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Participants were informed of the nature of the study at an afternoon faculty meeting, informed of the anticipated schedule of interviews, assured confidentiality, and given consent forms to complete if interested. Fifteen forms were collected. Of those, seven teachers were selected as key informants and agreed to participate in semi-structured interviews. The criteria used in the selection of the key informants included: grade level representation, magnet focus representation, gender, years of service at the school, and dedication to the reform program. I attempted to maintain a diverse and varied panel of teachers and selected key informants who had varying degrees of commitment to the school’s innovative ideology (i.e. one informant being a strong leader of the reform program along with one informant who maintained a more traditional classroom). These key informants evenly represent the teacher population. Teachers agreed to informal, semi-structured interviews along with informal observations of their classroom environments and document/ artifact collection (i.e. school newsletters, letters home, etc.).InterviewsSeven key informants were interviewed in semi-structured formats according to the interview protocol questions that were designed in alignment with the theoretical framework of the study. Participants were asked to candidly comment on a variety of guiding prompts that spoke to their teaching background, their science teaching practice, the impact of the magnet structure on their teaching, as well as their use of science materials and perceived problems with the teaching of science. The interviews were conducted after school and held in the key informant’s classroom, with one exception where the interview was conducted at a local coffee shop. The interviews were semi-structured and carried out in a casual and collegial manner.Analysis
Participant interviews were digitally recorded, transcribed, coded, categorized, and analyzed to identify significant categories and themes regarding values, beliefs, practices, materials, and problems in relation to their science teaching. Comments were also categorized according to specific cultural indicators that were expressed in the participant’s response. Five categories were created: values, beliefs, practice, materials, and perceived problems. From these categories assertions were developed to answer the research questions. Concurrently, additional sources of evidence (informal school observation and artifact collection) were gathered to triangulate and substantiate the data (Yin2003; Stake 1995). As a final exercise, findings and conclusions were presented to the participants in the form of a member check for their input.
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