Teachers and School Staffs

What will happen if I take part in this research study?

If you volunteer to participate in this study, the researcher will ask you to do the following:

meeting the researcher for an individual interview in the settings of your school. The interview will be recorded (audio version).

The questions of the research will be explained to you before conducting the interview. The interview guide will be structured around the following principle themes: 1) Family biographies (reasons for immigration, migratory trajectory, education and occupation of parents, language used in the home, parent-child relationships, etc.); 2) Primary and secondary school experiences of children (academic results, peer and teacher relationships, school-family-community ties, etc.); 3) Experiences of children outside of school (neighborhood, community and religious milieus, etc.); 4) Extra-curricular knowledge (family and friend knowledge, religious or ethnic wisdom, etc.); 5) Relationships to the school and to school knowledge (instrumental and intellectual relationships, idea about forms of schooling, educational engagement, perceptions of the school’s role in socialization, etc.); and, 6) Models of success (family discourse on the school and on the future, etc.).

How long will I be in the research study?

Participation will take a total of about 1 hour.

Are there any potential risks or discomforts that I can expect from this study?

Your participation in this research does not involve any particular risks or disadvantages.

Are there any potential benefits if I participate?

You will not directly benefit from your participation in the research.

The results of the research may improve the school experiences of secondary school students of South Asian origin, in particular, and of immigrant origin, in general, in North America.

Will information about me and my participation be kept confidential?

Any information that is obtained in connection with this study and that can identify you will remain confidential. It will be disclosed only with your permission or as required by law. Confidentiality will be maintained by means of allotting a number to each participant. Only the principal researcher and/or person delegated to this end by the principal researcher will have the list of participants and the numbers given to them. Moreover, your information will be kept in a locked computer/filing cabinet located in the office of the principal researcher at UCLA. No information making it possible to identify you in a way will be published. You will be able to review, edit, and erase the tapes/recordings of your research participation before any publication is done. Your information will be destroyed seven years after the end of the project and only data not making it possible to identify you could be preserved after this date.

What are my rights if I take part in this study?

·       You can choose whether or not you want to be in this study, and you may withdraw your consent and discontinue participation at any time.

·       Whatever decision you make, there will be no penalty to you, and no loss of benefits to which you were otherwise entitled. 

·       You may refuse to answer any questions that you do not want to answer and still remain in the study.

Who can I contact if I have questions about this study?

·       The research team: 

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the research, you can talk to the one of the researchers. Please contact: Mahsa Bakhshaei at mbakhshaei@ucla.edu. 

·       UCLA Office of the Human Research Protection Program (OHRPP):

If you have questions about your rights while taking part in this study, or you have concerns or suggestions and you want to talk to someone other than the researchers about the study, please call the OHRPP at (310) 825-7122 or write to:

UCLA Office of the Human Research Protection Program

11000 Kinross Avenue, Suite 211, Box 951694

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1694