Research Method 2 interview 2

Interview 2

Persona: Mrs Ng Peck Leong Chin

Teacher in Zhonghua secondary school

Mathematics department

Question 1: How old is your daughter and your son?

Answer: Her son is 6 years old and her daughter is 7 years old.

Question 2: Which school is your daughter currently enrolled in and does she have any complaints regarding the weight of her schoolbag?

Answer: CHIJ Kenlock. No as due to the facilities provided from the school, their teachers keep their schoolbooks. Except for some days where they follow a worksheet system.

Question 3: Do you think your daughter schoolbag is heavy?

Answer: her child schoolbag is acceptable.

Question 4: Does your daughter have a lot of homework? Does the load decrease or increase?

Answer: No, homework load does not decrease even due to the increase of subjects

Question 5: can your daughter complete her own homework?

Answer: Homework needed to be guided along by her to ensure complete submission for her daughter’sHomework.

Question 6: Do you carry your daughter’s bag or does she carry it herself?

Answer: Her daughter finds it comfortable to carry schoolbag on her own.

Question 7: Does your daughter bring her toys or other accessories to school?
Answer: No toys are allowed to be brought to school, only her lunch box

Question 8:  Does your children bring her toys or other stuff out when you bring them out with you?

Answer: Her children do not have the habit of taking stuff that is unnecessary practical purposes.

Question 9: What does your son have in his school bag?
Answer: His schoolbag contains a blanket, water bottle, extra clothing and lastly a story book.

Question 10: is your son schoolbag weight acceptable to you?

Answer: His school bag is acceptable.

Question 11: what bags does your son and daughter normally use?

Answer: Both of them uses haversack as they find it more comfortable.

Her point of view regarding this matter:

Her students do not complain about their weight of their schoolbags. Children have lockers to put their stuff. As currently now in most secondary schools, the teachers uses more notes instead of textbooks.

For certain teachers: Textbook designs: Some teachers would demand the teachers would demand the students to bring their textbooks to school every day.

Schoolbag weight is acceptable unless students can’t afford to pay for lockers. Therefore the schoolbag is heavy.

She personally used notes instead of textbooks for her students as it is lighter.

Her notes are considered acceptable in terms of weight.

As she is a mathematics teacher, the subject she is teaching is not content base therefore the weight of textbook is different. It depends on the teachers individually as different teachers have different teaching methods. She also admits that textbooks are heavy not just content base textbooks.