AMANDA HYNAN FINAL THESIS PDF

Rick: “grandma granddad excited”
Amanda: oh and your grandma and granddad are excited as well
SLT: if you give them a call on Skype does that make them feel excited do you
think
Rick: ‘no’ (shakes head)
SLT: or it makes you feel excited [cross talk]
Amanda: it makes you feel excited [cross talk]. So it’s definitely made a
change you’re pleased that you’re able to use Skype
Rick: yeah
Amanda’s memo thoughts on the transcription data
So.... now was it a mistake by Rick to press the names Julie and Sally? Was he trying
to select Grandma and Grandpa? mmm.... Or did he decide it was too difficult to
repair the communication breakdown and decided instead to try to tell the SLT and
me how it was exciting for him to communicate with people. He knew he had already
told us he spoke to Grandma and Granddad on Skype. He does not confirm it makes
him feel excited to talk to them as suggested by the SLT and me.
So was he using it as a strategy to show us that it was not about television
programmes? The SLT had guessed before it was about communicating with other
people who were close to him? Maybe what we missed earlier was that he was also
trying to show that included girls...??
Unfortunately, this interview was the final one to be carried out and the potential
revelation only came during the transcription process. The limitations of the research
time frame meant this newly emerging insight could not be carried forward into fresh
interviews.
Memo (December 2012)
Educational setting constraints
I found it difficult to reconcile my position as a researcher in an educational setting I
had been given permission to work in by staff. The educational staff were present in
the interviews and on a couple of occasions when I would have liked to follow up
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