KIDS RESEARCH 1

Triads Discussion Guide

Introduction
 Introduce yourself and Vision Group
 Explain that today we are here to see how they are fairing with the NIE project
 Opinions, no right or wrong answers … want their honest views
 Importance and value of participants’ contribution
 Explanation of audio recording
 Confidentiality of discussions

A RESPONDENT SECTION 1: Introductions and warm up 10 mins

A.1 Respondent We are going to spend 40 minutes together. So let us know a bit about
Introductions each other. I want you to relax. We will have a lot of fun today.

Let me start by introducing myself.

I would like you to introduce each other.

1. Tell me your friends’ name, and what you like about him/her.

2. Now tell me about your day, from the time you wake up to the time
you go to bed.

a. How different is school day vs. weekend or holidays?

B UNDERSTANDING Perceptions towards Education

10 MIN

I would like us to talk about school

B.1 Perceptions 3. Now, I would like us to talk about school. What can you tell me about
towards it?
Learning 4. What do you like about school? Why?
5. What don’t you like about the school? Why not?
6. Which one is your favorite time at school?
7. Which moments don’t you like school at all?
8. What can be done to make school fun?

I would like us to talk about how we read the newspapers

9. Why do you think they give you newspapers to read?

10. Where do you usually read the newspapers from? Why?
B.2 11. What time do you usually read the newspapers? Why?
Consumption 12. Who else reads the newspapers with you? At home/school?
habits a. What do you like about learning through newspapers?
b. What don’t you like about learning through newspapers?
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C PARTICIPATION 25 MIN

C.1 Article I would like to talk about your contribution to the Newspapers in Learning
Contribution

13. Which one is your favorite section of the Newspaper? Why?

14. Which sections do you think other kids like you are currently interested
in reading in the Newspaper?
15. Do you have a favorite title of Newspapers in education? Which one is
it? What do you like about it?
16. Which newspaper in Education title do you like the least? Why?
17. Have you ever written an article in the newspapers? Was your article
published? Why not?
18. How do you feel when your article is published? Why do you feel that
way?
19.Ever since your articles were published in Newspapers in Education
how have you benefited? PROBE improved confidence, made more
friends, took on leadership position, became respectable.
20. What is the criteria of getting your comment published in the
C.2 Perceptions Newspaper in education? Do you feel comfortable with this criteria?
towards Why not? What can be done to make it easy for all children’s articles to
Participation be published in the newspaper?
21. Ever since you started reading Newspapers in Education how have you
benefited? PROBE improved reading skills, improved Confidence
etc.
22. How are you using your new level of skills to improve your education,
school, family and community at large?

Teacher 23. Who assists you in reading the newspaper in this season when schools
Interaction are closed?
24. How was it when schools were open? Who could assist you to read the
newspaper?
25. Do you understand what the teacher teaches you from the NIE
newspaper?
26. What do you like about the way your teacher teaches you from the NIE
newspaper?
27. What don’t you like about the way your teacher teaches you from the
NIE newspaper?
28. What would you like to include in your NIE classes? What should be
removed?

Closed Group
Interaction 29. What do children whose schools are not in NIE program say about this
program? Why?
30. What have you heard other people in the community say about
children in the NIE project?
31. Is what they say true about the project?
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DELIVERY OF NEWSPAPERS

Perceptions 32. How do you receive your copy of NIE newspapers during this season of
Towards lockdown? Who delivers them?
Delivery 33. Please tell me about what happens when the newspapers are
delivered. What happens once delivered?
34. How often do you receive the paper?
35. How would you receive the newspapers before the COVID season?
Please take me through the delivery process.

THANK & CLOSE!