Hi all--

As part of my project on learning in literary studies, I'm investigating the conceptual frameworks that students use to organize their knowledge.  I'm especially interested in what happens as students move from one course to another, and how they make sense of the different critical practices their various professors engage.  Can someone point me towards a guide to interviewing that is not too social-sciencey?  For example, is it better to be completely open-ended ("what strikes you as you move through the lit major?"), a bit more directive ("what do you do when your professors have very different ideas about how to interpret texts?"), or even more specific?  Is there a "best" way to begin the interview?  And so on.  Needless to say, this is not what I was trained to do . . .

Thanks for any references--
Pat Michaelson
Univ. of Texas at Dallas