Social Construction of Reality - Bad Request

7. Analyzed for words identified during 2 nd close reading and entered the
frequencies into the Open Coding workbook
This open coding process illuminated important ideas as embodied in high frequency
words. The most important concepts according to the frequency evidenced in the short
stakeholder interviews were effectiveness (52), stakeholders (38), students (33), resources
(23), and change (21). The only word to surface in every interview was effective.
After the open coding process was complete, a third close reading was used to
begin the process of axial coding. Three main themes, all of which in some way took into
account ideas evidenced via open coding, emerged: engendering collaboration, return on
investment, and process use. Once it was determined these themes were present, each was
highlighted throughout the text of the interviews utilizing yellow, green, and pink
highlighting respectively (Appendix P).
Collaboration. Repeatedly throughout the short interviews stakeholders expressed
the importance of bringing people together to work and think. One stakeholder explained,
people need to feel validated and know that “we are all in this together” (Interview,
March 19, p. 2). Another stakeholder noted people must “have input and participate in
development” (Interview, March 18, p.2). Top down delivery does not foster solid
implementation according to yet another (Interview, March 19, p.2). A different
stakeholder for this study explained that stakeholders for various programs across the
district deserve to be at the table working together (Interview, March 20). Another
elaborated: “program evaluation can bring people around the table, allowing them to
really talk to each other, to appreciate differences, and experience, as result, a change in
perspective and accomplish what they might not on their own” (Interview, March 20).
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