Using student interviews for becoming a reflective geographer

TY - JOUR

T1 - Using student interviews for becoming a reflective geographer

AU - Adriansen, Hanne Kirstine Olesen

AU - Madsen, Lene Møller

PY - 2014/11

Y1 - 2014/11

N2 - This paper presents a case for interviewing students as an effective yet complex way to integrate reflexive practice into teaching and research. Even though many human geographers are accustomed to conducting qualitative interviews in various contexts, it is not straightforward to interview one's own students. This paper addresses three issues: implications of doing insider interviews; ethical issues of interviewing students where power relations are at stake and using visual co-constructions as a means of levelling the analytical power of the insider interviewer. We show how student interviews have enhanced our reflection-on-action and give recommendations for prospect student interviewers.

AB - This paper presents a case for interviewing students as an effective yet complex way to integrate reflexive practice into teaching and research. Even though many human geographers are accustomed to conducting qualitative interviews in various contexts, it is not straightforward to interview one's own students. This paper addresses three issues: implications of doing insider interviews; ethical issues of interviewing students where power relations are at stake and using visual co-constructions as a means of levelling the analytical power of the insider interviewer. We show how student interviews have enhanced our reflection-on-action and give recommendations for prospect student interviewers.

U2 - 10.1080/03098265.2014.936310

DO - 10.1080/03098265.2014.936310

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0309-8265

VL - 38

SP - 595

EP - 605

JO - Journal of Geography in Higher Education

JF - Journal of Geography in Higher Education

IS - 4

M1 - Selected for publication as Chapter 5 in Haigh, M., Cotton, D. and Hall, T. (eds.) (2016): Pedagogic Research in Geography Higher Education, Routledge.

ER -