PhaseF

=Phase F—Direct information, models & experience=

Goal
"I have gained direct information, models, and experience not readily available from other sources."

Processes
Interviewing Questionnaires & Surveys Observation Evaluation Participant Observation



Interviewing
moves you out of the library/WWW and into the world of actual people you can talk or interact with about your projects. The goal is to get answers to questions for which you can't easily get answers from published literature. (If you want suggestions of what to read, who to contact, or other guidance, think of that as talking with an initial informant, not as an interview.)

Write down five questions you would like someone to answer for you—not just any questions, but ones for which you can't easily get answers from published literature. Draft interview guide (see model in handout) and practice interviewing Refine the interview guide. Do this only if it helps you actually interview someone who would help you meet the goal of this phase. Write out fully your opening and closing "script," but an outline is usually sufficient for what's in-between. Identify practitioners who can be interviewed about their work. Establish contacts with and interview practitioners or activists who can help you interpret the controversies and politics around your issue. Prepare interview guide, practice mock interviews using equipment, arrange and conduct interviews and digest recordings or notes.
 * //By session 7//**
 * //During session 7//**
 * //After session 7//**


 * more information on the following to be added in due course**

Questionnaires & Surveys
Conduct a pilot survey or intervention and then design and undertake a revised version. 

Observation
Identify practitioners who can demonstrate their work. Attend demonstrations of practices that might be incorporated in project. 

Evaluating
Prepare evaluations, conduct them, and analyze the data. 

Participant Observation
Arrange participant observation at workshops on practices that might be incorporated in project.

Prepare a brief written report on interview conducted, participant observation, or workshop attended. Write this report in a form that is useful to you in drafting your project report—don't address it to the advisor. No need to give blow by blow or a transcript—focus on the "direct information, models, and experience [you gained] not readily available from other sources."
 * //After the interview, observation, etc.//**

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