Interviews with context links to education Flashcards
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Types of interviews
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- positivists favour structured interview which are called formal interviews and take questionnaire conducted either face-to-face or over the phone
- structured interviews use fixed questions, the questions asked require closed responses which provide quantitative data. This can be used to map trends
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Structured interviews
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- they follow a standardised procedure and are easily repeated making them reliable
- structured interview, gathering data from a large sample making structured interviews representative
- fixed questions and structured interviews don’t require much time and are cost effective
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Unstructured interviews
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- interpretivists prefer the use of unstructured interviews which gather qualitative data allow for more valid findings
- they ask open ended questions
- they encourage more detailed and varied responses
- they’re less formal so they can build a rapport with the interviewee
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EVALUATION (INTERVIEWS)
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- structured interviews don’t allow for detailed responses and interviewees are limited in their choice of responses
- meaning their findings lack validity
- interpretivists reject the use of structured interviews as they fail to gather qualitative data
- fixed questions won’t develop a rapport with the interviewee
- positivists believe that unstructured interviews are ineffective as they fail to obtain reliability
- unstructured interviews take longer to complete and only small samples can be used to make research cost effective making it lack representativeness
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interviews in the context of education
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- interviewing pupils may be difficult because some may use restricted language code and have limited vocab
- pupils may be reluctant to respond to an adult interviewer as they may see them as an authority figure
- sociologists may have to obtain informed consent
- in group interviews pupils are likely to experience peer pressure to respond in a way that reflects the opinions of the group
