Summary
Contents
Subject index
This book provides a practical, pedagogical perspective on conducting qualitative interviews with children and young people. From designing and choosing the type of interview through to planning, structuring, conducting, and analysing them this book is a complete toolkit. Drawing upon real–world examples and researchers’ anecdotes, the authors combine both theoretical background and practical advice to introduce common issues and procedures and to help you undertake your own interviews in the field. Key topics include how to: • Choose which interview style meets your and your participants’ needs • Maintain a safe and ethically sound research environment • Incorporate participatory methods into formal interview settings • Encourage participation and capture the voice of interviewees • Utilise digital tools, software and methods to collect and analyse data This clear, articulate book is an essential companion for anyone interviewing children and young people.
Different Types of Interview
Different Types of Interview
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the chapter the reader should be able to:
- Compare and contrast the different types of interview: structured, semi-structured and unstructured.
- Recognise the challenges of conducting interviews with children and young people.
- Critically assess the different approaches to conducting an interview with children and young people.
- Evaluate the different ways of doing interviewing, founded in approaches such as ethnography, feminism, phenomenology, narrative, and the use of naturally occurring data.
Introduction
Interviewing is the most popular data collection method in qualitative research. Interviewing participants effectively requires particular skills and can be challenging for those who are less experienced. In this chapter we consider why interviewing children is a popular method of inquiry. The main focus of this chapter is to ...
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