Honing the Craft of Conducting Interviews in Education Research

Facilitators

This workshop has been offered:

• October 19, 2023 at Frontiers in Education Conference
• June 25, 2023 at ASEE National Conference

For questions or comments: rivera.jimenez@eng.ufl.edu

Workshop Goals

Workshop objectives:

• Guide participants on skillfully adapting from established interview protocols.
• Introduce participants to mindfulness in creating accessible environments for conducting high-quality data collection.
• Build reflective skills in critically examining the performance of the researcher in conducting a semi-structured interview.

Workshop Resources

Complete Feedback Form for FIE 2023: https://bit.ly/fie23-ssf

Download the IQR Tool: Huff, J. L., & Brooks. A. (2023). Interview Quality Reflection Tool. Open Science Framework. https://osf.io/cavf9

Download the most recent copy of slides used:

Resources

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• A.Brooks and J. Huff, “Evaluating the quality of interviews with a process-based, self-reflective tool,” presented at the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Baltimore, MD, USA, Jun. 2023. [Online]. Available: (In Press) 
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