Pilot focus group

For my pilot focus group I asked a group of fellow teachers to get together to discuss the issues of inclusion planning. Within the group I had 6people turn up including my self, age ranging from 19-35. Three people were from one dance school and 2 were from another a local high school will specialised in dance and me who i worked for the dance school and knew and have worked with the 2 that taught at the high school.

Advantages

• Everyone spoke freely and stuck to my first few questions. 
• Because there were two types of teachers in the room (dance school and high school) I got to hear the advantages and disadvantages from both sides.
• New topics sparked instantly and someone was always talking 
• I took my Dictaphone so I didn't need to make notes on what was said, I could fully participate in the discussion and lead them on without worry of writing it all down.
• New teaching ideas were passed back and forth

Disadvantages

• After 5mins the topics seemed to trail off I had to keep reminding them of the topic in discussion
• As 3 of the them were from a dance school including the principal from the dance school, I could see that the 2 other teachers were really thinking about what they were saying and I feel they couldnt speak freely on the topics.
• Inclusion planning seemed more relevant to some than others. i.e one teacher just taught street dance and they felt they didnt really plan for any learning styles.
• Was stressful to organise had to change the date 3 times due to teachers always teaching at differnt times.