Posted: August 5th, 2016

What evidence can you find from that interview that supports Martin’s conclusion? Should he consider an alternative theme?

from his early interviews with the mothers is that they feel that the closure will lead to a loss of a sense of community. Read the transcript of Martin’s interview with Janice. Code the transcript and identify two – three key concepts emerging from your coding. What evidence can you find from that interview that supports Martin’s conclusion? Should he consider an alternative theme? If so, what would you suggest? Justify your response with reference to the Kingston Data, the Reading Guide, and Chapter 9 of your text. (2) (30 marks – 2000 words) The issue you are investigating is the mothers’ perspective of the impact of closing a rural school. Has the school closure decision and action had an impact on the community living in and around Kingston, and if so, what is the nature of this impact? Format of Assignment 1 • A 500 word interpretation of ‘Janice’s interview’ as per the guiding questions stated in (1) above. The 500 words will be supported by your coding of Janice’s interview. The coding can be presented in tabular form, or as a transcript using colour, underlining, italics, or margin notes to highlight text (the evidence) to justify your codes. • A 2000 word (maximum) summary and justification of the selected evidence relating to the impact of the school closure. This will include your analysis of all the interview data plus your additional selected data sources (e.g. newspaper articles, field notes, memos). • Two appendices as listed below. The appendices will mostly consist of data analysis.