InterViews
An Introduction to Qualitative Research Interviewing
Steinar Kvale(Author)
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 30. May 1996
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Hardback
344 pages
978-0-8039-5819-7 (ISBN)
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Interviewing is an essential tool in qualitative research and this introduction to interviewing outlines both the theoretical underpinnings and the practical aspects of the process.
After examining the role of the interview in the research process, Steinar Kvale considers some of the key philosophical issues relating to interviewing: the interview as conversation, hermeneutics, phenomenology, concerns about ethics as well as validity, and postmodernism. Having established this framework, the author then analyzes the seven stages of the interview process - from designing a study to writing it up.
After examining the role of the interview in the research process, Steinar Kvale considers some of the key philosophical issues relating to interviewing: the interview as conversation, hermeneutics, phenomenology, concerns about ethics as well as validity, and postmodernism. Having established this framework, the author then analyzes the seven stages of the interview process - from designing a study to writing it up.
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First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
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Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
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978-0-8039-5819-7 (9780803958197)
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Steinar Kvale (1938-2008) was professor of educational psychology and director of the Centre of Qualitative Research at the University of Aarhus, and adjunct faculty at Saybrook Institute, San Francisco. He was born in Norway and graduated from the University of Oslo. He continued his studies at the University of Heidelberg with an Alexander von Humboldt scholarship and was a visiting professor at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, and West Georgia University, Carrolton, and the University of Bergen. His long-term concern was with the implications of such continental philosophies as phenomenology, hermeneutics, and dialectics for psychology and education.
Content
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Interviewing as Research
PART TWO: CONCEPTUALIZING THE RESEARCH INTERVIEW
The Interview as a Conversation
Postmodern Thought, Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, and Dialectics
Qualitative Research in Science and in Practice
PART THREE: THE SEVEN STAGES OF AN INTERVIEW INVESTIGATION
Thematizing and Designing an Interview Study
Ethical Issues in Interview Inquiries
The Interview Situation
The Quality of the Interview
From Speech to Text
The 1,000-Page Question
Methods of Analysis
The Plurality of Interpretations
The Social Construction of Validity
Improving Interview Reports
PART FOUR: CONCLUSION
Conversations about Interviews
Interviewing as Research
PART TWO: CONCEPTUALIZING THE RESEARCH INTERVIEW
The Interview as a Conversation
Postmodern Thought, Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, and Dialectics
Qualitative Research in Science and in Practice
PART THREE: THE SEVEN STAGES OF AN INTERVIEW INVESTIGATION
Thematizing and Designing an Interview Study
Ethical Issues in Interview Inquiries
The Interview Situation
The Quality of the Interview
From Speech to Text
The 1,000-Page Question
Methods of Analysis
The Plurality of Interpretations
The Social Construction of Validity
Improving Interview Reports
PART FOUR: CONCLUSION
Conversations about Interviews