ABSTRACT
The chapter outlines the research plan, including a discussion on how data was gathered and who provided the data as research participants. It presents the case for interview as the predominant phenomenographic method for gathering data. Undertaking phenomenographic interviews is not a simple process and it is useful to carry out pilot interviews to allow the researcher as interviewer to hone his or her skills. The chapter discusses the pilot interviews, which were conducted in Australia to provide the researcher with an opportunity to reflect on the experience and make any necessary adjustments. The unit of phenomenographic research is a way of experiencing a phenomenon, which is also known as a conception. The way of experiencing a phenomenon constitutes a relationship between the subject and the experienced. The most important control that the researcher should implement during the interview process is to always use an identical opening scenario within any one phenomenographic study.
