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140 Please indicate your current employment status:
Please indicate your current degree:
DRAFT OF FOCUS GROUP QUESTIONS (Warm up questions) 1. Let’s begin with doing an introduction, stating one’s name and age?
2. Tell me more about yourself?
Key Questions
1. What are you studying and why?
2. What are your plans after graduating?
3. How would you define intelligence?
4. Do you regard yourself as intelligent? Why? /Why not?
5. Do you believe you have always been intelligent? Why?/ Why not?
6. Do you think being smart is the same as being intelligent? Why/ Why not?
7. Do you think an individual with a certain talent/skill is intelligent? Why/ Why not?
8. In your opinion, what influenced you to have the perception of intelligence that you have today?
141 UNIVERSITY OF vu KWAZULU-NATAL
INYUVESI
YAKWAZUW-NATALI
7 March 2019
Ms Sinenhlanhla Khumalo (SN 215007341) School of Applied Human Sciences
College of Humanities Pietermaritzburg Campus
UKZN
Email: 215007341@stu.ukzn.ac.za Dear Ms Khumalo
2 RE: PERMISSION TO CONDUCT RESEARCH
Gatekeeper's permission is hereby granted for you to conduct research at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) towards your postgraduate studies, provided Ethical clearance has been obtained. We note the title of your research project is:
"An analysis of age differences in student's perceptions of intelligence at the University ofKwaZuluNatal, Pietermaritzburg campus. "
It is noted that you will be constituting your sample as follows by conducting interviews and/or focus group discussions with students on the Pietermaritzburg campus.
Please ensure that the following appears on your notice/questionnaire:
Ethical clearance number;
Research title and details of the research, the researcher and the supervisor;
Consent form is attached to the notice/questionnaire and to be signed by user before he/she fills in questionnaire; gatekeepers approval by the Registrar.
You are not authorized to contact staff and students using 'Microsoft Outlook' address book. Identity numbers and email addresses of individuals are not a matter of public record and are protected according to Section 14 of the South African Constitution, as well as the Protection of Public Information Act. For the release of such information over to yourself for research purposes, the University of KwaZulu-Natal will need express consent from the
142 relevant data subjects. Data collected must be treated with due confidentiality and anonymity.
MR SS MOKOENA 3 REGISTRAR
Office of the Registrar
Postal Address: Private Bag X54001 , Durban, South Africa
Telephone: +27 (0) 31 260 8005/2206 Facsimile: +27 (0) 31 260 7824/2204 Email: registrar@ukzn.ac.za Website: www.ukzn.ac.za
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Appendix 8- Referral letter
Student Support Services Pietermaritzburg Campus
Milner Road House no. 8
22 February 2019 To Whom It May Concern
My name is Sinenhlanhla Khumalo, I am a registered Masters of Social Science in Educational Psychology student. I am conducting a research study based on the University of KwaZulu Natal student’s perception of intelligence. Although the study is not of a sensitive nature, may I please request permission to refer students who might be distressed as a result of the study (focus group discussions) to the Student Support Services.
I would be very pleased if my request can be accepted.
Kind Regards,
144 Appendix 9 – Ethical Clearance
UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU.NATAL
11 September 2019
Ms Sinenhlanhla Khumalo (215007341) School of Applied Human Sciences — Psychology Pietermaritzburg Campus Dear Ms Khumalo,
Protocol reference number: HSS/0281/019M
Project title: An analysis of age differences in student's perceptions of intelligence at the University of KwaZulu-NataI, Pietermaritzburg campus
Approval Notification — Expedited Application In response to your application received on 03 April 2019, the Humanities & Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee has considered the abovementioned application and the protocol has been granted FULL APPROVAL.
Any alteration/s to the approved research protocol i.e. Questionnaire/lnterview Schedule, Informed Consent Form, Title of the Project, Location of the Study, Research Approach and Methods must be reviewed and approved through the amendment/modification prior to its implementation. In case you have further queries, please quote the above reference number. PLEASE NOTE: Research data should be securely stored in the discipline/department for a period of 5 years.
The ethical clearance certificate is only valid for a period of 1 year from the date of issue, Thereafter Recertification must be applied for on an annual basis.
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Cc Supervisor: Dr Phindile L Mayaba cc Academic Leader Research: Professor Ruth Teer-Tomaselli cc School Administrator:
Ms Priya Konan
Humanities & Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee Dr Rosemary
Sibanda (Chair)
Westville Campus, Govan Mbeki Building
Postal Address: Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000
Telephone: +27 (0) 31 260 3587/8350/4557 Facsimile: +27 (0) 31 2604609 Email: ximbap@ukzn.ac.za/ snymanm@ukzn.ac.za / mohunp@ukzn.ac.za Website: www.ukznmac.za
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