Interviewing for Education and Social Science Research The Gateway Approach [Paperback]

This volume introduces a fresh approach to research using?a narrator-centred method, which?provides a means for researchers to access the often hidden human responses about a situation so that those who make decisions and write policy may become better informed about the true impact of their actions on the individuals involved.Origins of the Approach: The Columbine Study Nature of In-depth Interview Research Ethical Research Practice - Doing It Right Foundations for a Gateway Preparing to Do the Research The Practice of In-depth Interviewing Interpreting and Displaying the Data Analysis and Reporting Tools and Technologies Through the Gateway

Challenging enough to be of interest to faculty, yet readable enough to hold the attention of a graduate student, this work is an explanation of the methodology Mears used when conducting her American Educational Research Association award-winning dissertation research. Being of the Columbine parent community gave her insider status that allowed access and provided richness to her presentation...Mears leaves the reader shocked, wanting more, and above all fully understanding that this approach is not merely a novelty but an enormously useful, legitimate form of presentation. - Edward Janak, Oral History Review

A long-awaited book on doing interviewing in education and the social sciences is finally here.As a mainstay for master's thesis, dissertation, and grant research, Mears has brought us a sophisticated theoretical treatment to this art. The gateway approach, building on oral history and Eisner's connoisseurship and critical technique, offers a new model 'for crossing the boundary of cause and consequence' in research projects with helpful steps for the researcher.She connects 'the researcher, narrator, and reader' in a new way. Demonstrating the full treatment of this approach, Mears also brings a full ethical treatment and complete steps for IRB and Human Subject applications in this timely bolãÂ