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Assessment Through Interviewing

  • 2nd Edition - January 1, 1978
  • Latest edition
  • Author: G. Shouksmith
  • Language: English

This edition retains much of the material of the first edition, but includes extended material on planning for the interview, and on the conduct of the interview, aimed at making… Read more

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This edition retains much of the material of the first edition, but includes extended material on planning for the interview, and on the conduct of the interview, aimed at making its coverage of the basic concepts more comprehensive. Use of groups for individual assessment and development, particularly in human relations training contexts, has increased immeasurably in the last decade, and this has necessitated a more extensive treatment of the theory and practice of group dynamics; the use of counselling interviews receives more attention in this edition, in recognition of recent advances in the use of the interview therapeutically

Table of contents

(partial) Practising individual interviewing: The nature of the interview. What to assess. The do's and don'ts of interviewing. A case study in interviewing. 'Odds' and 'ends' about interviewing. Group interviewing: Background and development. Organizing and operating a group interviewing programme. A practical example of group selection. Interviews, groups and social behaviour : The interview and group theory. Beyond assessment. Groups as forces for change. Bibliography.

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 28, 2014
  • Language: English

About the author

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G. Shouksmith

Affiliations and expertise
Massey University, New Zealand

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