I have done four out of ten qualitative in-depth semi-structured interviews.
1. I am very aware of Schon's reflective practitioner and reflection-in-practice versus reflection-on-practice. While i am listening to the answers to my questions, i am thinking of how the responses fit what i want to know and what the best next question might be to get the information i would like. I jump down to a later question in the list because it has just become relevant now. I struggle to ask the questions in a 'clean' non-leading way that still guides the interviewee to give me relevant information. It really is reflection in practice and I find the jazz improvisation analogy very fitting.
2. reflection-on-practice. In these days while interviewing, i have also been reading about interviewing in Patton (2002). Now i will have to listen to my transcripts and perchance review my questions based both on what i have read and what I have experienced during the interviews.
3. Reiterating. the four interviews i have have been very different from one another. Thank god for that - i shall have something to write about!! However, the bad thing is that i now want to reiterate my original research questions. I wonder if or to what extent that is allowed...
the researcher as reflective practitioner
I have done four out of ten qualitative in-depth semi-structured interviews.
1. I am very aware of Schon's reflective practitioner and reflection-in-practice versus reflection-on-practice. While i am listening to the answers to my questions, i am thinking of how the responses fit what i want to know and what the best next question might be to get the information i would like. I jump down to a later question in the list because it has just become relevant now. I struggle to ask the questions in a 'clean' non-leading way that still guides the interviewee to give me relevant information. It really is reflection in practice and I find the jazz improvisation analogy very fitting.
2. reflection-on-practice. In these days while interviewing, i have also been reading about interviewing in Patton (2002). Now i will have to listen to my transcripts and perchance review my questions based both on what i have read and what I have experienced during the interviews.
3. Reiterating. the four interviews i have have been very different from one another. Thank god for that - i shall have something to write about!! However, the bad thing is that i now want to reiterate my original research questions. I wonder if or to what extent that is allowed...