The comprehensive interview as a method for studying education policies: theoretical and empirical notes

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  • Josélia Rita da Silva Instituto Federal Fluminense

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https://doi.org/10.5212/retepe.v.8.22029.014

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the use of the comprehensive interview as a method for investigating education policies that focus on the locus of execution and the perspective of implementing agents. To do so, it is based on theoretical articulations from a bibliographical review and on the sharing of an empirical investigation report in the Escola Viva Program, developed by the Government of the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Articulating about the importance of context and actors in the study of education policies, it is based on the propositions of Ball (1994) and Lotta (2014). The comprehensive interview as an investigation technique is based on the method developed by Kauffmann (2013). The results obtained allow to consider that the referred technique presents itself as a fruitful method of empirical investigation for education policies. Its use enables the researcher to read the meanings attributed by school actors, including challenges, modifications, support and resistance. It was possible to conclude that the comprehensive interview proved to be a valid, viable and fundamentally important data collection technique for the qualitative investigation of education policies, with emphasis on its more humanized and democratic aspects and its ability to capture new and unknown elements that can contribute to deepen the knowledge of this field of study.

Keywords: Education policies. Research methodology. Comprehensive interview. Policy contexts. Implementing agents.

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Author Biography

Josélia Rita da Silva, Instituto Federal Fluminense

Professora do Instituto Federal Fluminense (IFF), campus Itaperuna, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.  Doutoranda em Sociologia Política pela Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense (UENF).

Published

2023-08-17

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SILVA, J. R. da. The comprehensive interview as a method for studying education policies: theoretical and empirical notes. Revista de Estudios Teóricos y Epistemológicos en Política Educativa, [S. l.], v. 8, p. 1–16, 2023. DOI: 10.5212/retepe.v.8.22029.014. Disponível em: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/retepe/article/view/22029. Acesso em: 3 nov. 2024.

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