more openly through groups, such as friends groups, Make practical arrangements for interaction. volunteering or readers groups. all involved including location, maps, Can be structured around the GSOs furniture and refreshments. Can work well with to focus discussion. young people. You may need to pay for participants to attend or provide an incentive. Will you make notes on paper during the interview, or record the interview to analyse later? Plan how you will analyse the data in advance a focus group may produce – a large amount of evidence that may be time-consuming to analyse unless the interview is structured. Drawings Are useful when writing skills are are challenging to interpret Works well as a way for limited and may be more "fun" or without questioning and mediation children to feedback on what engaging. The important aspect of this approach they most enjoyed about the is that you then discuss with the experience etc ask the Can be used in combination with – written comments to aid analysis. participants about the images they children to draw their answer to have created, why they chose to a specific question, then to make them in this way, and what they explain the drawing to you. wanted to portray. Sample questions for this: - Can you describe for me what you have drawn? - Why? - What gave you the idea? - Try to asking too many questions, but let the participants choose what to tell you. You can make positive comments to
more openly through interaction. Can be structured around the GSOs to focus discussion. Make practical arrangements for all involved including location, maps, furniture and refreshments. You may need to pay for participants to attend or provide an incentive. Will you make notes on paper during the interview, or record the interview to analyse later? Plan how you will analyse the data in advance – a focus group may produce a large amount of evidence that may be time-consuming to analyse unless the interview is structured. groups, such as friends groups, volunteering or readers groups. Can work well with young people. Drawings Are useful when writing skills are limited and may be more "fun" or engaging. Can be used in combination with written comments to aid analysis. are challenging to interpret without questioning and mediation The important aspect of this approach is that you then discuss with the participants about the images they have created, why they chose to make them in this way, and what they wanted to portray. Sample questions for this: - Can you describe for me what you have drawn? - Why? - What gave you the idea? - Try to asking too many questions, but let the participants choose what to tell you. You can make positive comments to Works well as a way for children to feedback on what they most enjoyed about the experience etc – ask the children to draw their answer to a specific question, then to explain the drawing to you.