Apparatus
The research data collection and analysis is undertaken through the following methods:
Method for collecting the data: an episodic interview which consists of three parts, introduction, unstructured development of personal story, structured questions for further clarifications.
Method for studying the data is Narrative Analysis: it deals with narrative elements, structures and themes leading to understanding the conceptualisation and development of the latter.
The following tools are used for conducting the research:
Interviews will be recorded using Olympus digital voice recorder WS-560M with internal memory.
Interviews will be transcribed using the following two programmes:
Express Scribe Pro Transcription Software (Version 5.43) [Computer software]. Greenwood Village CO: NCH Software.
Dragon Naturally Speaking (Version 11) [Computer software]. Burlington, MA: Nuance Communications.
The transcribed data is introduced and analysed through MAXQDA (MAXQDAplus.Version 10. [Computer software]. Berlin: VERBI GmbH.).