Table 2 Steps of data analysis
From: Investigating the professional agency of secondary school English teachers in South Korea
Steps | Actions taken | Examples |
|---|---|---|
1st | Coding the raw data with descriptive codes | Parents’ complaints about KETs’ teaching materials and methods Parents’ requests for KETs’ English teaching related to KSAT |
2nd | Grouping codes and naming basic themes by identifying patterns | Parental complaint |
3rd | Identifying illustrative excerpts | ‘I started at that point when I was a novice teacher but the goal has been changed after facing lots of complaints. At last, I came to design the assessment and class at a level where parents and students don’t complain and implemented them in that way.’ (Teacher 13) |
4th | Identifying key themes | ‘Parental complaint’ under ‘Sociocultural legitimation’ |