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InterViews An Introduction to Qualitative Research Interviewing

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ISBN-10: 080395820X

ISBN-13: 9780803958203

Edition: 1996

Authors: Steinar Kvale

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Steiner Kvale examines the role of the interview in the research process, and then considers some of the key philosophical issues relating to interviewing, such as the interview as conversation, hermeneutics, phenomenology, ethics and postmodernism.
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Book details

List price: $56.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/14/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Steinar Kvale is Professor of Educational Psychology and Director of the Centre of Qualitative Research at the University of Aarhus, and adjunct faculty at Saybrook Institute, San Fransisco. He was born in Norway and and graduated from the University of Oslo. He continued his studies at the University of Heidelberg with an Alexander von Humboldt scholarship, and has been a visiting professor at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, and West Georgia University, Carrolton, and the University of Bergen. His long-term concern has been with the implications of such continental philosophies as phenomenology, hermeneutics, and dialectics for psychology and education. He has studied examinations and…    

Introduction
Interviewing as Research
Conceptualizing The Research Interview
The Interview as a Conversation
Postmodern Thought, Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, and Dialectics
Qualitative Research in Science and in Practice
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
Conclusion
Conversations about Interviews