Unstructured Interviews - Method in Context Flashcards
How can carrying out UI with teachers be a problem?
They can often take an hour or more to conduct and given the time constraints that most teachers work under, interviews with them would have to take place outside of school hours
What are likely to be president in a school environment which is a practical issue for using UI in schools?
Interruptions and other distractions
Why may parents choose to cooperate with use of UI in schools?
If it benefits their child’s education
What do Powney and Watts say about the hierarchy of the interviewee?
The lower down the hierarchy the interviewee is in the school, the more approvals needed
To interview a teacher, what may a researcher have to do first?
Receive permission from the headteacher
What may interviewing pupils require?
Parental consent
Why may schools be reluctant to allow interviewers to happen in schools?
Due to disruption to lessons
What do Greene and Hogan believe about the use of group interviews in schools?
They believe group interviews are particularly suitable for use with pupils
What environment do group interviews create in schools?
A safe peer environment
What do group interviews reproduce which pupils are familiar with?
Small group settings
In group interviews, what reduces the power imbalance found in one-to-one interviews?
Peer support
What can group interviews with pupils reveal?
Interactions between pupils
What are pupils and young people often strongly influenced by which reduces the validity of data gathered from group interviews with pupils?
Peer pressure
Disadvantage of free flowing nature of group interviews with pupils
Makes it impossible to standardise questions which reduces reliability and compatibility of findings
