Open AccessListening to Juvenile Corrections School Teachers: A Step-By-Step Process for Interview Studies Guided by Hermeneutics
Author(s) -
Kristin M. Murphy
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2018.2977
Subject(s) - hermeneutics , active listening , interview , perspective (graphical) , psychology , process (computing) , inclusion (mineral) , data collection , semi structured interview , pedagogy , qualitative research , juvenile , mathematics education , epistemology , sociology , social psychology , computer science , social science , psychotherapist , philosophy , biology , genetics , artificial intelligence , anthropology , operating system
The act of interviewing is a complex endeavor, and there are many pathways a researcher can take when designing their interview study. This becomes particularly critical when embarking on a study that will require participants to talk about subjects that may be sensitive in nature. In this paper, I share how I utilized a hermeneutic perspective to guide my interview study with teachers from juvenile corrections schools. I explicitly define and walk through why I selected hermeneutics. Then, I provide detailed step by step descriptions of how my data collection and analysis process was informed by the hermeneutic circle. The process is illuminated through the inclusion of findings from one juvenile corrections school teacher.