Methods
To begin this
study I decided to conduct my research through a series of interviews on
current teachers. I had access to a school in an urban district of New Jersey
where I am currently completing my junior field experience. I decided that two
interviews would be sufficient for the length and time frame allotted for this
project. The school has a total of forty-four teachers, most of which I have
not had one on one interaction. Therefore I requested the advice of my
cooperating teacher in suggesting two teachers who she thought might be willing
and able to sit down with me for the interviews. She suggested two teachers; a
third grade teacher and a fifth grade teacher. I approached each teacher in
person, introduced myself, and introduced my research project. I gave each
teacher a copy of the interview questions for them to read before deciding
whether they wanted to participate or not. After review the questions, they
each agreed to participate in the study. Meetings were then scheduled at
mutually convenient times. The questions were designed to fit a range of easy,
medium, and more intense/open ended questions. I wanted to start with easy and
medium type questions to open the discussion, but these sections only had four
questions each. The more intense and open-ended questions had a total of
sixteen questions and were the basis of the interviews. The first interview was
with participant A, a fifth grade teacher, with thirteen years of teaching
experience. This interview took a total of twenty-nine minutes and fifty-two
seconds. The second interview was with participant B, a third grade teacher,
with seventeen years of teaching experience. This interview took a total of
sixteen minutes and forty seconds. Both interviews were recorded and
transcribed at a later time.
Limitations of Study
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Only 2 teachers interviewed
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One school
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Not your average urban school (a lottery school
and current contender to IB)
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