CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Research design and Methods
This research will incorporate the use of literature-based analysis. The literature-based analysis involved the use of the already published books and journals to be able to relate the existing knowledge with the already existing knowledge. This kind of relationship that will be obtained will be the basis of the study. It helps in getting more information on the impact of digital technology on the primary schools in the United Kingdom. Various authors and researchers have carried out similar research to be able to establish the global impact that education has caused to the education sector in the United Kingdom. This kind of methodology which the study used does not establish any new knowledge but rather is focuses on linking the existing knowledge to be able to show the direct relationship that exists clearly. I selected this kind of methodology since it is the most favourable taking into consideration it is venturing into what has already been researched. Making a discussion about the impact of digital technology on the education sectors in the United Kingdom. Another main advantage of this kind of research is that it will help much to take a look at the past on what has been happening present and further it will also help in forecasting the future that is expected to occur in the long run. Digital technology in the learning institutions in the United Kingdom and across the globe began in the early 20th century. It was a total revolution in the learning fields.
The research made use of the online sources; for instance, the use of Google to be able to extract the relevant information that is needed. The literature review of some of the studies that have been carried out over the last decades will critically be analyzed to gather a lot of relevant information. The theoretical analysis is critical for this research because this kind of research over the years has been carried out by several authors. The theoretical perspectives of digital technology will be compared with the situation of the United Kingdom as much as digital technology is concerned. The research took consideration of the past, present, and future expected impacts of technology.
Digital technology in primary schools now continues to be experienced having been introduced during the 20th century. The research made the use of the articles which were published in the year 2000 to recent years. The research made use of a variety of materials across the entire globe to come up with appropriate answers for the research question that was developed in the proposals. The specific qualitative data analysis. That was used included content analysis and narrative type of analysis. The content analysis incorporates a situation where the documented information of the physical forms is analyzed. Narrative analysis is based on the experiences that are shared by individuals or people. The experiences in the context of the research topics are the effects of the education stakeholders.
2.1 Methodology and methods analysis.
Taking into consideration that the research used the literature-based analysis to come up with the results. The research incorporated the use of qualitative data analysis. The study made use of secondary data, data from journals, books, articles, etc. that are further interpreted to be able to give the correct and required answers to the research questions that were developed in the proposal for this research. This is the best kind of method that the research is going to make use of because the effects and the impacts of digital technology can be well obtained through the act of making observations o in the United Kingdom and on how the technology has impacted the learning institutions.
Looking at the recent past researches, it is evident that the use of interview form of collecting information about digital technology is the most appropriate form to use since the individuals who are to be interviewed are the ones who have been impacted by the use of the digital technology. The primary aim of making use of the qualitative kind of study is that it helps interpret the outcomes that are obtained. The thoughts of the interviewees from the already done research are critical since they can be easily formulated to be able to give the correct information about the use of technology and its impact on the economy of the United Kingdom. The amount of time given to each individual is potentially able to lead to the higher achievement of the required answers. Conducting more interviews is something that can easily lead to the achievement of the goals and the objectives of the intended study that is being conducted.
To be able to achieve valuable information relating to the impact of digital technology on the education sectors in the United Kingdom. Tolga, in his survey, was carried out on several teachers in the primary schools and other learning institutions in the United Kingdom. This is to be able clearly to make relevant illustrations on the impact of digital technology on learning institutions. The target group for this study was the parents, teachers, and the students. This is the main target of the research since education incorporates these three. The survey that was conducted among the teachers made use of the questionnaires, which were both closed and open-ended. This survey involved being able to critically answer simple and complex questions as much as digital technology is concerned in the different learning institutions. Through making use of the questionnaires the individuals who are supposed to answer the questionnaires, it may sometime be difficult to be able to obtain a straight answer. The methods that Tolgo used to conduct the research are the survey and interviews. He selected the respondents.
2.2 Selection of the respondents
Tolga articulates that the responses for the research involved the active working teachers in the primary and the secondary schools, the students, and the parents. The teachers were selected randomly from different schools in the United Kingdom. The respondents are the most suitable in the study due to their frequent interaction with the digital technology that is in place in the United Kingdom. The respondents were selected from different where there is poverty and where the individuals leave a good and suitable lifestyle—the choice of respondents in most cases where there is a survey that cannot be easily controlled. The survey was posted in different places that are inclusive of online platforms such as Google and Facebook. The respondents selected were professional, and the criteria of selection are that a high level of ethics was regarded to attain the best results.
2.3 Data collection method
Survey.
Tolgo (2015) says the survey was anonymous; hence it is not that easy to determine the specific places where the individuals were coming from. The survey contained closed and open-ended questionnaires to carry out the research. This allowed easy comparison of the answers given to be able to deduce the best-required information. The survey was critical since it was able to provide some quantitative information that is relevant for validation of the results that were involved. During the survey process, 621 teachers took part in the survey. These responses given were much suitable for being able to provide quantitative analysis for the research that was given. The data that was obtained through the survey method was divided into two groups—the teachers from the primary schools and the teachers from the secondary schools.
Literature analysis Interview
The interview method is usually justified since first-hand information is obtained that is not biased. The information that is obtained is based on the views of the respondents. The information that is obtained contains the thoughts of the individuals. When the interview is taking place, the thoughts and the opinions of the respondent usually act as a study object. The interviewer guides the response into answering the questions as required to be able to obtain the required information
The format of interviewing the respondent is usually essential, and it should be well followed. This will help the respondent to be able to answer the questions coherently. The questions are subdivided from simpler to complex. This is to help the respondent to answer the questions appropriately. The research was able to collect information from 1500 individuals. This included teachers and students (Tolga, 2015).