Some themes for phone interviews conducted by Fili in the NmInTheSouthPacific project
Themes for Phone Interviews
Be sure to get the name, contact details, country, position, and date for attribution of each interview
Aversion to Question Authority
- How do students get their questions answered?
- Are some students less liekly to ask questions? Why?
- How can we get students to ask questions and get the answers they need
Importance of seeing inter-relationships
- how can we approach teaching so that students see the whole picture of a concept?
Language
- what language are students taught in?
- what language do they write papers, etc?
- what language is used for discussion
- what language is preferable for teaching and learning?
Oral Culture/ Narration
- Are stories used to teach?
- spoken vs. written teaching materials
Local Metaphors
- are local, universal, or western metaphors used to teach?
- please give some examples of local metaphors used in teaching
- are local or western metaphors more useful/ appropriate?
Active Learning/ Learning by Doing
- how is active learning used in a classroom setting?
- are students more comfortable with learning by doing or by listening?
- please give examples
Group Learning/ Peer Learning
- do students learn from each other? how?
- what methods are used in group learning?