants described their experiences of the dual meaning underlying application. Application research strengthened the relationship between research and clinical practice and it contributed to the development of theory.

Multiple representations in the development of students’ cognitive structures about the saponification reaction

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 760-771
Author(s):  
Mónica Baptista ◽  
Iva Martins ◽  
Teresa Conceição ◽  
Pedro Reis
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Multiple Representations ◽  
Group Interview ◽  
Cognitive Structures ◽  
Teaching Sequence ◽  
Word Association Test ◽  
Development Of Students

The purpose of this study was to understand how the use of multiple representations (MR), during a sequence of lessons on the saponification reaction, can help students develop their cognitive structures. We examined (i) the effect of the teaching sequence with MR on the development of the students’ cognitive structures and (ii) how, according to the students, that sequence helped them to develop their cognitive structures. This study was conducted in three Grade 12 classes, including a total of 68 students. This study follows a pre-experimental one group pretest–posttest design, providing an intervention during the experiment. We used two data collection instruments: a Word Association Test (WAT) and a focus group interview. The results obtained from the WAT show that the students’ cognitive structures progressed from the pretest to posttest, with an increase in the number of response words and connections between words, and with a change in the nature of these connections. The results suggest that this development was influenced by the way students used MR, making use of the three MR functions proposed by Ainsworth (2006, 2008). The students recognized that the combination of the three MR functions allowed them to move across representation levels (macroscopic, symbolic and submicroscopic) and to develop a deeper and more structured understanding of the concepts related to the saponification reaction.

Improving Preceptor Behavior Through Formative Feedback in Preceptor Training

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 97-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Groh ◽  
Diane Gill ◽  
Jolene Henning ◽  
Susan W. Stevens ◽  
Abbey Dondanville
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Athletic Training ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Group Interview ◽  
Preceptor Training ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Frequency Counts

Context Clinical instructor educators (CIEs) prepare athletic trainers (ATs) to serve as preceptors. Structured performance observation and supervisory conferencing is a well-established method to improve teaching practice that may prove effective for training preceptors. Objective To explore the impact of a systematic preceptor training program on preceptor behaviors. Design Mixed-methods, quasi-experimental, pre-post design using a systematic observational tool for measuring preceptor behaviors, postintervention survey, and focus group interview. Setting Two collegiate athletic training facilities. Patients or Other Participants Three ATs serving as preceptors (2 men, 1 woman) with 5.7 ± 5.5 years supervising students. Intervention(s) Preceptor training including a CIE-preceptor planning conference, video-recorded observation session that was coded using an Observational Record of Clinical Educator Behavior (ORCEB) coding form, and CIE-preceptor feedback conference conducted over a 4-week period. Main Outcome Measure(s) We used the ORCEB to count the frequency of 4 categories of preceptor behaviors demonstrated every 5 seconds during a 30-minute clinical education session. Frequency counts for each category of behavior and percentage of change preintervention to postintervention were calculated. A postintervention survey and focus group interview evaluated perceptions of intervention effectiveness. Results Aggregate mean frequency counts for the giving information category increased by 272.8% preintervention (41.7 ± 27.5) to postintervention (155.3 ± 62), evaluating students increased 185.7% preintervention (4.7 ± 8.1) to postintervention (13.3 ± 11.1), and behaviors that promote problem solving increased 257.9% preintervention (6.3 ± 2.3) to postintervention (22.7 ± 13.4). Behaviors that do not promote student engagement decreased 45.1% preintervention (307.3 ± 33.3) to postintervention (168.7 ± 55.8). The survey (4.0–4.7 ± 0.0–0.6) and focus group results support a positive perception on impact of the intervention on the role as preceptor. Conclusions Our study supports a systematic training program as a favorable method for increasing effective preceptor behaviors. Limitations of our study include a small sample size and inclusion of only 1 athletic training education program.

scholarly journals Exploring Factors Linking Value Co-Creation and Loyalty among Cooperative Members: A Qualitative Study

2018 ◽  
pp. 231-234
Author(s):  
Jati Kasuma ◽  
Rosmimah Mohd Roslin ◽  
YusmanYacob YusmanYacob ◽  
Abang Fhaeizdhya
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Group Interview ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Trusting Relationships

Co-creation is described as the involvement of consumers as active members in the sellers’ firms for the creation of value benefitting both parties. Connecting value co-creation with cooperative members in Malaysia however is new in the literature as very little studies have attempted to understand such perspectives. Thus, the purpose of this study is to deepen the understanding and explore variables that could link value co-creation with cooperative member’s loyalty. Using focus group interview as the method of data collection, findings reveal that loyalty among cooperative members are likely to be derived when co-creation lead to economic benefits and enhance relationship quality. Ultimately, such loyalty progress towards building commitment and trusting relationships among members.

scholarly journals Fokus: technika i jej zastosowanie w badaniach edukacyjnych

1970 ◽  
pp. 19-27
Author(s):  
Sławomir Banaszak
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Group Interview ◽  
Communication Techniques ◽  
Group Focus

A Focus group interview (FGI), the focused group, focus groups or just focus are the definitionsof data collection techniques which, after several decades of development, have become an important part of research plans in social sciences. Placing the focus on communication techniques leads us to combine analyses consisting of interview and observation. It also raises the question whether the focus, which by definitioncombines and directly expresses the strengths and weaknesses of communication techniques and the strengths and weaknesses of observation techniques, allows achieving some kind of methodological synergy. In addition, the essence of measurement in science and – more closely – in social sciences seems to be an important context for the empirical functioning of the focus and for researchers preferring this technique of data collection.

Novice Researchers' Reflection on Conducting a Focus Group

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 143-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline O'connor ◽  
Siobhan Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Group Interview ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Routine Patient Care ◽  
Group Data ◽  
Focus Group Data ◽  
Nurses Perceptions

Focus group data collection can capture what is unknown about nurses' perceptions of routine patient care issues in clinical settings. Using Gibbs Reflective Cycle (1988) novice researchers Caroline O'Connor and Siobhan Murphy critically analysed the practicalities of conducting a focus group interview.

Pendidikan Karakter Profetik dalam Sirah Nabawiyah (Telaah Kitab al-Râhiq al-Makhtûm Karya Shafiy al-Rahmân al-Mubârakfuri)

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Syahid ◽  
H. Husni
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Character Education ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Library Research ◽  
History Of

This study aims to analyze the character values ​​in Sirah Nabawiyah Ar-Rahiq Al-Makhtum by Syafiyyurrahman al-Mubarakfuri, so that it is revealed how the character education of the Prophet Muhammad. and analyze its relevance to current educational goals. The research method used is library research, the type of research approach is deductive and the analysis method is content analysis. Data collection techniques used were library techniques. This research succeeded in proving that prophetic values ​​based on the history of the Prophet Muhammad have a strong relevance to the concept of contemporary character education. Prophetic values ​​loaded with character education in this era, especially related to religiosity, honesty, tolerance, discipline, hard work, creative, independent, democracy, curiosity, national spirit, love of the motherland, respect for achievement, friendship, love for peace , likes to read, care about the environment, care about social, and responsibility.

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