Illustrates the use of meta-interviews, a research strategy for enhancing the credibility of claims made from analyses of interview data, drawing on experiences with meta-interviews in two studies conducted in South Africa and Canada. The paper concludes that meta-interviews can enhance the persuasiveness of research documents, bringing…

Analyzed U.S. and South African teachers' discourses, investigating differences in development of commitment among teachers who engaged in talk-related activities within teacher education versus those who engaged in talk-related activities plus theory-enacting activities within diverse classrooms. Results highlight how developing commitment can be…

An analysis of the quality of South Africa's distance education for inservice teachers examines curricula dealing with educational theory, noting the narrow view of education theory generally presented. Interviews, course analysis, and data from the South African Institute for Distance Education indicate that the programs do not consider the…