INNOVATIONS IN TEACHING. Using Interviews in Education Research. Beginning Research | Action Research | Case Study | Interviews | Observation Techniques | Education Research in the Postmodern Evaluation Research in Education | Narrative| Presentations | Qualitative Research | Quantitative Methods | Questionnaires | Writing up Research Interviews in Education Research Materials originally prepared by Professor Andrew Hannan. Now led by Liz McKenzie. © A Hannan, Faculty of Education, University of Plymouth, 2007 A. Introduction Interviews can be used to collect facts, eg information about people's place of work, age, etc., but such questions are usually no more than opening items which precede the main purpose of the interview. B. One way to proceed would be to ask yourself the following series of questions: 1.
A good way to start to answer this question is to make a list of what you consider interviews are good at (strengths) and what they are not good at (weaknesses). 2. 3. 4. 5. A) Bias versus rapport b) Thought-provoking questions c) Difficult topics 6. Dissertation/project hints: writing up your dissertation/project. African Development Bank - Building today, a better Africa tomorrow.
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