Focus-Group Research for School Improvement: What Are They Thinking?

By Joseph D. Latess

This book provides information on how to use focus-group research to gain insight and allow input from various individuals or groups that may often be silenced during any decision-making process. A history of focus-group research is presented, along with various social and political structures within a school organization that inadvertently silence individuals and groups.

Practical knowledge is provided for administrators in a step-by-step process for conducting focus-group research in any school organization-including, procedures for the group moderator, developing an effective focus-group, elements of questions that will generate discussion, keeping the group on task, eliminating personal bias, and bringing the group to closure. A focus-group design is also presented with essential information on developing the questions, population and sample, data collection, data investigation, methodology and concerns about focus-group research.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578867819
• ISBN13: 9781578867813
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: R & L Education
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"