The master plan

PLAN:

Preparation: Course and research milestones

APR 2

  • Significant piece of writing (see initial literature review)
  • Present research proposal and project to peers and research community for feedback and refinement
APR 3:

Text

PGCert tasks:

  • Unit 4005 - Critical review of research paradigm and frameworks 
  • Unit 4005 - Proposal presentation 
  • Unit 4005 - Research proposal
  • Unit 4004 - Research data management plan
  • Unit 4004 - Research plan and ethics

Ethical approval process and amendments:

  • Ethical approval form and submission
  • Develop email templates for communication with teachers and gatekeepers
  • Develop informed consent project information and forms
  • School initial communications and visit to assess the context and conditions
  • Participant recruitment acknowledgement emails and welcome pack of information
  • Informed consent signed forms for secure storage

Phase 1: Pre-intervention baseline digital accessibility knowledge of teachers in primary school 

Literature review to identify themes of: 

  • What is the relevance of digital accessibility in society and where would it fit on the educational curriculum
  • Where and how is digital accessibility currently taught
  • what are the common learning objectives and concepts for teaching the subject
  • What digital accessibility skills and knowledge are appropriate for beginners to the topic
  • Teachers knowledge of similar nature e.g. accessible content creation and inclusive practices such as UDL
Literature review supervisor review and plan for phase 1

Informed by literature review prepare a semi-structured interview questionnaire and schedule 

Pilot interview questionnaire to explore effectiveness

Book locations or online meetings with participant teachers at three schools 

Interview teachers about initial knowledge and concepts

Process transcripts for accuracy and to safeguard personal identities for storage and confidentiality

Thank you email correspondence for initial interviews and use as template for further phases of the research

Phase 1 supervisor review and plan for phase 2

Phase 2: Planning for teaching and learning in the primary school teaching context 

Informed by Phase 1 development of an initial research lesson to deliver to participants 

Creation of lesson materials and lesson plan to share with participants in advance

Book times and locations to deliver initial research lesson

Prepare and test recording equipment and outputs

Create lesson reflection document for individual participant ideas and contributions for first workshop.

Pilot the research lesson and reflective document to review for any amendments

Deliver initial research lesson

Collate and store reflective documents ready for workshops 

Plan and write the questioning schedule for first focus group 

Book times and locations for first debriefing workshop and focus group to create lesson appropriate for primary school Key Stage 2

Deliver workshop 

Process transcripts for accuracy and to safeguard personal identities for storage and confidentiality

Store relevant documents from the lesson planning process, including lesson plan and learning resources 

Create additional learning resources if appropriate

Phase 2 supervisor review and plan for phase 3

Phase 3: Collaborative development of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) and resources 

Develop lesson study debriefing questionnaire schedule

Prepare lesson study observation and case learner sheets (Dudley, 2014)

Prepare or adjust any teaching materials where appropriate 

Book and timetable times and places of lessons (liaise with teachers and gate-keepers)

Book lesson study debriefing sessions 

Prepare and test equipment for digital recording and outputs 

Hold the debriefing sessions

Process transcripts for accuracy and to safeguard personal identities for storage and confidentiality

Phase 3 supervisor review and plan for phase 4

Phase 4: Individual retrospective reflections of the experience developing PCK and resources 

Prepared semi-structured interview questionnaires and schedule 

Book locations or online meetings with participant teachers at three schools 

Process transcripts for accuracy and to safeguard personal identities for storage and confidentiality

Learn data analysis software Nvivo and populate with relevant data

Data analysis for Phase 1 study.

Write up Phase 1 study for supervisor review

Data analysis for Phase 2 study.

Write up Phase 2 study for supervisor review

Data analysis for Phase 3 study

Write up Phase 3 study for supervisor review

Data analysis for Phase 4 study .

Write up Phase 4 study for supervisor review

Final write up of thesis draft

Supervisor review.



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