CHE Principles: facilitating authentic and dialogical semi-structured interviews in educational research

This paper examines the values of the CHE principles of Connectivity, Humanness and Empathy as a guiding framework for maximizing the ethical and methodological advantages of semi-structured interview research practices. The authors draw from two separate educational studies and apply the CHE princi...

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Published in:International journal of research & method in education Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 76 - 90
Main Authors: Brown, Alice, Danaher, Patrick A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Routledge 01.01.2019
Subjects:
Decision Making
Educational Research
Empathy
Foreign Countries
Interpersonal Relationship
qualitative methods
rapport-building
relationships
Semi Structured Interviews
Values
Australia
ISSN:1743-727X, 1743-7288
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Summary:This paper examines the values of the CHE principles of Connectivity, Humanness and Empathy as a guiding framework for maximizing the ethical and methodological advantages of semi-structured interview research practices. The authors draw from two separate educational studies and apply the CHE principles to analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of decision-making in facilitating sustainable relationships with the participants in each study. Findings highlight that dialogical relations with participants were evident in both studies, and identify significant junctures where decision-making and actions influenced effective rapport-building and respectful and reciprocal relationships with participants in the research. The CHE principles emerge as providing a robust framework for educational researchers to employ when auditing their decision-making prior to and during their engagement in qualitative interviews.
ISSN:1743-727X
1743-7288
DOI:10.1080/1743727X.2017.1379987