Instrumento de observación.

Researcher(s) Introduction

My name is Hayley Armstrong and I am currently planning a thesis project which will contribute towards a Masters in Educational Psychology.

Project Description and Invitation

This is a case study of a single classroom that includes a child who receives funding through the Ongoing Resourcing Scheme (ORS) and is part of a wider inclusive school community. It aims to explore how values relating to inclusion are applied and how these are experienced by the children in the classroom.

I would like to invite you to participate in this research. This information sheet explains the project. Please read this information sheet before you make a decision about participating.

Participant Identification and Recruitment

This study will be based in a single classroom. The participants will include the class teacher, the principal, a child who receives ORS funding, their parents, four other children in the class, the teacher’s aide and the ORS funded teacher.

Project Procedures

If you agree to participate, you will be asked to sign a consent form which shows that you understand the study and have chosen to participate. I would observe in the focus classroom and the wider school environment for one week to gain an understanding of the environment and practices. Observations will be recorded in field notes. Copies of work, meeting minutes (e.g., IEPs) or other relevant documentation (e.g., school policies) may also be examined (with permission). I will try to ensure my presence causes no disruptions and I am willing to help out as an extra pair of hands during this time.

I would also like to interview you. This would be at a time and place that suits you and I would ask about your work, particularly around the inclusion of children with disabilities.

115 Data Management

I would observe you and the five participant children in the classroom and wider school grounds. These observations will be recorded in field notes. Interactions with other children may be described in a general way, but they will not be specifically described in the fieldnotes or completed report. I may talk with participants about what is happening for purposes of clarification and this would also be recorded in the field notes.

The interviews would be sound recorded so they can be transcribed at a later date. These would be conducted in a semi-structured, conversational style. I have guidelines for questions I might ask, but other questions will come up as the interview progresses. In the event that the line of questions develop in a way that you feel hesitant or uncomfortable you have the right to decline to answer particular questions and withdraw from the project at any stage without disadvantage of any kind. After the interviews have been transcribed, you would be given a transcript which you may edit.

I may use some examples of students’ work, or IEP notes, as data for the project, but I will only do this with the permission of the child involved, their parents and the school. I would look at the school charter, particularly around the special needs policy.

All data collected will be confidential to myself and my supervisors, and will be securely stored so no one else will be able to gain access to it. The names of participants and the school site will be changed, and any identifying features will be removed or changed. At the end of the project any personal information will be destroyed, except that, as required by the University’s research policy, any raw data on which the results of the project depend will be kept in secure storage for five years, after which time it will be destroyed.

Participant’s Rights

You are under no obligation to accept this invitation. If you decide to participate, you have the right to:

 decline to answer any particular question;

 withdraw from the study at any time during participation;

 ask any questions about the study at any time during participation;

 provide information on the understanding that your name will not be used unless you

give permission to the researcher;

 be given access to a summary of the project findings when it is concluded.

 ask for the recorder to be turned off at any time during the interview.

 review the transcription and to remove or change any information that you do not wish

116 Project Contacts

If you have any questions about the project, either now or in the future, please feel free to contact:-

 Researcher – Hayley Armstrong

Phone: 022 322 3363

Email: [email protected]

 Supervisors – Dr. Jude MacArthur

Phone: 027 741 5413 Email: [email protected] Wendy Holley-Boen Phone: 09 414 0800 ext 41595 Email: [email protected] Compulsory Statements

This project has been reviewed and approved by the Massey University

Human Ethics Committee: Southern B, Application 13/70. If you have any concerns

about the conduct of this research, please contact Dr Nathan Matthews, Chair, Massey University Human Ethics Committee: Southern B, telephone 06 350 5799 x 80877, email [email protected]

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