Interview+and+Survey+guidelines

**Interviews 2012**

**Keep these points in mind when planning your interviews:** 1) Make sure that your questions are clear, well-written and relevant. You must think carefully that you have asked everything you need to ask because you cannot go back to make another interview. You must get a teacher to check them before the interview. (In Spanish: Luz Stella, In English: 6th grade CRT)

 2) You must request permission & agree with your CRT on interview times, so it is convenient. You have to plan the interview so it affects as least as possible your school timetable. You cannot miss Tutoria, P.E, Maths etc. For some internal permissions the class room teacher will ask you to get it authorized by Patricia too, if it is in another section.

__Internal permission Request __

3) If you are going out of school to do the interview you must write a letter to the person with a list of the questions you want to ask. The letter __must be approved__ by the CRT and Mrs. Patricia. When you have a date for the interview, you must request permission in advance, tell your class teacher at least two days before you plan to go. __Each member of the group must have a permission to leave school with whoever is taking you to the interview.__

  __External permission Request__

4) It is a good idea to record the interview in some way so that you can listen to it later and write up anything you need from it. You can also upload it onto your wiki as part of your research process

5) You need to extract the relevant information and see which part of the interview contributes towards answering your key concept questions. It may be several of the key concept questions, not necessarily all.

6) You do not have to show any of the interview in your presentation, and you will not have time to show all the interview… But as part of the exhibition stand you could show your research process and include the interview photos, explaining how it contributed towards your understanding and/or conclusions of what you learnt from the interviewee- even thank them and show a picture of the interview.

7) Be respectful when asking for interviews or with the people you interview. Remember everyone´s time is important. Show appreciation and gratitude.
 * To download a copy: [[file:Interview guidelines 2012.docx]] **

**Surveys 2012 ** 1)Read the general information below about surveys 2)Make sure that your questions are clear, well-written and relevant. You must get a teacher to check them before the interview. (In Spanish: Luz Stella, In English: 6th grade CRT) 3) Check that each question is addressing a key concept. Not all have to be included. You may have one or several questions that aim towards one key concept. It is you who decide how many you need. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">4) You **__may not apply surveys without the approval of your CRT,__** who you must show that you have had your questions proofread. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">5) If applying a survey to a whole class you must find the teacher at a suitable time, to ask politely at what time it is convenient to do a survey with their students. You have to explain to them what the objective is, what do you want to find out. Remember they do not know! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">6) Be **RESPECTFUL AT ALL TIMES** with everybody, when asking for appointments or with people you want to survey. Remember the image you are projecting is for the whole of 6th grade.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Keep these points in mind when planning or applying your surveys: **

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Note: Before starting to write the questions check the information below about what surveys are for: **__

//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Surveys are done to get opinions about a subject or to gather data that can be measured. The answers are usually put into a graph if you are using them for presentations. //
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">What could they be used for? **

//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">You can find out statistics – e.g. the number of people who do or think a particular thing. // //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">You can find out opinions – e.g. H //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">ow //do you think we could improve our school environment?//
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">What sort of information can you find out from a survey? **

//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Ask your friends, family, people in school or neighbours who you know well. Do not ask strangers or go to places that might put you in danger or get you into trouble. (You need permission to give or receive information in shopping centres and other public buildings.) //
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Who could you ask? **

//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">For gathering statistics you need at least 20 people, but a number nearer 100 will give better results. // //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">For gathering opinions you need at least 10 people. //
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">How many people do you need **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> **to ask to get any useful information?**

//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**PAPER:** You can make a survey on paper and then go round and get people to fill it in one-by-one, or you can give them out and ask people to fill them in and return them later. This is a sure way of getting instant results but might take up more time or paper. // //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**COMPUTER:** You can make one on the computer through your Gmail and send it to everyone in your contacts list. The program automatically sorts out the results for you. This will get to a lot of people, but you will have no control over whether they actually decide to answer or not. //
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">How can you collect the information? **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">What types of questions are better for a survey? **
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Closed questions //**//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> are better if you are trying to make a graph of the information. These involve yes/no answers or multiple choice questions. //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Open questions //**//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> are better if you want to gather opinions or ideas about a particular situation, for example ‘What do you think about the children on the streets?’ In this case, you will try to ask a selection of people across a range of backgrounds so that you get a good variety of answers. //

//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Most people will probably not want to answer more than about 5 -10 questions. If there are any questions about opinions which require longer answers, you will have to ask fewer questions. //
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">How many questions do you think most people would be willing to answer **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">?

//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Most surveys are displayed as charts and graphs with a short written or oral explanation. Specific things that people said could be copied out and displayed as part of your poster/video/powerpoint or incorporated into a drama. //
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">How can you display the information you receive? **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">To download a copy: [[file:Survey guidelines 2012.docx]] **