Jennifer's case study

Stage One: Formulating my research question

Jennifer joined the RESPECT project because she wanted to ‘incorporate parents’ voices into the curriculum in ways that are relevant, respectful and meaningful for them’ and was concerned that parents didn’t seem to want to be involved in the program in her room. She was dissatisfied with parents’ apparent indifference to the extensive documentation that took staff considerable time and effort to create and felt that this was compounded by the very limited time in the day when staff and parents could communicate with each other.

Jennifer’s dissatisfaction led her to formulate this research question:

• ‘How can I identify what parents want their involvement to be in the room program?’