The research method was qualitative and data was gathered through two focus groups of five teachers in Brekkuskóli that have participated in international cooperation and two interviews with four students who went abroad on behalf of an international project of the school.
Tvö viðtöl voru tekin við rýnihópa kennara í Brekkuskóla sem komið hafa að alþjóðlegu samstarfi og einnig tvö tveggja manna viðtöl við nemendur skólans sem fóru erlendis á vegum alþjóðlegs verkefnis.