In the original survey, 5% (5) of student respondents commented that SJSU spends too much time highlighting diversity which they felt was and created among “divisive” “separation groups.” Has this been your experience? If not how might you explain it? Have you ever experienced sexual harassment on campus? What would you like to see SJSU do to improve the experiences of all ______? (request for their ideas of responsive action; using identity as expertise) Can you think of anything else that we have not covered that you would like to comment on? Thank everyone for participating: Hand out demographic questionnaires. International Student Focus Group Questions Bring: Consent forms, demographic questionnaires, pizza, voice recorders, lap top for notes. Introductory comments: Thank you all for agreeing to participate in this focus group on your experiences as International students on this campus. We want to assure you that your discussion today is confidential. None of you Hand out will be identifiable - nor will this group be named – in any future write up of our research. Consent forms. We will be recording the session and my assistant will be taking notes to assure that we get the most accurate representation of your thoughts. I have some general questions to prompt the discussion today, but I really want you to think of this experience as a conversation between all of you. We are interested on getting a wide range of thoughts on these issues. Please feel free to talk to one another, ask each other questions, and even disagree with one another. What have your experiences been like as a ______ at SJSU? Describe this for us. (grand tour question; description of experiences, details, context, the “how”) Tell us about a time when you felt your identity as a ______ was valued/appreciated by SJSU (or here at SJSU is it the institutional treatment we are looking at; or the social relations/treatment – that are part of the institution but also involve other factors?) (their interpretation of the “positive aspects”; how they deem treatment” of their identity “positive Tell us a time when you felt your identity as a ________ was NOT valued/appreciated by SJSU (or here at SJSU). (their interpretation of the aspects”; how they deem “negative “negative treatment” of their identity)
In the original survey, 5% (5) of student respondents commented that SJSU spends too much time highlighting diversity which they felt was “divisive” and created “separation among groups.” Has this been your experience? If not how might you explain it? Have you ever experienced sexual harassment on campus? What would you like to see SJSU do to improve the experiences of all ______? (request for their ideas of responsive action; using identity as expertise) Can you think of anything else that we have not covered that you would like to comment on? Thank everyone for participating: Hand out demographic questionnaires. International Student Focus Group Questions Bring: Consent forms, demographic questionnaires, pizza, voice recorders, lap top for notes. Introductory comments: Thank you all for agreeing to participate in this focus group on your experiences as International students on this campus. We want to assure you that your discussion today is confidential. None of you will be identifiable - nor will this group be named – in any future write up of our research. Hand out Consent forms. We will be recording the session and my assistant will be taking notes to assure that we get the most accurate representation of your thoughts. I have some general questions to prompt the discussion today, but I really want you to think of this experience as a conversation between all of you. We are interested on getting a wide range of thoughts on these issues. Please feel free to talk to one another, ask each other questions, and even disagree with one another. What have your experiences been like as a ______ at SJSU? Describe this for us. (grand tour question; description of experiences, details, context, the “how”) Tell us about a time when you felt your identity as a ______ was valued/appreciated by SJSU (or here at SJSU – is it the institutional treatment we are looking at; or the social relations/treatment that are part of the institution but also involve other factors?) (their interpretation of the “positive aspects”; how they deem “positive treatment” of their identity Tell us a time when you felt your identity as a ________ was NOT valued/appreciated by SJSU (or here at SJSU). (their interpretation of the “negative aspects”; how they deem “negative treatment” of their identity)
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