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The Open University

Conversations and interviews

The Open University via OpenLearn

Overview

This free course, Conversations and interviews, explores how to ask and answer questions in interviews and conversations.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Aims of this course
  • 1 Aims of this course
  • 1.1 Asking questions
  • 1.1.1 How questions shape answers
  • 1.1.2 When good enough is better than perfect
  • 1.2 Interviews
  • 1.2.1 The four stages of an interview
  • 1.2.2 Types of interview
  • 1.2.3 How do you know which type of interview to use?
  • 1.3 Conversations
  • 1.3.1 Planned conversations
  • 1.3.2 Unplanned conversations
  • 1.4 Interviewing skills
  • 1.5 What’s different about a practice-centred interview?
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements

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