Capturing Sense-Made School Practice. The Activities of the Interviewer

Autor/inn/en	Blossing, Ulf; Roland, Pål; Sølvik, Randi M.
Titel	Capturing Sense-Made School Practice. The Activities of the Interviewer
Quelle	In: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 63 (2019) 7, S.1007-1021 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-3831
DOI	10.1080/00313831.2018.1476404
Schlagwörter	Interviews; Educational Practices; Educational Improvement; Power Structure; Politics of Education; School Culture; Foreign Countries; School Administration; Administrator Attitudes; Principals; Elementary Schools; Secondary Schools; Teacher Attitudes; Research Methodology; Capacity Building; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Bildungspraxis; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Ausland; Principal; Schulleiter; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Sekundarschule; Lehrerverhalten; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Schweden
Abstract	The aim of this article is to discuss how to interview to investigate the practice of school organizations. The research question is: What are the activities the interviewer uses to capture improvement practices in school organizations? We apply a self-assessment method to examine two former projects. We argue that a practice lens is required and, thus, the analytical questions we ask ourselves are derived from practice theory and sense-making. The activities the interviewer uses to capture improvement practice in school organizations are expressed in four categories: (1) interview questions, (2) tools, (3) samplings, and (4) interview groupings. We found it difficult to address the critical role of body and material things and to pay attention to the importance of power and politics. An overall reflection is that the textual aspects tended to dominate in the interview, whereas the bodily and material aspects of practice seemed more elusive. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01