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Table 7.1 Themes from the predetermined topics of the interview schedules
Topic
Emerging theme (and ref. to section in chapter)
Interests • The need for thrill from risk-taking hobbies (7.2)
Means of
self-expression
• Broader interests shown by CVC (mainstream)
students (7.2)
• The use of music for expression increased after
music therapy (7.2)
• It was hard for students to comment on this
specifically but were able to explain it in their own
words (7.2)
Importance of friendships • Students at The Centre School reported greater
reliance on friends than mainstream students (7.3)
Respect in schools • Students felt strongly about the issue of respect
towards their peers and teachers (7.4)
Attitude to school • School had improved since music therapy for many
students.
• Rather than talk positively about their current
school they compared it to ‘bad’ schools they had
been in (7.4)
Encouragement from teachers • Students in both the mainstream and special school
felt encouraged by their teachers (7.5)
Feelings about the present • Students were all generally positive despite the very
difficult circumstances they face ((7.5)
Feelings about the future • Students were more optimistic about the future after
music therapy (7.5)
Views on world • Students used more positive adjectives to describe
their world after music therapy (7.6)
• More mainstream students suggested things were
difficult
Music therapy – reviewed separately (7.7)
Although not all the themes captured something directly relating to the research
questions, they provided rich description of the students’ interests, opinions and lives,
and therefore need to be included in the review. The comments about music therapy
from the follow-up interviews are reviewed in the final section (7.7).
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