Can narrative be collected from a directed interview?

Question

A teacher, asked to describe how the subject s/he teaches is developing students competencies and which, starts describing this semester's class project, why it was not viable before and what makes it viable now, who is collaborating and how; and is then reminded to describe the competencies being developed, but looses focus. Previously s/he identified from a list the competencies being developed, but that was a different question. Later, when asked about work satisfaction repeats what prevented and may prevent in the future achieving such project. Since s/he lost focus, can the information be completed with previous answers or should it be left out as incoherent for text analysis purposes?

Answer 1

I was under the impression that all interviews were directed. Depening on the type of interview you are doing it will affect the way you collect and code the information. Oral narratives collected from interviews with all types of peoples have been collected and printed and are considered sound.

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