Overview research design & objectives

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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


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