Table: Overview of Data Collection Methods and Research Objectives MIXED APPROACH
1st Phase - Completed / Quantitative Approach:
Data Collection
Dates /
Methods/
Period
Instruments
Collected
Research Participants
Objectives
Teachers of English
-To gather general
as a Foreign
information, identify
Comments
Exploratory
1st & 7th
Language (EFL) /
main issues and
Printed
Questionnaire
October 2016
participants in 2
emerging patterns on the
questionnaires in
Regional Seminars
use of technology and
English
organized by APPI.
blogging.
(77 / F-71; M-6) -To check its clarity; -To gain feedback on its validity; -To eliminate ambiguities or difficulties in wording; Pilot Questionnaire
From
12th
to
20th
January 2017
2nd & 3rd CEB EFL
-To gain feedback on
Printed
teachers from a
every single aspect the
questionnaires in
school in the Leiria
respondents could
English
region.
provide;
(9 / F-6; M-3)
-And to identify any need to reformulate, replace or narrow down items, or even add new ones. -To find the answers to my questions in a systematic manner; -To collect a huge amount
EFL Teachers / APPI Main Questionnaire
From
20th
to
29th
March 2017
of information on
Online
members
respondents’ points of
questionnaire using
(93 / F-87; M-6)
view concerning their use
a Google Form
of technology, blogs and suggestions/alternatives in a time-,effort- and cost-effective way.
RESEARCH DESIGN & OBJECTIVES | Alexandra Duarte / PhD Mark Daubney
2nd Phase - To Be Done / Qualitative Approach:
Data Collection
Dates /
Methods/
Period
Instruments
Collected
Research Participants
Objectives
Comments 1 to 1 Interviews
- To gather data through
Interviews
May 2017
mediated by
direct verbal interaction;
computer;
5 +1 EFL /
-To identify positive/less
Interviews to be
APPI
positive blogging
conducted in
Teachers
experiences;
Portuguese and at
-To go deeper into their
the interviewer’s
motivations and reasons;
and interviewees’ places
Transcriptions
May / June 2017
Teacher Researcher
-To make it easier and
Verbatim
faster for the researcher
Transcriptions to
to code the collected
be carried out
data.
RESEARCH DESIGN & OBJECTIVES | Alexandra Duarte / PhD Mark Daubney