--- In RepGrid@yahoogroups.com, "John " <john@...> wrote:
>Hello there,
I have just noticed the reference to this paper by Viv Burr and Trevor Butt at
Huddersfield
University, I am completing an MSc in Social Research and Evaluation at
Huddersfield and
am basing my dissertation on some of Trevor's paper although I am exploring the
use of
PCP as an interview methodology in Careers Guidance and counselling with
adults.

Nick Wadsley

> Dear Laura,
>
> John Roberts has sent me the following:-
>
> You might have more luck by searching "constructivist interviewing"
> as in
>
> Burr V. and Butt T.W. 1997. Interview Methodology and PCP. In
> Denicolo, P. and Pope M. (eds.)
> Sharing Understanding and Practice. Farnborough: EPCA
> Publications
>
> I have used elicitation tactics such as laddering, pyramiding and
> exploration of spontaneous and elicited polarities in the context of
> a loosely structured interview conversation and found this more
> useful than elicitation for grids, because it embeds constructs in a
> personal narrative. Also, it seems to me that much of Ravenette's
> work can be seen in this way, and was a model for me. Kelly's
> framework for analysis of self-characterisations worked beautifully
> for me.
> best
> Jon Roberts PhD
> Visiting Research Fellow, Education, University of Reading
>