FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND LANGUAGES

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HMEF5103
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
MAY SEMESTER 2016
ASSIGNMENT 2
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INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
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and 1.5 line spacing.
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myINSPIRE. You are advised to keep a copy of your submitted
assignment and the RECEIPT as evidence of online submission.
4. Your assignment must be submitted on 22nd 24th July 2016 (5th
Seminar).
5. Your assignment should be prepared individually. You should not copy
another persons assignment. You should also not plagiarise another
persons work as your own.

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EVALUATION
This assignment accounts for

50%

of the total marks for the course.

PLAGIARISM: MARKS DEDUCTION

Warning: The submitted assignment will automatically undergo a
similarity check. If plagiarism is detected, marks would be deducted as
follows:
N
o.
1.
2.
3.
4.

Similarity Percentage
0 30
30.01 50
50.01 70
70.01 - 100

Marks Deduction
(%)
0
5
10
100

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OBJECTIVE:
The objective of this assignment is to provide you the opportunity to write a paper based on
the analysis of qualitative data. You will complete this assignment in two (2) parts:

data analysis, and

data interpretation and presentation of findings.

INSTRUCTIONS:
You are required to complete all TWO parts of the assignment.
QUESTION:
There has been a growing interest in describing the qualities of a good teacher (Azer, 2005;
Murphy, Delli & Edwards, 2004). This is important because teachers instructional decisions
which influence students learning experience are influenced by their beliefs in what makes a
good teacher (Woolfolk Hoy, Hoy & Davis, 2009). Hence, research on the essence of a good
teacher has important implications for teacher education.
You are required to conduct research on the topic Teacher beliefs in the qualities of a good
teacher.

PART 1: Data Analysis

In this part of the assignment, you will analyse all the data that you have collected for the
topic Teacher beliefs in the qualities of a good teacher. Use a two-step procedure to
analyse your data.

Step 1: Indexing and Charting Data

Identify sections of the data (audio/video recording of interviews and interview

transcripts, and documents) that correspond to various themes established in your
thematic framework (from Assignment 1). Ensure that the themes are relevant to the
research objective.

Identify data samples for each theme and prepare a chart for all the data that you
have collected.

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Step 2: Conducting Inter-rater Reliability Test

Conducting an inter-rater reliability test involves:

preparing two lists: one comprises a list of themes and the other a list of data
samples.

getting one or two colleagues to match the themes to the data samples. If there are
disagreements, resolve the discrepancies by discussion.

Note: Inter-rater reliability is described as the extent to which different coders, each coding
the same content, come to the same coding decisions (Rourke, Anderson, Garrison
and Archer (2001, p.6). This verification process is necessary as some amount of
subjectivity may be unavoidable in coding transcripts.

PART 2: Data Interpretation and Presentation of Findings

This part of the assignment requires you to interpret the data and report your findings.
Assignment Description
Based on your qualitative data collection and data analysis, write a paper that is a response
to the topic Teacher beliefs in the qualities of a good teacher. You may include the
following outline for the paper:

Data analysis:
describe how data were indexed and charted,
describe the associations between themes
include a diagrammatic outline of inter-related themes

Inter-rater reliability: explain how it was conducted

Data presentation: explain how the data will be presented

Findings: write the outcome of the analysis of the data

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[50 marks]

References:
Ritchie, J., Spencer, L. & OConnor, W. (2003). Carrying out qualitative analysis. In J. Ritchie
& J. Lewis (Eds.), Qualitative Research Practice: A Guide for Social Science Students
and Researchers. London: Sage
http://196.29.172.66:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1231/1/122.pdf
Srivastava, A. & Thomson, S. B. (2009). Framework Analysis: A Qualitative Methodology
for

Applied

Policy

Research.

JOAAG,

Vol.

4.

No.

2.

http://joaag.com/uploads/06_Research_Note_Srivastava_and_Thomson_4_2_.pdf

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MARKING SCHEME FOR ASSIGNMENT 2 (50%)
MAY 2016
DIMENSIO
N

UNSATISFACTORY
1

Thematic
framewor
k

Poor or no
description of
thematic
framework.

Interrater
reliability

Poor or no
description of interrater reliability.

POOR EFFORT
2

SATISFACTORY
3

GOOD
4

EXCELLENT
5

Weak description of
thematic framework. At
least one of the
following is described:
- how data from
interviews and
documents/ audio visual
materials are
categorised under
themes and categories
- how data from both
sources are charted and
merged.

Basic description of
thematic framework
showing:
- how data from
interviews and
documents/ audio
visual materials are
categorised under
themes and
categories
- how data from
both sources are
charted and
merged.

Good description of
thematic framework
showing:
- how data from
interviews and
documents/ audio
visual materials are
categorised under
themes and
categories
- how data from
both sources are
charted and
merged.

An excellent
description of
thematic framework
showing:
- how data from
interviews and
documents/ audio
visual materials are
categorised under
themes and
categories
- how data from both
sources are charted
and merged.

Weak description of
inter-rater reliability
demonstrating some
but not all of the
following:
- verification procedure
for categorisation
scheme
- use of data samples
from both sources
(interviews and
documents)
- how themes are
matched to data

Basic description of
inter-rater reliability
demonstrating:
- verification
procedure for
categorisation
scheme
- use of data
samples from both
sources (interviews
and documents)
- how themes are
matched to data
samples

Good description of
inter-rater reliability
demonstrating:
- verification
procedure for
categorisation
scheme
- use of data
samples from both
sources (interviews
and documents)
- how themes are
matched to data
samples

An excellent
description of interrater reliability
demonstrating:
- verification
procedure for
categorisation
scheme
- use of data
samples from both
sources (interviews
and documents)
- how themes are
matched to data

WEIGH
T&

MARK
S

3
(15%)

3
(15%)

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Findings
or
outcomes
of data
analysis

Poor or no
discussion on
purpose of the
study and/or data
analysis procedures.
Does not
demonstrate ability
to use Framework
Analysis and does
not appear to
answer the
objective of the
study.

samples
- calculation of
reliability statistics.

- calculation of
reliability statistics.

- calculation of
reliability statistics.

samples
- calculation of
reliability statistics.

Weak presentation
showing one or two but
not all of the following:
-discussion on purpose
of the study
- description of
procedures for data
analysis and how
thematic framework
was derived/ Write-up
demonstrates basic
ability to use
Framework Analysis.
- Research objective is
to some extent
answered using
outcomes of analysis.

- Basic discussion on
purpose of the study
- Basic description
of procedures for
data analysis and
how thematic
framework was
derived/ Write-up
demonstrates good
ability to use
Framework Analysis.
- Research objective
is somewhat
answered using
outcomes of
analysis.

- Good discussion on
purpose of the study
- Good description
of procedures for
data analysis and
how thematic
framework was
derived/ Write-up
demonstrates strong
ability to use
Framework Analysis.
- Research objective
is well-answered
using outcomes of
analysis.

- Excellent
discussion on
significance of the
topic
- Excellent
description of
procedures for data
analysis and how
thematic framework
was derived/ Writeup demonstrates
very strong ability to
use Framework
Analysis.
- Research objective
is extremely wellanswered using
outcomes of
analysis.

4
(20%)

Note: Plagiarised or copied assignment papers are to be given a zero (0) mark.