Appendix 2b: The Interview Guide

The Interview Guide: Teacher

Please answer the questions based on your experience in teaching reading!

1. What is your classroom management style? Is it teacher centered, students centered?

2. What is the majority of reading attitudes in your reading class? Would you say that they
are overall positive, negative, or neutral?
3. How do you feel that the students in your class respond to your instructional practice?
4. How do you teach reading to your students?
5. How do you support your students in their literacy development?
6. What instructional practices are you using
in your class? Do you believe it helps the reading attitudes of students?
7. Why do you think these strategies are the most beneficial?
8. How often do you implement these strategies?
9. Upon what considerations do you select your reading materials?
10. How do you use your knowledge of students’ cultural and social diversity in instructional
planning decisions?