Abstract:
Oral history is by no means a new methodology, but its increasing use has prompted concerns about the reliability of evidence, the ethics of use, and an increasing awareness of the complications involved in analysis. An examination of the uses of oral history and its potential contribution to research within the History of Education is examined within a framework of recent developments in interview method and historiography. The researcher also draws on her own experience with oral history to explore and critically comment on the integrity of oral history data and different approaches to analysis.