The Research Interview as Discourses Crossing Swords

The Researcher and Apprentice on Crossing Roads

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2385131
AutoresL Tanggaard (0000-0003-3183-3972, Aalborg University, Ålborg, Denmark)
Año2007
Volumen13
Número1
Páginas160-176
Fecha de publicación2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1077800406294948
OpenAlexW2116765220
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas35
Referencias citadas7

This article presents a conception of the qualitative research interview as discourses crossing swords. The article draws on examples showing how the researchers' view on learning is challenged by the interviewed apprentices. The apprentices do not assume learning in itself to be an important aspect of their lives. They consider the process of becoming a competent professional the main motive of their working lives. In the presented interview situations, these differing assumptions of the researcher and the apprentices become apparent as competing discourses: learning versus professional competence. These discourses cross each other and become the context of a productive negotiation of meaning. In the article it is suggested that in such cases, the qualitative research interview can be understood on the background of a battlefield metaphor highlighting the antagonistic character of conversations in an interview setting aimed at research

Apprenticeship · Battlefield · Competence (human resources · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literal and figurative language · Meaning (existential · Metaphor · Negotiation · Pedagogy · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Psychology · Social and Educational Sciences · Social Psychology · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies