Naslov
Challenges of interviewing young students about Health Education in Croatia

Autori
Elezović, Ines ; Andročec, Iva

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of Abstracts: EAM conference 2014 / - , 2014, 90-90

Skup
VI European Congress of Methodology

Mjesto i datum
Utrecht, Nizozemska, 23.07.2014. - 25.07.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Health Education program; external evaluation; qualitative methodology

Sažetak
Health Education is an experimental educational program implemented in 2012 in all Croatian schools. External evaluation of this program has a mix-methods research design and some of activities included classroom observations and group interviews with students after observing target lessons in Health Education (in 8 case study schools). In primary schools, students in grades 3, 5 and 7 (age 9, 11 and 13) participated. According to National Ethical Codex for Conducting Research Involving Children parent consent is required for children up to 14 years of age. In selected schools 68% of parents signed informed consent. Questions for group interviews with high school students were developed first and those were then adapted for younger students. Some of the questions were excluded, as they were age inappropriate, and others were modified to younger students’ cognitive levels. Interview protocol consisted of 12 major questions and aimed at student expectation, motivation and experiences regarding Health Education. Altogether, 16 group interviews (N=69 students) were conducted and audio-recorded material transcribed and analyzed (ATLAS.ti 7). Results show that students don’t differ according to age, on contrary ; they have similar opinions on most of the topics. However, discrepancy was obvious in verbal expressions used by different age groups to describe their opinions and experiences. Students in grades 3 and 5 offered simple and short answers and were difficult to moderate in comparison to those in grade 7. Often it was obvious that opinions of youngest students were transferred from their significant others (parents, siblings and teachers). Important finding is that students who often talk about Health Education topics with their parents have clearer opinions and express them more firmly than those who don’t talk to their parents much in general. These interviews reflect challenges of designing age-appropriate questions and coding very young participants’ answers in multidisciplinary educational research.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Sociologija, Pedagogija

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