At the beginning of my intervention, I collected qualitative data from my sample group. There were no numerical information from the data set because it was a survey where the teachers answered the questions. In a recent PLG, Naomi Rosedale discussed analysing qualitative data in a quantitative way. This is called qual analysis. I asked Naomi if I could meet with her so she could go over this analysis technique with me.
The meeting with Naomi was a very educational meeting for me because in the short time we met, I learnt so much from Naomi about how to analyse qualitative data. The analysis I have done of my data set is a very basic qual analysis. Naomi has shown me some other forms of qual analysis to analyse qualitative data but for a start, this is what I have done.
This method of data analysis paints a much clearer picture of qualitative data. When I looked at my original data analysis in qualitative form, there were so many different information presented. However, when I completed the qual analysis of the same data set, I could clearly see some common trends in the data set. I suppose it supports a saying I have about quantitative data - the numbers tell a story.
The overall theme I picked out from my data analysis were:
- There was and is still a great need for pedagogical knowledge needed for our teachers to plan and implement an effective reading programme
- The teachers all had different ideas about how to teach reading
- There was no common understanding of how to plan and teach reading
- There is a lack of connection with whanau with the reading programmes happening in classes
- Key elements highlighted in the Fala Planning Model were not used in our current reading programmes
