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researcher had to repeat the same question for sometimes to get her in line with the question.
7. Seventh Student
The last student belonged to the low classification. He did not dream to go to university since he know that he came from middle to low family. He wanted to
work after graduating. Besides, he was actually an active student. He also joined Scouts organization in his school.
8. The English Teacher
She was the English teacher who taught twelfth grade. He also became an academic advisor for one of the majors in twelfth grade. Even though she was not
a permanent teacher, she had experienced to prepare twelfth students four times. She was a talkative teacher and be able to blend with their student easily.
9. The Vice Principal
The researcher chose him as the representation of the school authority. As vice principal of curriculum subdivision, he knew exactly the strategic plan to face
the NE. Besides, he also taught Math that is one of the NE subjects. The researcher hoped to obtain the information related to the policies taken by the school in
response to the NE.
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D. Instruments and Data Gathering Technique
The instruments used in this study were the researcher himself, observation, and interview. The researcher himself was going to conduct the research in this
qualitative study. Ary, et al. 2010 state that human can be an instrument for a study. They further explain that human investigator is the primary instrument for
gathering and analyzing data in qualitative studies. In addition, Lichtman 2013 states that researcher is the primary instrument since he or she who gathers and
collect the data and information. Thus, the researcher himself would gather and analyze the data in this study.
The second instrument on the research was observation. Ary, et al. 2010, p.431 say
“observation is a basis method for obtaining data in qualitative research and is more than just hanging out
”. They further explained that observation used in qualitative research is more global instead of systematic and structured observation.
The observation aims to complete the description of behavior in specific setting. While conducting PPL in the school or later called as the field or research, the
researcher could widely observe the behavior of school inhabitants in specific setting. He could even go to the classroom to observe what happened in classroom.
Furthermore, the researcher could have direct communication to the school inhabitants to obtain some necessary detailed information.
The third instrument in this research was the interview. Interview is one of the most widely used and basic methods for obtaining qualitative data Ary, et al.,
2010, p.438. It is used to gather people-based data about their opinions, beliefs, and feelings about situation in their own words. Hence, it can focus on looking for
