From our focus group, we could learn what the Writing Partnership students are expecting after high school and what they would like their futures to become.
What kind of questions would you ask?
We would ask questions such as:
Who would you invite? How would you get them there?
- How old are you?/What grade are you in?
- What are your interests in school?
- What are your hobbies?
- How do you picture your life in the next few years?
Who would you invite? How would you get them there?
We would invite the students from Writing Partnership who attend high school. Their level of completed high school education does not matter because we would then be able to have a range of ages. If we have a range of ages, then we would be more prepared to help with the transition of the students' needs over their time in school. We would schedule our focus group during one of the Writing Partnership meetings and separate the students that we are asking to participate.
What obstacles would you likely encounter in your focus groups? How would you overcome these obstacles?
Obstacles that we would overcome are having the students not quite understand the purpose of us doing this. Also, they might have answers such as they want to play soccer when they grow up, and we would want them to pick more attainable options. So we would have to introduce them to other options without guiding them towards a specific option.
What would you hope to gain from a focus group for your project?
I would hope that we gain more of an insight into what the students expect to happen after their high school career. Once we do, we would be able to help them reach their goals or develop a plan if they are not sure what their specific goals are.
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