Interviewing for Education and Social Science Research The Gateway Approach

by Mears, Carolyn Lunsford

• ISBN13: 9781137507938
• ISBN10: 1137507934
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-04-09
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Finalist for the 2010 "OUTSTANDING BOOK AWARD" from the American Educational Research Association's Qualitative SIG.

Interviewing for Education and Social Science Research offers a fresh approach to research, traversing the boundaries of human experience to bring to light matters of concern to education and social science researchers. This narrator-centered method, a by-product of the author's award-winning investigation into the aftermath of the Columbine tragedy, provides a means for researchers to access the often hidden human responses and perceptions so those who make decisions and write policy may become better informed about the true impact of their actions on the individuals involved.

Author Biography

Carolyn Lunsford Mears is an award-winning author, researcher, and presenter. She is Research Fellow at the University of Denver, USA, Fellow of the Planned Environment Therapy Trust Archives in the UK, a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, Alliance Member of National Centre for Therapeutic Care, and board member of a variety of educational organizations. Mears developed the research model described in this volume for her Columbine study, which was recognized by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) for its methodological significance and contribution to the field of qualitative inquiry.

Table of Contents

1.Origins of the Approach
2.The Nature of Interview Research
3.Ethical Research Practice–Doing What's Right
4.Foundations for a Gateway
5.Preparing for the Research
6.Conducting the Interview
7.Learning from the Data
8.Through the Gateway