ERIC Number: EJ871555
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Feb
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ISSN: ISSN-1367-6261
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Focus Groups with Young People: A Participatory Approach to Research Planning
Bagnoli, Anna; Clark, Andrew
Journal of Youth Studies, v13 n1 p101-119 Feb 2010
In this paper we present our experiences of conducting focus groups with young people as part of a participatory approach to research design and participant recruitment. The research is a prospective, 10-year, qualitative, longitudinal project investigating young people's daily lives, relationships, and identities, and the ways these change over time. It adopts a multi-method approach in which each participant has a choice about which methods to be involved with. Part of the project planning and recruitment was completed through focus groups held in schools across metropolitan and rural West Yorkshire with young people aged 13. The focus groups enabled us to recruit participants from a variety of backgrounds. They were also an important medium through which to elicit the views of young people (which were perceptively and constructively critical) about project design, methods development, and dissemination events. The paper focuses on what we learnt from these focus groups and considers the value of engaging participants in designing qualitative research. (Contains 4 notes.)
Descriptors: Research Design, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Focus Groups, Young Adults, Participatory Research, Youth Programs, Longitudinal Studies, Documentaries, Social Change, Research Problems, Foreign Countries, Social Science Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education; Secondary Education
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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