Organisation of the findings

Three foci were used to oiganise the findings  

The researchers presence in the schools of the study and in children s homes was undertaken in the spirit of an ethnography. Observation was continuous and field notes were made continually. While there were specific foci to the interviews, observations were wide-ranging and mixed. It was in subsequent analysis that the totality of data in the field notes, observations and transcripts was organised around the three bulleted sub-headings above and themes then drawn, using the constant-comparative procedure outlined. 

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