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Appendix 2: Information about interview topic guides

Outline of the interview

Introductions.

Establishing rapport.

Learning experiences before the first birth.

Life story since having children.

How learning has helped cope with change: summing up.

Background details.

Endings.

Notes for the interviewer

This is a guide to be followed flexibly.

Ask questions one at a time.

Avoid asking closed questions.

Ensure that you have paper and a pen if you think that you will want to use
them.

The whole interview should last for about one and a half hours.

The heart of the interview is sections 3, 4 and 5.

Instructions for the use of Card 1 are in Section 1 of the topic guide.

The respondent completes the short questionnaire in Appendix 2 at the end
of the interview.

The interviewer should familiarise him/herself with the NALS definition of
learning in Appendix 1 before the interview.

Key Objectives

To understand how previous and more recent learning has helped and/or hindered
the respondent in coping with change during the period between having children
and the current time.

This includes:

what it is about learning that is helpful and/or unhelpful;

•    comparisons between the effects of learning and other activities; and

•    comparisons between the effects of learning and other things that have

affected how the respondent has coped with changes.

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