Doing interviews in qualitative research (2023/2024)

Course code
cod wi: DT000522
Name of lecturer
Chiara Sità
Coordinator
Chiara Sità
Number of ECTS credits allocated
1.5
Academic sector
M-PED/01 - PEDAGOGY, THEORIES OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL EDUCATION
Language of instruction
Italian
Location
VERONA
Period
Anno accademico 2023/2024 Dottorato di Ricerca dal Oct 1, 2023 al Sep 30, 2024.

Lesson timetable

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Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the participants:
- know the essential epistemological and methodological lines of qualitative interviews and their main types
- have awareness of the type of data that the interview makes available
- know how to design data collection based on interviews in a manner consistent with their research design
- are able to identify the functions and limitations of using interviews
- know how to set up the design of an interview outline

Syllabus

PART I Interview research design (lecture)
What is an interview
Personal experience and narrative: epistemological framework
From research questions to planning interviews
What do we know (and what we don't know) through interviews
Types of interviews
Steps in an interview-based research
Beyond "just words": interviews and participatory methods
Ethical issues
PART II Constructing an interview guide (workshop)
In the workshop, participants will be invited to share their research studies or sub-studies that might involve the use of interviews and to discuss the specific knowledge it entails in their area.
Following the key steps presented in Part I, they will be invited to draft an interview guide with the supervision of the instructor, who will provide individual feedback on internal coherence and quality of the questions.

Assessment methods and criteria

There is no exam

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