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Zusatztext Good! easy! accessible book for undergraduate teaching that fits with what I teach and signposts students well. Succinct! but not too basic either. Good introduction to qualitative interviewing. Informationen zum Autor Rosalind Edwards lives in the beautiful Eastern Cape of South Africa. She is the mother of six children and the wife of Zac. She has nine grandchildren to date, compliments of their three girls. Rosalind has been involved in the Mount Zion Sunday School for about 26 years. Her longing for children to learn to love biblical things motivated her to write these books.Currently, Ros and Zac spend much of their free time metal-detecting on the beaches of the Indian Ocean, looking for pirates' treasure but finding mainly lead fishing weights, bottle caps, and pull tabs. Klappentext This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on bloomsburycollections.com. What is Qualitative Interviewing? is an accessible and comprehensive 'what is' and 'how to' methods book. It is distinctive in emphasising the importance of good practice in understanding and undertaking qualitative interviews within the framework of a clear philosophical position. Rosalind Edwards and Janet Holland provide clear and succinct explanations of a range of philosophies and theories of how to know about the social world, and a thorough discussion of how to go about researching it using interviews. A series of short chapters explain and illustrate a range of interview types and practices. Drawing on their own and colleagues' experiences Holland and Edwards provide real research examples as informative illustrations of qualitative interviewing in practice, and the use of a range of creative interview tools. They discuss the use of new technologies as well as tackling enduring issues around asking and listening and power dynamics in research. Written in a clear and accessible style the book concludes with a useful annotated bibliography of key texts and journals in the field. What is Qualitative Interviewing? provides a vital resource for both new and experienced social science researchers across a range of disciplines. Zusammenfassung This book shows researchers and students how to begin with key questions and theories and the best interviewing tactic to take. What is Qualitative Interviewing? addresses the changes brought by new technologies as well as various enduring issues such as asking and listening, the implications of power dynamics. Inhaltsverzeichnis What do the Key Terms Used about Qualitative Interviews Mean? How Have Qualitative Interviews Developed? What Forms can Qualitative Interviews Take? Where can Qualitative Interviews Take Place? What Sort of Research Tools can be Used in Conducting Qualitative Interviews? What are the Practicalities Involved in Conducting Qualitative Interviews? What are the Strengths and Challenges in Using Qualitative Interviews? What Criticisms Have Been Made of Qualitative Interviews, and Where Next for Qualitative Interviewing? ...
