Qualitative interviews can be enhanced through using creative methods within them to prompt discussion and conversation. The research project upon which this case focuses sought to explore the space between policy and practice in pre-entry widening participation work in universities. This is an area where often people focus on telling you about…

Interviews have the potential to uncover other people's lived experience, beliefs, and world view with more depth than other research methods. Despite this potential, interviews also pose challenges for interviewers when they address sensitive topics or interview reluctant subjects. In this case, successful completion of a dissertation depended…

Turn your teacher hiring process into a research-based protocol that is more apt to select teachers who will increase student achievement. Using the teacher quality indicators from the ASCD best-selling book "Qualities of Effective Teachers, 2nd Edition," the authors take the guesswork out of teacher hiring with a systematic structure and steps…