Using focus groups to give voice to school underachievers

Using focus groups to give voice to school underachievers

This paper analyses discourses on school failure of gymnasium students. Research strategy for establishment of dialogue with students is focus group. The method of analysis of the material obtained in the conversations with students is discourse analysis. First, two dominant strategies of focus grou...

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Main Author: Džinović Vladimir
Format: Article
Language:srp
Published: Institute for Educational Research, Belgrade 2009-01-01
Series:Zbornik: Institut za Pedagoška Istraživanja
Subjects:
school failure
discourse analysis
focus groups
Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0579-6431/2009/0579-64310902284D.pdf
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spelling doaj-5e001329d8494122adb1f1cd767442412020-11-24T20:45:16ZsrpInstitute for Educational Research, BelgradeZbornik: Institut za Pedagoška Istraživanja0579-64311820-92702009-01-0141228429610.2298/ZIPI0902284DUsing focus groups to give voice to school underachieversDžinović VladimirThis paper analyses discourses on school failure of gymnasium students. Research strategy for establishment of dialogue with students is focus group. The method of analysis of the material obtained in the conversations with students is discourse analysis. First, two dominant strategies of focus group usage are discussed: as means for collecting data from subjects and as a social emancipatory practice. The prevailing discourses about school failure of students are mapped: the discourse of school as an insecure investment, the discourse of school marginalisation, the discourse of disinterest of students, the discourse of disinterest of teachers and the discourse 'school success does not have an alternative'. The concluding part discusses research implications on social position of students in power relations in education. http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0579-6431/2009/0579-64310902284D.pdfschool failurediscourse analysisfocus groups
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Using focus groups to give voice to school underachievers
Zbornik: Institut za Pedagoška Istraživanja
school failure
discourse analysis
focus groups
author_facet Džinović Vladimir
author_sort Džinović Vladimir
title Using focus groups to give voice to school underachievers
title_short Using focus groups to give voice to school underachievers
title_full Using focus groups to give voice to school underachievers
title_fullStr Using focus groups to give voice to school underachievers
title_full_unstemmed Using focus groups to give voice to school underachievers
title_sort using focus groups to give voice to school underachievers
publisher Institute for Educational Research, Belgrade
series Zbornik: Institut za Pedagoška Istraživanja
issn 0579-6431
1820-9270
publishDate 2009-01-01
description This paper analyses discourses on school failure of gymnasium students. Research strategy for establishment of dialogue with students is focus group. The method of analysis of the material obtained in the conversations with students is discourse analysis. First, two dominant strategies of focus group usage are discussed: as means for collecting data from subjects and as a social emancipatory practice. The prevailing discourses about school failure of students are mapped: the discourse of school as an insecure investment, the discourse of school marginalisation, the discourse of disinterest of students, the discourse of disinterest of teachers and the discourse 'school success does not have an alternative'. The concluding part discusses research implications on social position of students in power relations in education.
topic school failure
discourse analysis
focus groups
url http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0579-6431/2009/0579-64310902284D.pdf
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