Interview Assignment
Interview 5 people and ask the attached 7 questions plus and additional 3 question. Rubric and assignment instructions are attache.
Interviews Assignment
100 Points
Objectives and Alignment:
1. Students will identify lay-person conceptions of adult education and adult learners based on personal experiences.
2. Student will reflect on how experience and education affect the lay-person definition of adult education and adult learners.
These assignment objectives align with Course Objective A: Students will be able to articulate the problem of defining adult education in the field and Course Objective B: Students will be able to articulate the major characteristics of adult learners. This assessment will introduce the students to different interpretations of what it means to be an adult learner and to participate in adult education.
Purpose:
The purpose of this assignment is for you to get a better picture of the laypersons understanding of the terms Adult Education and Adult Learners.Peoples views are very divergent because of their experiences.In order for you to accomplish this, you will be asked to interview five people and ask them questions about what they believe adult education is and who adult learners are.
Assignment:
To accomplish this, you will need to contact at least five different people and ask them a few questions (see below) in-person, via phone, or email.Record their responses on paper.Be sure to provide descriptive information such as gender, age, race/ethnicity, occupation, and years of schooling.
For each interviewee, please record demographic information, questions you asked, and their verbatim responses on no more than a single page with one-inch margins and single-spaced for each interview.Please use the following questions:
1. What do you think of when you hear the words, Adult Education?
2. Why do most people attend Adult Education?
3. Where is most Adult Education carried out?
4. What would be considered an example of adult education?
5. What experiences have you had with Adult Education?
6. What do you think of when you hear the words, Adult Learners?
7. Do you consider yourself an adult learner? Why or why not?
Then develop at least three more questions of your own.Include these questions in your summary at the end of your paper. Type the interview responses using one page for each person and single-spaced. Attach as an appendix to your paper.
Finally, as part of any good intellectual exercise, I ask that you write at least a three-page reflective piece on your experiences.How do their responses coincide or differ from yours? What surprised you?What were the common themes? Connect your reflection to our readings or outside scholarly or trade publications; please be sure to do so using APA Style Manual, 6th Edition.Use one-inch margins, double-spaced, and Times New Roman font, 12-point. Be sure to use section headings within your paper. This will help break up the paper. Let me know if you have any questions.
Deliverable:
Interviews Paper via the Blackboard Assignment tool which includes paper, list of questions, and transcriptions of interviews.
Grading:
Please use the following rubric for this assignment.
Components for the Assignment
Does Not Meet Expectations
Approaches Expectations
Meets Expectations
Exceeds Expectations
Ten Interview Questions provided: Seven from above and threefrom the student.
(40%)
Seven questions asked. Responses summarized rather than verbatim. Fewer than five people asked.
Seven questions asked. Responses typed verbatim. Fewer than five people asked
Ten questions asked. Responses typed verbatim. Five people asked. May have minor formatting errors.
Ten questions asked. Responses typed verbatim. Five people asked. Each interview typed, single-spaced on a separate sheet of paper.
Reflection piece includes references to our readings and outside literature. Reflects on the similarities and differences among the interviews.
(40%)
Less than three pages. Does not connect to readings or outside literature. No reflection on similarities or differences.
Three pages.Does not connect to readings or outside literature. One similarity or difference.
Three pages. Connects to readings but not to outside literature. Two to three similarities or differences among interviews
Three pages or more. Connects to readings and outside literature.Provides at least four similarities and differences among interviews.
Formatting
(15%)
Paper does not have one-inch margins OR is not double-spaced OR does not use Times New Roman OR is not 12-point font.Citations and References are not in APA Style
Paper has one-inch margins, is double-spaced, uses Times New Roman, and is 12-Point Font.Citations and References NOT in APA Style.
Paper has one-inch margins, is double-spaced, uses Times New Roman, and is 12-Point Font.Citations and References in APA Style. Section headings are used.
Paper has one-inch margins, is double-spaced, uses Times New Roman, and is 12-Point Font. Citations in APA Style. APA style title page is included. Page headersand numbers are correct APA style. Appropriate APA style section headings are used.
Grammar, spelling, syntax, etc. (5%)
Five or more errors.
Three or Four errors
One or Two errors.
No errors.
Resources:
Interviewing
E-hows How to Interview Someone for a Story – http://www.ehow.com/how_2059751_interview-someone-story.html
MITs Guide to Interviewing – http://stringers.media.mit.edu/interview.htm
APA Style Formatting
Use the actual APA Style Reference Manual. These sources are only to be used as support. Refer to the book you purchased for the class as the ultimate resource.
Purdues Online Writing Lab APA Formatting Site – http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
APAs Office Site – http://www.apastyle.org/
Easy Bibs Site for APA Formatting- http://www.easybib.com/guides/students/writing-guide/iv-write/a-formatting/apa-paper-formatting/
Grammar Reference
Education Firsts Grammar Site – http://www.ef.com/english-resources/english-grammar/
