The Use of the Interview in the Improvement of Study

Bingham W. V. D. , and Moore B. V. How to Interview. Harper & Brothers New York, 1931.

Excellent on general principles, especially:

Preface (general discussion of interviewing); Chap. I, “Some Doubts about Interviewing”; Chap. Ill, “Learning How to Interview,” sections 8, 10, 14, 16–18, 21–24, 26–29, 31) 32, 35, 41, 46–48. (Brief paragraphs treating of aspects of interviewing especially appropriate to this study); Chap. VII, “The Interview in Social Case Work” (Select pertinent paragraphs); Bibliography, annotated, topically arranged, pp. 269–307.

Bogardus E. S. “Methods of Interviewing.” Journal of Applied Sociology, Vol. IX, pp. 457–67. July-August 1925.

Descriptive of types of interviews applicable to various professions.

Bogardus E. S. “The Social Research Interview.” Journal of Applied Sociology, Vol. X, pp. 69–82, September-October 1925.

General principles of interviewing applied to social case work.

Brisley Mary S. “An Attempt to Articulate Processes.” Family, Vol V, pp. 157–61, October 1924.

Based on social case work; emphasizes necessity for ease, poise, respect.

Buell Bradley. “Interviews, Interviewers, and Interviewing.” Family, Vol. VI, pp. 86–90, May 1925.

Permits the thesis that an interview involves at least two people, each an entity.

EDITORIAL. “An Interview.” Family, Vol. VI, p. 303, February 1926.

First few paragraphs illustrate the use of obvious and material factors in the environment for the easy opening of the conversation.

Lytton Mabel C. “The Art of Interviewing.” Proceedings of the National Education Association, 1929, pp. 371–76.

Discusses the principles underlying a dean's interview with students.

Moore Bruce V. The Personal Interview. Personnel Research Foundation, 1928 (29 West 39th Street, New York City).

Bibliography, annotated.

Myrick Helen L. “Psychological Processes in Interviewing.” Family, Vol. VII, pp. 25–26, March 1926.

Includes an outline for recording and analyzing interviews. (Suggestive, but requires revision and adaptation for use in study-problem interviews.)

Strang Ruth The Role of the Teacher In Personnel Work. Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1932.

Part III, Chap. XII, pp. 113–14, “The Technique of the Case Study”; Part III, Chap. XIII, pp. 141–67, “The Interview in Personnel Work.” Includes some “Don'ts” for interviewers.

This is the fifth of a second series of articles on directing study.

The first article, “Supplementary Bibliography on Study,” appeared in March 1932.