Discussion Assignment Week 5 Angie Woods: Gathering Data Interviews or Observations

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Discussion Assignment Week 5: Gathering Data Interviews or Observations

Student Name: Angie Woods

Instructor: Dr. Jan Ferrari

EDUC-6163-3, Building Research Competency

Walden University

Discussion Assignment Week 5: Gathering Data Interviews or Observations   

Student Name: Angie Woods

What kind of relationship should researchers have with the children they interview and/or observe?  I think that the researchers that interview or observe children the relationship of the researchers should be kind and a real trust connection with the child or children. The researchers should want the children’s relax and comfortable with them so that the children can be more open with the researchers. When being asked a question long as the children are comfortable with the researchers and happy then I just think the interview with the children or child will be good.  Long as the researcher approach toward the children capture the children attention the researcher relationship will be great toward the children.

What should researchers know about children in general, child development, and/or children’s families before collecting data from children through interviews and/or through observation?  My opinion about what researchers should know about children in general, child development or children’s families before collecting data from children. First the researchers needed to get to know each child or children individually. Find out what the children like and the things they don’t like before collecting data from children before an interview.  Find out from the children the things their families like to do with them or what the children would like to do with their families.  Plus listening to children and children are listening to each other are a part of the areas in child development. Like cognitive development thinking and learning, language development receptive and expressive, sensory development which roll in hearing, and mainly social and emotional development getting along with others. I think with how child development is part of what a researcher should know about children in general.

What additional skills do researchers need to be effective objective interviewers and/or observers? My opinion on the skills researcher needs to be effective objective interviewers or observers. Is having the patience with children and understanding of children. Plus to have an effective objective interview is to gain knowledge and information that is pertinent to inquiries. By gathering the information is doing it during observer the children so that the interview will have a gain of knowledge with the researcher’s right questions to ask.

A brief evaluation whether or not I might use either or both of these two data collection methods in my research simulation, in my evaluation with child/ children my data collection methods in my research simulation? I would have to use a mixer of methods, because all children are different in order for me to receive the information from the child/children in order to collect the data. I would have to make the child /children feel comfortable with me in order for them to be open with me to voice out their opinions to whatever the questions maybe to them. Then I would have to use age appropriate vocabulary phrase so that the child/ children can understand what I am asking them. Because I wouldn’t want to lose the child/ children attention in the conversation I am having with them. I would do a whole combination of both methods for data collections for my research simulations to be on the safe side if am doing an interview on a child / children.