Teaching Focus Group Interviewing: Benefits and Challenges

Autor/in	George, Molly
Titel	Teaching Focus Group Interviewing: Benefits and Challenges
Quelle	In: Teaching Sociology, 41 (2013) 3, S.257-270 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0092-055X
DOI	10.1177/0092055X12465295
Schlagwörter	Focus Groups; Interviews; Educational Research; Research Methodology; Undergraduate Study; Research Skills; Teaching Methods; Sociology; Surveys; Experiential Learning; Health Behavior; Undergraduate Students; Teamwork; Drinking; Group Activities; Student Attitudes; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Grundstudium; Forschungsleistung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Soziologie; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Trinken; Gruppenaktivität; Schülerverhalten; Kalifornien
Abstract	Focus group interviewing is widely used by academic and applied researchers. Given the popularity and strengths of this method, it is surprising how rarely focus group interviewing is taught in the undergraduate classroom and how few resources exist to support instructors who wish to train students to use this technique. This article fills the gap in the teaching and learning literature in sociology by addressing focus group research. I describe how to integrate a complete research project with student-led focus groups into a single semester course. I outline the various stages involved in the research process and then consider how this approach enhances three specific areas: learning, teaching, and scholarship. The effectiveness of the focus group project was assessed through a one-group pretest-posttest survey of the student-researchers' experiences. I conclude with a reflection on the practical limitations as well as the considerable advantages of training students to conduct focus group research. (Contains 1 table, 3 figures, and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10