{"id":180,"date":"2018-02-11T17:55:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T17:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sadiethompson\/?p=180"},"modified":"2018-02-11T17:55:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T17:55:11","slug":"learning-activity-6-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sadiethompson\/2018\/02\/11\/learning-activity-6-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Activity 6.2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/ldrs591-sp18\/unit-6-learning-activities\/\"><b>https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/ldrs591-sp18\/unit-6-learning-activities\/<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Chan, K. W. C, &amp; So, G. B. K. (2017). Cultivating servant leaders in secondary schooling. <\/b><b><i>Servant Leadership: Theory and Practice, 4<\/i><\/b><b>(1), 12-31.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What sampling strategy is used and is it appropriate and justified?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Plano-Clark and Creswell suggest that Theory or Concept Sampling is used to \u201cgenerate a theory or explore a concept.\u201d (Plano-Clark and Creswell, 2015, P 234). I believe that Chan and So used this method for sampling in their research. They chose a specific group that would help them to generate their theory, which is that servant leadership qualities can develop in adolescents, as well as to develop specific concepts within that theory. I believe that this sampling strategy is appropriate for the research. Plano-Clark and Creswell do state that in \u201ca well-written qualitative report, the researchers should describe and defend the specific type of purposeful sampling strategy that they used in their study.\u201d (Plano-Clark and Creswell, 2015, P 335). Chan and So (2015) do not justify or provide a clear explanation of the reasoning for the sampling method they have chosen. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is the sample size appropriate?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Plano-Clark and Creswell (2015) suggest that the sampling size should be as few as one and as many as 30 when studying a classroom as a case study. Chan and So had 11 participants in their study. I believe that this is an appropriate sample size for the classroom as a case. (Plano-Clark and Creswell, 2015, P 336).<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is the data collected appropriate?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The data was collected in this study through focus-group interviews. The data was then recorded into audio recordings. I feel that the validity and significance of the data collected would be more valuable if Chan and So collected data in different ways as well. They conducted interviews by a main researcher and then the results were coded and categorized. It would be beneficial to include a formal observation analysis or other documented data that would strengthen the results of the research. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Are the data gathered ethically and thoughtfully?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The data for this research was collected ethically. Chan and So (2017), state \u201cprior to each focus-group interview, interviewees gave their written consent, acknowledging their understanding of this research, agreeing to participate in the interview and giving permission for the audio recording.\u201d (Chan and So, 2017, P 21). Chan and So secured appropriate permissions in their research and treated participants respectfully.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>References<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Chan, K. W. C, &amp; So, G. B. K. (2017). Cultivating servant leaders in secondary schooling. <\/b><b><i>Servant Leadership: Theory and Practice, 4<\/i><\/b><b>(1), 12-31.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Plano-Clark, V., &amp; Creswell, J. (2015). <\/b><b><i>Understanding research: A consumer\u2019s guide<\/i><\/b><b> (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/ldrs591-sp18\/unit-6-learning-activities\/ Chan, K. W. C, &amp; So, G. B. K. (2017). Cultivating servant leaders in secondary schooling. Servant Leadership: Theory and Practice, 4(1), 12-31. What sampling strategy is used and is it appropriate and justified? Plano-Clark and Creswell suggest that Theory or Concept Sampling is used to \u201cgenerate a theory or explore a concept.\u201d (Plano-Clark &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sadiethompson\/2018\/02\/11\/learning-activity-6-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Learning Activity 6.2&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,48,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ldrs591","category-learning-activity-6-2","category-unit-6"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sadiethompson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sadiethompson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sadiethompson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sadiethompson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sadiethompson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sadiethompson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sadiethompson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sadiethompson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sadiethompson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sadiethompson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}