Interview Protocol. 1. Please share what program you are enrolled in and whether it is for credit or non- credit.
Interview Protocol. Research title: The Role of school psychologists in the career guidance of high school gifted students in Kazakhstan Time: Date: The Introduction part, problem statement, and purpose of the study will be explained to the participants prior to the beginning of the questionnaire in person and via sending the Word file so that the interviewees get a general idea and understand the relevance of the topic. Questions
Interview Protocol. The interview panel will strive to include at least one classified employee.
Interview Protocol. Research project: Teachers’ perceptions and practices of professionalism: A case of a private secondary school in Central Kazakhstan Date: Time of interview: Length of interview: 45--60 minutes Interviewee: Position of interviewee: Interviewer: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx My name is Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, and I am a second-year MSc student at Nazarbayev University. Thank you for the agreement to take part in the interview. The topic of my research is “Teachers’ perceptions and practices of professionalism: A case of a private secondary school in Central Kazakhstan” I would like to hear your opinion about teacher professionalism, how do you think teachers experience it, what are the patterns of being a professional teacher and how do you practice it in your teaching career. Let me mention some essential items moments regarding the interview: • Confidentiality is assured; • You can choose between Kazakh, Russian and English languages to conduct the Interview; • The interview will be audiotaped with your permission; • The interview is voluntarily, and you can withdraw from it any time or skip any questions that you do not want to answer; If you agree to participate in the study, please read the consent form and sign it. [Hand participant the consent form] As you read the consent form let me know if you have any questions concerning any parts of the form. The following are sample questions to be asked from the participants: General information:
Interview Protocol. Link to the tool (3 versions: interview protocol for climate change and artificial intelligence modules, Icelandic interview protocol for climate change module, Finnish interview protocol for quantum computing module). Different versions of this tool have been designed to guide students to discuss the topics covered in the module, adapting it to the specific module in which it was used, but always with the same philosophy; the specific questions can be moreover slightly personalized to focus on the issues of which the student seems to have something interesting to say. what is Interview protocol, referring to the different dimensions taken into account in the module: conceptual, epistemological, future-oriented, action competence. where and when the tool has been used Students were interviewed at the end of each module, in focus groups or individually goals Overall goal To let the students freely express their thoughts about the topics covered in the module. Specific goals To evaluate students' awareness about the skills they developed during the module. Two macro-categories of skills are monitored. a) conceptual-epistemological thinking skills, that is the ability to: - recognize the causal, temporal and logical relationships in the scientific discourse; - distinguish between disciplinary details and comprehensive picture; - recognize science as a laboratory to prepare for the future; b) future thinking skills, that is the ability to: - move from thinking locally to thinking globally (and vice versa); - to move from thinking in the present to thinking in the future (and vice versa); - move from thinking at the individual level to thinking at the societal community level; - think creatively for imagining new possibilities and concrete actions; - balance the need of desire and the necessity of keeping feet on the ground; - think in an inter-disciplinary way. how long its administration takes About 20/30 minutes the structure of the tool and/or example of questions The tool consists of different parts – even if this is not explicit – related to the different dimensions taken into account in the module. Overall consistence of the module The questions concern the structure of the module and the liking and expectations about the topics. The questions are of the type: • Were the topics as you expected? • The module included activities very different to each other. Did you see connections between the activities? Which connections? • ……… Contents of the module The...
