First, my sincere thanks to Paul, Doris, Randy, and Peter -- at its best, asking a question on xmca is like the last snowflake to trigger an avalanche, and this is one of those times! There is thus lots of work to do!
What I had in mind, Dr. Hodges, is making theoretically informed observations -- what the investigator considers important observations is influenced by the theory at hand. What Peter's work, and i think the other references as well, point to, is that theory also influences how those observations are to be made, how the discourse "goes".
With activity theory I am interested in a specific perspective of development, hence asking particular questions, unlike what is recommended in standard texts on case study methods. And it is being done jointly with an accomplice, who is also a "subject".
bb
>call me curious:
>what would the basis of a theory
>for interviews respond to? the theoretical potential of interviews as
>information?
>or the theoretical basis for a process in interviews?
>theory for the method? ("how-to") or substantiating the use of interview
>data ("why interview") ?
>or are the two related? i realize citations have been offered, but i am
>wondering if people who have used 'theory' in interviews could offer
>examples?
>diane
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> :point where everything listens.
>and i slow down, learning how to
>enter - implicate and unspoken (still) heart-of-the-world.
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>(Daphne Marlatt, "Coming to you")
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>diane celia hodges
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> university of british columbia, centre for the study of curriculum and
>instruction
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> university of colorado, denver, school of education
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>Diane_Hodges@ceo.cudenver.edu
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