Engaging with Primary-aged Children about their Emotions and Well-being: Methodological Considerations

Exclusion from school: What can ‘included’ pupils tell us?

“…do their tests for them’. In all four groups, there were calls for teachers to be stricter, echoing findings from previous studies (Crozier & Antiss, 1995; Garner, 1995; Chaplain, 1996; Munn et al , 2000; Scottish Executive, 2000) about a perceived lack of teacher ‘strictness’ and a lack of teacher consistency in dealing with disruptive pupils, bound up with the importance of reputation. table 2 notes the responses to the sentence start, ‘If I had to deal with people who upset the class 1…’.…”

Children's Perspectives on Parenting Styles and Discipline: A Developmental Approach

“…In terms of the gender composition of the focus groups, Mauthner (1997) suggests that single-sex focus groups work best. However, when children are familiar with each other, mixed-sex groups may work well (Hill et al, 1996). In the present study, 17 of the focus groups were mixed-sex and 13 were single-sex groups.…”

Necessity and relevance of qualitative research in pediatric dentistry. A literature review

“…Second, using focus groups in children rather than one-to-one interviews may impact children’s ability to converse. Primary school children can voice their opinions when they hear others and their memories may be prompted by the contributions of their peers ( Hill et al, 1996 , Darbyshire et al, 2005 ). However, it is not known if the focus group environment exerts peer influences.…”