Different ways of presenting and

analyzing qualitative data

Faiza Masood
1. Data presenting and analyzing by participants
responses and interview protocol
• Title of the study
MENTORING IN TEACHING PRACTICE AT B.ED
LEVEL IN ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI:
AN ANALYSIS
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Purpose of the study:
This study was conducted to explore, whether
mentoring experience at B.Ed. level really made
any difference in students/mentees in teaching?
Research questions:
1. What is the impact of mentoring on teaching
practice?
2. What is the influence of mentoring on the
behavior of mentee/ student?
3. What are the benefits of mentoring for mentors
and mentees?
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• Interview
• An interview was designed for mentees, mentors and
Heads/Principals of colleges/universities
• 54 people were selected for interview. 42 mentees
were selected and 12 mentors and heads of
universities and colleges were selected for this
purpose
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• ANALYSIS OF INTERVIEWS
• Interviews of Mentees
• In this section, perception of all selected mentees
have presented according to the interview protocol
• interviews of mentors
• In this section, perceptions of all selected mentors
have presented according to the interview protocol
• Interviews of principals
• In this section, perceptions of all selected principals
have presented according to the interview protocol
 2.Data presenting and analyzing by categories
of research questions
Title of the study
Are You Ready to be a Mentor? Preparing
Teachers for Mentoring Pre-service Teachers
Purpose of the study
to investigate the changed understandings
and practices of mentor teachers after
participating in a mentoring course that was
intended to prepare them for mentoring a
pre-service teacher
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Research question
1. What are the perceived changes in mentoring
that occur as a result of preparation for
mentoring?
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 3. Analysis by individual
Title of the study
At-Risk Students and Technology Education: A
Qualitative Study
Purpose of the study
the purpose of this study was to explore,
describe, and examine how at-risk students
experience and interact with the technology
education curriculum.
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 4. Analysis on the basis of research questions

• Title of the study

• The impact of preparing mentor teachers for
mentoring
• Purpose of the study
• This study investigated a pilot mentoring
course for classroom based teachers
mentoring a pre-service teacher
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• Research questions

1. What have you achieved from the course?

2. How did the course promote change how you
mentor pre-service teachers?
3. Briefly describe some of the processes you
use when mentoring a pre-service teacher?
4. What were the changes in your mentoring
practices?
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• The results presented in this paper focus
specifically on two categories of questions
responded to by the mentoring certificate
participants,
namely changed understandings of mentoring
and changed mentoring practices.
The results will be discussed according to the
two categories of questions and the key
themes which emerged from the analysis.
 5. Analysis by issue
• Title of the study
Mentoring: A Mechanism for Improving Teachers’
Performance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Purpose
• It was a descriptive study, which identified the need of
mentoring for improving the performance of Primary
School Teachers.
• It explored the possibilities of introducing a mechanism
of mentoring to improve efficiency of in-service and
prospective teachers with a view to bring positive change
by integrating the mentoring system initially in the main
stream of primary education of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
Pakistan.
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1. What is the current status of mentoring in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?,
2. 2. What is the need and importance of
mentoring in local and global perspective?
3. 3. What implementable suggestions the
study could make for introducing mentoring
in teacher education programme at the
primary level?
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• Over all views of participants on Mechanism for
Improving Teachers’ Performance
• Interviews with District Level Education Officers
• The interview items were designed to find out
the current status of mentoring in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and explore its
need and importance in the context of Govt;
Boys’ Primary Schools.
• The answers of there spondents indicated that
they had an understanding of the mentoring
system……
 Analysis according to cases
• Title of the study
Mentoring pre-service teachers on school
students’ differentiated learning

• This study explores the mentoring of pre-

service teachers in selecting and
implementing teaching strategies to meet
students‟ learning needs
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• There were two case studies
• Case study 1 included experienced mentor teachers
(n=28) from different public schools who were
involved in a two-day Mentoring for Effective
Teaching professional development program
• They were audio-recorded within six focus groups
• Case study 2 a final-year mentee and her mentor in a
four-week practicum.
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• Findings and discussion

• Case study 1
• Case study 2