Its Tulatuli Primary School
After a rigorous (I
will surely call it rigorous considering all the aspects we considered)
selection process finally we all (me, Simon, Sarah and Eva) are unanimous about
one school- Tulatuli Primary School. The reasons or the justifications for the
selection of this school is-
1)
Communication is easy from the place of
the researcher and also from any point where we can have the construction materials
we would like to use. This is important as we are going to work here for a
longer period of time.
2)
The school is typical of most of the
primary schools in all its aspects- the number of teachers and students, the
physical condition and design of the school buildings and also the size of the
school ground.
3)
The teachers seem enthusiastic. The Headmaster
is a young energetic person and I hope that he can motivate his co-teachers in
this project. The Headmaster seemed
inspired by my previous works and achievements which might help me execute my
research there.
An
additional control in the experimental school
There are 97 students in
class three in this school. They are generally taught in two separate sections
divided based on even and odd roll numbers (the roll numbers are based on the
outcome of the children in the annual exam, roll no 1 means the best student of
the class).
In case of such a larger
sample, we can go for a random sampling for our experimental group and
comparison (control) group from the same school. We can only work with the
experimental group – they will be involved in design and also using the outdoor
for learning. The control group will have access to the designed school ground and
may use for play. We need to be very strict about using the school ground for
learning.
Having the control
group from the same school might neutralize the factors related to teacher
quality (as the same teacher can take the classes) and also the checking of
exam paper, the same teacher will give the marks. Having an additional control
school (similar in many aspects to this school) will help us compare the
results with a school without the intervention.
Therefore, we will have
three groups to compare –
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Experimental/
Treatment Group
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Control
Group A
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Control
Group B
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randomly
selected from School A
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randomly
selected from School A
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Randomly
selected from School B
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Intervention+Outdoor
learning+Outdoor Play
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Intervention+Outdoor
Play (No Outdoor Learning)
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No
Intervention
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Great research design. Very pleased with this.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Sarah.. Hope we will be able to work here keeping this design.
DeleteWell done, Matluba. Glad we all agree on the same school. Good luck for the next phase.
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