Generating Qualitative Data: Conducting Interviews by https://padlet.com/staciejessicapresentation/nb6xflufegc2 By Stacie Brady and Jessica Shirley en-us 2019-02-24 17:26:50 UTC 2019-02-24 17:36:59 UTC hello@padlet.com staciejessicapresentation https://padlet.com/staciejessicapresentation/nb6xflufegc2/wish/334595414 This week’s readings provided various “a-ha” or key take away moments that are crucial to be considered as we engage in qualitative (or any other) research.  A question that we continued to ask ourselves throughout the readings was how we can better educate ourselves in regards to people, culture, and their beliefs that are slightly or vastly distinct from our own?]]> 2019-02-24 17:30:30 UTC https://padlet.com/staciejessicapresentation/nb6xflufegc2/wish/334595414 Interviewing is a way to understand an individual’s memories, experiences, feelings or interpretation of the world. It is a systematic process used to generate dialogical data. Carspeken (1995) discussed the generation of dialog by examining the qualitative interview protocol and dividing the process into three parts: type of questions, interviewer responses, and data analysis. First, he describes the ideal qualitative interview as semi-structured with several prepared lead-off questions. Lead-off questions are formulated to obtain information regarding the implicit theories that direct a person’s actions. Statements and questions can be posed such as “Tell me about..” or “Describe what happened”. The interviewer also needs to be prepared with possible follow up questions and covert categories to support the interview questions. An interview can begin with discussing information regarding an interviewee’s experience then follow-up questions could address how the interviewee felt during that experience. The questions asked are critical to obtaining the desired information that is the focus of the study. staciejessicapresentation https://padlet.com/staciejessicapresentation/nb6xflufegc2/wish/334595438 2019-02-24 17:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/staciejessicapresentation/nb6xflufegc2/wish/334595438 An example that continued to come to mind throughout this week’s readings was a teacher’s recount of a parent-teacher conference moment that left her feeling uncomfortable and unsure on what to do when in her students’ culture, the actions she witnessed were completely acceptable. During parent-teacher conferences both her student’s father and mother attended, and when the mother tried to say something, the father continued to hold up his hand to his wife’s face, for which she refrained from answering or participating in the conversation. Noticing this, the teacher refrained from asking questions, and instead tried to make it more of a conversation. The mother was a homemaker, with limited English, and was expected to help the child at home with homework. The student’s father continued to hold up his hand to his wife’s hand, then at one point slammed it on the table in frustration. He then turned to the teacher and told her that his wife’s opinions were not valued in his culture, and that from now on the teacher needed to pretend that his wife was present and only speak to him. staciejessicapresentation https://padlet.com/staciejessicapresentation/nb6xflufegc2/wish/334595521 2019-02-24 17:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/staciejessicapresentation/nb6xflufegc2/wish/334595521 Discussion Questions staciejessicapresentation https://padlet.com/staciejessicapresentation/nb6xflufegc2/wish/334595621 This situation continued to surface throughout this week’s readings. As a teacher and researcher, when do, like Myerhoff (1978), do we hold our emotions and be objective observers and hold our tongues? Where is the fine line between what we witness and perceive as disrespectful about others’ actions due to them being acceptable in their culture, but not acceptable in ours? This perhaps feeds off to our positionality paper from last week, and what influences who we are and our actions?]]> 2019-02-24 17:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/staciejessicapresentation/nb6xflufegc2/wish/334595621 Given the short excerpt example above, or any example of uncomfortable research encounters of your own, how could you use lead-off questions in an interview? How can the questions be utilized obtain targeted information? staciejessicapresentation https://padlet.com/staciejessicapresentation/nb6xflufegc2/wish/334595867 2019-02-24 17:34:38 UTC https://padlet.com/staciejessicapresentation/nb6xflufegc2/wish/334595867