Research Method RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
30 This study employed an interview guideline to identify identity
transformation among pre-service teachers and the factors which contribute to the transformation after finishing teaching practice program. Furthermore, the
researcher employed in-depth and conversational type of the personal interview in which there might arise another questions based on the situation Ary et al., 2010.
The researcher asked questions related to the topic as the opportunity arose and then listened carefully and used subject responses to decide the following questions.
Spesifically, the researcher divided two catagories of questions, which were to identify identity transformation and factors that contribute to the transformation as
described in the Blueprint Interview Questions see Appendix A. Furthermore, the researcher applied this method in order to get richer
information about identity transformation. Moreover, interview also allowed the researcher to do immediate follow-
up and clarification of participants’ responses in order to clarify the information given by the participants Ary et al., 2010.
The data in this research were gathered by conducting interview to the five chosen pre-service teachers from December 2016 until January 2017. The interview
was conducted in order to collect the pre- service teachers’ utterances which
described their identity transformation. Furthermore, the interview aimed to know the factors which contributed to their identity transformation.