I have sent the email to 25 primary schools, local and non-local. If I get even just a few responses from each, the responses would be very beneficial to my research. I wanted to send it to more than one school to see if different schools are experiencing similar things when it comes to reading.
I received a total of 16 responses. I am quite happy with this number, especially since teachers have very busy schedules.
How long have you been teaching?
Discussion
I was very happy when the majority of the responses came from teachers with 10+ years experience. They would have a good perspective on how reading ability and attention span has changed over the years. This makes the results more accurate and compelling.
What year group(s) do you currently teach?
Discussion
I wanted to ask this question to see if their answers would change depending on the age of the children. I will discuss these results in the questions to come.