scholarly journals Case Study of the Parents’ Perception of the School Climate of a Rural Primary School in Tangshan, Hebei Province, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Rui Li ◽  
Mogana Dhamotharan
Keyword(s):  
School Climate ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Violence ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Rural School ◽  
Hebei Province ◽  
Group Interview ◽  
Significant Difference

The main aim of this study was to find out the perceptions of the parents about the rural school climate. This study was set in a selected rural primary school located in Hebei Province, in China. Data were collected using questionnaires and a semi-structured interview protocol. 103 parents participated in the questionnaire and 10 parents were invited to take part in the focus group interview. The findings in the questionnaires had revealed that parents had positive perceptions of the rural school climate. Inferential statistics further showed that there was no significant difference in parents’ perceptions based on education level, and the male parents’ perceptions of school administrators, teachers, and students were higher than the female parents. The focus group interview further revealed that parents felt that the rural schools were unable to establish a complete school curriculum, lacked a sufficient number of teachers, had a shortfall of adequate infrastructure, had school violence, inadequate extracurricular activities, and programs.

scholarly journals Values Education in Science Lessons with Activities: Responsibility Value

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-247
Author(s):  
Havva Yaman ◽  
◽  
Burcu Anilan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Values Education ◽  
Group Interview ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Experimental Group

This research aimed to gain the value of responsibility implicitly through activity-based values education tasks (ABVET) prepared in secondary school science lessons. The research was carried out with the embedded quasi-experimental design, one of the mixed research methods. The study group of the research consisted of 37 middle school students in total. Non-parametric tests were used to analyze the quantitative data obtained within the scope of the research and descriptive analysis was used in the analysis of qualitative data. The Dilemma Situations Form (DSF) developed by the researchers, activity documents, student and researcher diaries, and focus group interview form were used as data collection tools. Lessons were taught in the control group as curriculum in practice. In the experimental group, lessons were taught by the researchers with an enriched content and activity program aimed at gaining responsibility value. It was concluded that there was a significant difference in favor of the experimental group between the post-test scores of the experimental and control groups. It was concluded that ABVET was effective in gaining responsibility value to sixth grade students with the data obtained from the DSF, activity documents, student and researcher diaries and focus group interview form. This research shows which method, technique, and material can be preferred for values education in science courses included in education programs. Given the promising results of the current research, methods or techniques related to the constructivist approach such as the appropriate values education program, ABVET should be used for different science subjects, various courses, and grade levels in future studies.

scholarly journals Mothers' perceptions of children's food behaviors: use of focus group interview study

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young-Mee Lee ◽  
Jung-Hyun Kim ◽  
Yu-Jin Oh ◽  
Min-June Lee
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
Group Interview ◽  
Food Behaviors

Assessing Beliefs about and Needs of Senior Citizens Using the Focus Group Interview: A Qualitative Approach

1987 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keryl L. Keller ◽  
Elena M. Sliepcevich ◽  
Elaine M. Vitello ◽  
Ella P. Lacey ◽  
W. Russell Wright
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Group Interview

scholarly journals How and why people are impolite in danmu?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiayi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Uses And Gratifications ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Group Interview ◽  
Uses And Gratifications Theory ◽  
Video Sharing

Abstract This study explores how and why people are impolite in danmu. Danmu refers to anonymous comments overlaid on videos uploaded to video-sharing sites. Although there is wide recognition that impoliteness prevails in danmu, the questions of how and why people are impolite in this context have rarely been investigated. This study addresses this lacuna of research. Using both an analysis of comments identified as impolite by participants and an analysis of focus group interview data, this research identified seven impoliteness strategies, covering both conventionalised formulae and implicational impoliteness. By applying uses and gratifications theory, this study identified five uses and gratifications for performing impoliteness in danmu: social interaction, entertainment, relaxation, expression of (usually differing) opinions and finding connections. The dialectic of resonance and opposition that emerged from the data helped explain why impolite comments tended not to be perceived as inappropriate in danmu. Thus, this study contributes to the emerging research on impoliteness in social media.

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