scholarly journals Equity in Distance Education During COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Tamika K Williams ◽  
Robert W McIntosh ◽  
William B. Russell
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Access To Technology ◽  
Group Interviews

The COVID-19 pandemic forced districts, schools, and teachers to mobilize in order to deal with the digital inequities that have existed for decades. At the beginning stages of technological advances in education, the so-called digital divide related more to access to technology and equipment. Utilizing the phenomenological approach to qualitative research, this study examines the experiences of educators who served students with differing experiences and needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Total of 14 (N) educators (including adminstrators, teachers, and counselors) participated likert style questionaires. 11 of 14 participated in focus group interviews. Findings are shared and conclusions are drawn.  

scholarly journals Psychological Aspect of Pre-competition Warm-up: Motivational Process and Outcomes

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 431
Author(s):  
Eylem Gencer
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Psychological Aspect ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Warm Up ◽  
Motivational Process ◽  
Psychological Influences ◽  
Group Interviews

Pre-competition warm-up has mostly been examined physically in the literature, focusing on its effect on performance and protection from injuries. However, there is a lack of studies regarding the psychological influences of warm-up. Therefore, in this study it was aimed to explore the psychological reflections of pre-competition warm-up in terms of motivational process and outcomes. The research was designed in qualitative research, and phenomenology was employed. Participants were 10 international wrestlers whose age differentiated between 20 and 25 years. They have a sports career ranging from 8 to 12 years. The data were collected via focus group interviews and analyzed via content analysis. Results showed that wrestlers need pre-competition warm-up as they perceive it improves their performance and protects them from injuries. However, perception of the opponent as stronger or weaker, guides whether the warm-up is needed or not. In addition, pre-competition warm-up motivates wrestlers through stimulating, goal-directing (e.g., adaptation, concentration, awareness), and encouraging them to the competition. In conclusion, pre-competition warm-up not only physically prepares athletes for the competition, but also prepares them psychologically with its motivating influences.

scholarly journals Flipped Classroom in an Orthopaedic Assessment Course: Students' Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 324-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana K. Bates
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Athletic Training ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Physical Exam ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Group Interviews

Context:The flipped classroom, moving lecture outside class time and homework to the classroom, has been researched widely across many disciplines. Athletic training education has little research investigating this pedagogical approach.Objective:To explore students' perceptions of a flipped orthopaedic assessment course.Design:Qualitative study using a phenomenological approach.Setting:Focus group interviews with undergraduate students enrolled in an orthopaedic assessment course.Patients or Other Participants:Students (N = 15) enrolled in either the Physical Exam of the Lower Extremities in Athletic Training or the Physical Exam of the Upper Extremities in Athletic Training course participated in a focus-group interview in January or April 2016.Main Outcome Measure(s):Focus group interviews were conducted with a structured interview protocol. Interview data were analyzed inductively to uncover dominant themes by first organizing the data, then summarizing it into codes, and finally interpreting. Credibility was secured through member checking, triangulation, and investigator triangulation.Results:Themes indicated that participants in a flipped classroom found that this pedagogical practice was helpful, allowed for repetition, initially created more work, and was self-paced.Conclusions:Evidence demonstrated that the flipped classroom for this orthopaedic assessment course was favorably received by the participants.

Listening to People: Views about the Bathroom

1997 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 500-504
Author(s):  
Abir Mullick
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Research Method ◽  
User Performance ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Design Features ◽  
Qualitative Research Method ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
The Impact ◽  
At Home

The study focused on the impact of bathroom design on user performance. It used a qualitative research method, focus group interviews, to learn from users about their bathroom needs and preferences. It examined the need for universal bathroom design features that have inclusive applications. It offers design suggestions for use by all people living at home.

Focus Group Interviews: A qualitative research approach for nursing

Pflege ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Kean
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Group Interviews

Focus Group Interviews als qualitativer Forschungsansatz in der Pflegeforschung sind derzeit im englischsprachigen Raum sehr populär. In diesem Artikel wird dieser Forschungsansatz vorgestellt und mit einem Beispiel aus der Pflegeforschung verdeutlicht. Es werden dabei Fragen des allgemeinen und speziellen Studiendesigns angesprochen.

scholarly journals Nursing students’ experiences of a pedagogical transition from campus learning to distance learning using digital tools

BMC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrica Langegård ◽  
Kiana Kiani ◽  
Susanne J. Nielsen ◽  
Per-Arne Svensson
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Group Interviews

Abstract Background The use of distance education using digital tools in higher education has increased over the last decade, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this study aimed to describe and evaluate nursing students’ experiences of the pedagogical transition from traditional campus based learning to distance learning using digital tools. Methods The nursing course Symptom and signs of illness underwent a transition from campus based education to distance learning using digital tools because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This pedagogical transition in teaching was evaluated using both quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Focus group interviews (n = 9) were analysed using qualitative content analysis to explore students’ experiences of the pedagogical transition and to construct a web-based questionnaire. The questionnaire comprised 14 items, including two open-ended questions. The questionnaire was delivered to all course participants and responses were obtained from 96 of 132 students (73%). Questionnaire data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and comments from the open-ended questions were used as quotes to highlight the quantitative data. Results The analysis of the focus group interviews extracted three main dimensions: didactic aspects of digital teaching, study environment, and students’ own resources. Social interaction was an overall theme included in all three dimensions. Data from the questionnaire showed that a majority of students preferred campus based education and experienced deterioration in all investigated dimensions after the pedagogical transition. However, approximately one-third of the students appeared to prefer distance learning using digital tools. Conclusions The main finding was that the pedagogical transition to distance education reduced the possibility for students’ social interactions in their learning process. This negatively affected several aspects of their experience of distance learning using digital tools, such as reduced motivation. However, the heterogeneity in the responses suggested that a blended learning approach may offer pedagogical benefits while maintaining an advantageous level of social interaction.

scholarly journals Critical care nurses’ perceptions of stress and stress-related situations in the workplace

Curationis ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Moola
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Critical Care ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Critical Care Nurses ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Working Environments ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Nurses Perceptions

Critical care nurses (CCNs) experience stressful situations in their daily working environments. A qualitative research approach (exploratory, descriptive and contextual) was used to explore and describe the stressful situations experienced by critical care nurses in the Tshwane metropolitan are of South Africa. Focus group interviews were conducted with critical care nurses.

scholarly journals Exploring the Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Education Divide in Pakistan

2020 ◽  
pp. 32-39
Author(s):  
Naseem Hyder Rajput ◽  
Narmeen Noonari ◽  
Syed Muhammad Ahsan Bukhari ◽  
Mehboob Ali Dehraj ◽  
Jabbar Abbas Rajput
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Focus Group Discussion ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Conference Calls ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Online Learning Resources

Background: The education sector is badly shaken in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic as nationwide closures have impacted 89% of the world’s student population. Aims and Methodology: This qualitative, exploratory study investigated the impacts of COVID-19 on the prevailing education divide through focus group discussion. Focus group included purposefully selected two teachers (one male & one female), two senior headteachers (one male & one female), two Taluka Education Officers (one male & one female), two Assistant District Education Officers (One male & one female) and two Assistant professors of Education (one male one female). The focus group interviews were conducted from the participants through conference calls. Results: Focus group discussion results showed that there could be variable impacts of COVID-19 across society, parents, input that students could receive from families during this pandemic, assessment, gender, and schools. These variable impacts could result in further widening of the existing education divide in Pakistan. The major reasons, as highlighted by the participants, are the weak education system and the prevalent digital divide in Pakistan due to the use of online learning resources. It is recommended that the authorities should engage economically sound local elders, Non-Government Organizations and volunteer educated persons to meet the technology-based needs.

scholarly journals Older active users of ICTs make sense of their engagement

Seminar.net ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Kania-Lundholm ◽  
Sandra Torres
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Older People ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Digital Immigrants ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Digital Spectrum ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
The Impact

Research on older people’s ICT usage tends to focus on either the ways in which they go about learning to use these technologies or the impact that ICTs have on their lives. This research seems, in other words, to take for granted that older people are ‘digital immigrants’ as the digital divide debate proposed. Research that specifically looks at the ways in which older ICT users make sense of their engagement with these technologies is still limited. This article explores therefore – through focus group interviews – how a group of older people who are active ICT users make sense of their ‘digital nativeness’. The analysis shows that the interviewees are well aware that their ICT proficiency differentiated them from their peers, which is why they make sense of their ICT usage by making reference to the issues that make them ‘exceptional’ older people. These include the fact that they have used computers for many years and therefore made ICT usage an everyday habit early on; the fact that most older people do not have the skills that they themselves have, which is why they feel the need to share them with others; and the fact that their lifelong experience means they can use these technologies in judicious ways. By bringing attention to how older active ICT users make sense of their engagement, this article contributes to the notion of the digital spectrum and the debate on the inequalities that ICT proficiency brings about. 

Framing and switches at the outset of qualitative research interviews

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 635-652
Author(s):  
Liselott Aarsand ◽  
Pål Aarsand
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Of Attention ◽  
Activity Type ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
Activity Types ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Contextualization Cues

The article focuses on the opening sequences in qualitative research interviews and in particular examines the interactive work of achieving ‘topic talk’. Using the concepts of activity types, activity frames and contextualization cues, a close-up analysis of eight focus-group interviews and 12 semi-structured interviews was conducted. The findings show that the interviewees display familiarity with the interview as an activity type and how it is to be socially organized. However, to create a joint focus of attention, thereby getting off to an adequate start, the participants also need to agree upon an activity frame and a distribution of positions to achieve a frame switch, which here emerges through the interactional work of announcing, customizing and approving. Accordingly, by highlighting the communicative and practical circumstances of qualitative research interviewing, the opening sequences are considered to be a delicate interactive affair, however, where the interviewer has to take the main responsibility.

scholarly journals Relationship between the socioeconomic, sociodemographic and Btl publicity factors in the incidence of childhood obesity in Cuenca-Ecuador

2019 ◽  
pp. 177-197
Author(s):  
Marco Antonio Rios Ponce ◽  
Juan Francisco Álvarez Valencia ◽  
Diana Carolina Arízaga Toledo ◽  
Joffre Sebastián Arteaga Huiracocha
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Electronic Media ◽  
Overweight Children ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Group Interviews

An exploratory-descriptive research was developed to determine the influence that BTL, advertising and electronic media had on children and their parents when choosing food products. Two research methods were applied. A qualitative research gathered information through focus group, interviews with experts and interviews. Then, a quantitative research was carried out through surveys applied to parents of overweight children. Finally, the data was proessed and the socio-economic and socio-demographic results were obtained. This information allowed to identify the behavior of the families in Cuenca-Ecuador

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