EDP2111 Assignment 1 Semester 1 2018

EDP2111 The Roles of the Teacher 1 ASSESSMENT 1

Final date of submission: 17 April 2018 (Weighting: 40%)
Teacher Interview Analysis and Discussion

Purpose and Context

Observing practitioners at work or interacting with them through professional conversations,
highlights their teaching beliefs and the practices they implement in the primary classroom.
In this assignment, there is the opportunity to engage in a powerful professional learning
experience with a practicing primary school teacher and to identify connections between
theory and practice.
Task Outline
- Conduct a brief structured interview with an in-service primary teacher. Audio-record
and transcribe extracts from the interview.
- Analyse the practices of this teacher in relation to the complex roles of teaching.
- In the discussion, describe how the teacher intends to meet the diverse needs of their
students.
Task Requirements
PART A: Interview and Analysis
Arrange an interview with an in-service teacher. The participant must be a current teacher
who may or may not be a previous mentor teacher. Seek verbal permission from the in-
service teacher to audio-record the interview.
Conduct a ten-minute interview (audio-record the interview) that investigates the multiple
roles of a primary teacher. The aim of the structured questions included in your interview
protocol is to elicit practical knowledge with respect to the diversity of learners in that
teacher’s classroom. Focus on one of the three topics below:
1. Organising the group dynamics of students;
2. Establishing expectations in the classroom; or
3. Growing a sense of belonging within a unified class.
Analyse your interview and identify key themes that emerge from the questions in relation to
how that teacher intends to meet the diverse needs of their students.
In your assignment submission, include:
1. Interview protocol (see template),
2. Audio-file (mp3, mp2, aac, m4a, wma, wav or aif), and
3. Analysis template that includes the teacher’s email address.
PART B: Discussion (400 words)
From the thematic analysis, identify one of the distinctive roles that has emerged from the
interview data. In this discussion, support your findings with literature sources (in-text
citations) for the significance of the teacher role identified. Include an APA reference list.
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Submission Requirements:
1. Use 1.5 line spacing and 12 point font (Times New Roman).
2. Use APA referencing style.
3. The word count provides an explicit guideline for an appropriate response.
4. Cited references are included in the word count.
5. A complete reference list is required at the conclusion of your submission.
6. Completed assignments should be submitted via the Submit Assignment Here system.
Label the file with Surname and Name before uploading e.g. brown_joe_EDP2111.
7. For Part A, the audio format (mp3, mp2, aac, m4a, wma, wav, aif) of less than 100MB is
to be submitted with the assignment.
8. Your name and student number is to be included as a header on your submission
document. An assignment cover sheet is not required.
9. Only an Assignment Criteria document, which includes comments, will be returned to
you. Comments will not be made on your original submitted assignment. Retain a copy
of your assignment for possible future reference.
10. Please note that this assignment is to be completed progressively throughout the semester
and must be submitted for marking on or before the final date for submission. The
penalty for late submission without an approved extension (as per USQ policy) is a
reduction by 5% of the maximum Mark applicable for the Assignment, for each day or
part day that the Assignment is late. An Assignment submitted more than ten days after
the final date for submission will have a Mark of zero recorded for that Assignment.
11. Students should familiarise themselves with the following information on the appropriate
use of referencing, plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct:
https://www.usq.edu.au/library/referencing/what-is-plagiarism
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Student name:

Marking Criteria EDP2111 HD A B C F

Assignment 1 (Course objectives 2, 3)
- Arrange a 10-minute interview with an in-service primary teacher.
- Analyse your interview and identify key themes that emerge from the questions.
- In the discussion, describe how the teacher intends to meet the diverse needs of their students.
Part A: Interview audio-file Meets all of the submission demands (interview protocol, audio-file, transcribed extracts Fails to meet all the
Conduct a ten-minute interview and teacher’s email address) submission demands
(audio-record the interview) that
investigates the multiple roles of a Comprehensively Proficiently designs Effectively designs Adequately designs Inadequately designs
primary teacher. The aim of the designs and aligns and aligns questions and aligns questions and aligns questions and aligns questions
structured questions included in your questions with the with the selected with the selected with the selected with the selected
interview protocol is to elicit selected focus area focus area in relation focus area in relation focus area in relation focus area in relation
practical knowledge with respect to in relation to to eliciting the to eliciting the to eliciting the to eliciting the
the diversity of learners in that eliciting the teacher’s practical teacher’s practical teacher’s practical teacher’s practical
teacher’s classroom. Focus on one of teacher’s practical knowledge about knowledge about knowledge about knowledge about
the three topics below: knowledge about meeting diversity of meeting diversity of meeting diversity of meeting diversity of
- Organising the group dynamics meeting diversity of learners’ needs. learners’ needs. learners’ needs. learners’ needs.
of students learners’ needs.
- Establishing expectations in the
classroom; or A comprehensive A proficient analysis An effective analysis An adequate An inadequate
- Growing a sense of belonging analysis to identify to identify key to identify key analysis to identify analysis to identify
within a unified class. key themes that themes that emerge themes that emerge key themes that key themes that
emerge from the from the questions in from the questions in emerge from the emerge from the
Analyse your interview and identify questions in relation relation to how that relation to how that questions in relation questions in relation
key themes that emerge from the to how that teacher teacher intends to teacher intends to to how that teacher to how that teacher
questions in relation to how that intends to meet the meet the diverse meet the diverse intends to meet the intends to meet the
teacher intends to meet the diverse diverse needs of needs of their needs of their diverse needs of diverse needs of
needs of their students. their students. students. students. their students. their students.
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Part B: Discussion (400 words) Comprehensively Proficiently Effectively describes Adequately Inadequately
From the thematic analysis, identify describes one describes one one distinctive role describes one describes one
one of the distinctive roles of the distinctive role of distinctive role of of the teacher from distinctive role of distinctive role of
teacher that has emerged from the the teacher from the the teacher from the the themes. Sound the teacher from the the teacher from the
interview data. In this discussion, themes. Conclusive themes. Substantial justification of the themes. Some theme.
support your findings with literature justification of the justification of the interpretation, justification of the
sources (in-text citations) for the interpretation, interpretation, including a relevant interpretation,
significance of the teacher role including a relevant including a relevant literature source to including a relevant
identified. literature source to literature source to support the literature source.
support the support the significance of the
significance of the significance of the teacher role.
teacher role. teacher role.

Apply cognitive, literacy and

communication skills, including
Meets academic expectations Insufficient evidence
spelling, grammar, punctuation and
referencing.
Total /40
General Comment:
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Example Interview Protocol Template

Brief description of the project
- Introduce myself:
o I am a USQ student …
- My interest:
o I am interested in the topic of the study as I …
- Purpose of the interview:
o is to explore how teachers …
- To collect data:
o I am asking you to reflect on …
o I am not looking for any particular answers so there are no rights answers that I
am expecting to hear. I am interested in what you have to say about the topics that
are raised in the discussion.
- Explain the interview format:
o The structured interview is … (e.g., a response to questions for approximate time)
- Request verbal permission to audio record the interview.
- Any questions?

Time and date of interview:

Place:
Participant: Teaching Position:
Participant’s email address:
Focus topic:
Organising the group dynamics of students/Establishing expectations in the
classroom/Growing a sense of belonging within a unified class (Select one)
Structured interview questions to elicit information (3):
e.g., How do you …
When are students …
What sorts of strategies …
What resources are …
When students transition …
Recount the daily events …
Think about a great day at school. What makes that a great day?
From your experience… Recount…
Visualise what … is like and describe it to me.
Tell me what’s it like to …
How do you know when …
Final Question:
A question to return to the focus topic and how it pertains to meeting the diverse needs of
students.

- Thank the participant.

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Example Analysis Template

Identify the topic:

Question Data Extract from the Theme Interpretation:
Transcript (Participant Description of
response) the Theme
Structured question:

Structured question:

Structured question:

Final question:

Example Discussion Template

e.g., The findings from the interview…
(400 words)