Teaching & Teaching & Inquiry I:Inquiry I:

Fundamentals of Fundamentals of Teaching Teaching

Through InquiryThrough Inquiry

Todd TwymanTodd Twyman

11/20(22)11/20(22)

Qualitative Data AnalysisQualitative Data AnalysisPracticePractice

Goal:Goal: Practice Techniques for Coding Practice Techniques for Coding Qualitative DataQualitative Data

Method:Method: 1.1. Interview (5 minutes each) 2 Interview (5 minutes each) 2

people in the class about their people in the class about their reasons for going into education as reasons for going into education as a profession. Take legible notes! a profession. Take legible notes!

2.2. All notes go in a pile to be All notes go in a pile to be distributed for analysis. distributed for analysis.

3.3. Analysis activity.Analysis activity.

InterviewingInterviewingThings to Remember:Things to Remember:

Write a list of questions to start you Write a list of questions to start you off.off.

Add follow-up questions to gain Add follow-up questions to gain greater depth.greater depth. ““Tell me about…Tell me about…”” ““Help me understand…Help me understand…””

AVOID AVOID ‘‘shut-downshut-down’’ questions: questions: ““Why did you…Why did you…”” Yes/No questionsYes/No questions

Write QuestionsWrite Questions

Take 5 minutes to jot down some Take 5 minutes to jot down some questions that you believe will address questions that you believe will address the research question: the research question: What have you What have you learned about yourself and others in learned about yourself and others in your Critical Perspectives Class vis a your Critical Perspectives Class vis a vis becoming a teacher or teaching?vis becoming a teacher or teaching?

Remember: you may need to guide Remember: you may need to guide people gently down the path of in-people gently down the path of in-depth responses!depth responses!

Taking Interview NotesTaking Interview Notes

Paraphrase BUT check to be sure you Paraphrase BUT check to be sure you got it right!got it right!

Something especially Something especially eloquent/telling? Write it down eloquent/telling? Write it down verbatim!verbatim!

DonDon’’t be afraid to [respectfully] ask t be afraid to [respectfully] ask for greater depth of explanations. for greater depth of explanations.

Use your own personal shorthand, but Use your own personal shorthand, but be consistent with it. be consistent with it. 5 minutes per interview

As you codeAs you codeThings to Remember:Things to Remember:

ReadRead Re-read, writing down themesRe-read, writing down themes Cluster themesCluster themes Display graphicallyDisplay graphically Re-readRe-read Revise graphic as neededRevise graphic as needed Select key quotationsSelect key quotations

Analysis Activity: Part IAnalysis Activity: Part I

Individual CodingIndividual Coding Read and code at least 4 interview Read and code at least 4 interview

transcripts.transcripts. Look for themes that emerge.Look for themes that emerge. Be prepared to share…Be prepared to share…

15 minutes

Analysis Activity: Part IIAnalysis Activity: Part II

Group CodingGroup Coding Meet in groups of 4 - 5 to share your Meet in groups of 4 - 5 to share your

findings.findings. Represent the group findings Represent the group findings

graphically.graphically. Be prepared to share.Be prepared to share.

(15 minutes)(15 minutes)15 minutes

Debrief Analysis ActivityDebrief Analysis Activity

Share your findings.Share your findings. Any surprises?Any surprises? Did any potential misunderstandings Did any potential misunderstandings

creep in?creep in? What good interview techniques What good interview techniques

were demonstrated?were demonstrated? What was the hardest part of the What was the hardest part of the

coding activity?coding activity?

Qualitative Data AnalysisQualitative Data AnalysisYour turnYour turn

Making meaning out of text.Making meaning out of text. Sort of like analyzing poetry…Sort of like analyzing poetry…

Look for themes that recurLook for themes that recur Pay attention to subtle nuances Pay attention to subtle nuances Search for contradictionsSearch for contradictions

Grab onto particularly insightful Grab onto particularly insightful quotations; they give your research quotations; they give your research life.life.

Coding Qualitative DataCoding Qualitative DataThings to Remember:Things to Remember:

Read through the entire manuscript / Read through the entire manuscript / transcript.transcript.

Go back through, making note of Go back through, making note of ideas that seem particularly ideas that seem particularly important.important.

Group the ideas/themes in a format Group the ideas/themes in a format that makes the relationships between that makes the relationships between them visible.them visible.

Display the relationships graphically.Display the relationships graphically.

Coding Qualitative DataCoding Qualitative Data

Read through the entire Read through the entire manuscript / transcript once more.manuscript / transcript once more.

Revise your graphic as needed.Revise your graphic as needed. Write a Write a ‘‘codebookcodebook’’ that details the that details the

themes you used to cluster your themes you used to cluster your data.data.

Personal Journal AnalysisPersonal Journal Analysis

This is the analysis part of your analytic This is the analysis part of your analytic paper for Critical Perspectives. These paper for Critical Perspectives. These results should help you put that together.results should help you put that together.

Remember, the codes/themes we came up Remember, the codes/themes we came up with today was an attempt to engage you in with today was an attempt to engage you in the analytic process. Your codes/themes the analytic process. Your codes/themes may be different.may be different.

You can conduct your analysis here or You can conduct your analysis here or somewhere else that is more comfortable.somewhere else that is more comfortable.

Good luck! I’m always here to support you.Good luck! I’m always here to support you.