Homework for Class meeting two.
Complete on this page. Type or write legibly please.
This will become part of your portfolio. SAVE IT!
Name: ___________________ Date:_____________
Each class session, all students will be asked to record three ideas that seemed important about the material. One student each week will take and organize those ideas, collapsing redundant contributions, combining similar ideas. They will prepare a list of no more than 10 items (the most frequently mentioned) and distribute one copy to each student and 2 to the instructor at the next class session. The summary will be included in the portfolio.
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a signed permission form for the interviewee?? Are you keeping your materials
in a safe place??
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Select a 5 minute segment from your first videotape and from a later audio or video tape. Using the following form, listen to the first tape and count the number of times you use each of the following behaviors. Strive for objectivity. (Use a hash mark). Try to avoid double coding a single verbalization. Then repeat the counting for the second tape. (The checklist or form is copyrighted material, thus I may not post it. It can be obtained on reserve in the Educational Resources Center, TPH 3rd floor).
After completing your counts,
study your data and write a brief paper on your observations. What patterns
of yours do you notice? What seemed to work for you? What do you want to change
and how will you change it?
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Find two persons who experienced the same event (You could do family members, an adult and a child, etc.). Ideally the event would be an emotionally rich one, such as surviving a tornado, the death of a family member, or birth of a child. Interview each separately about the event. Listen for similarities and differences in the description and reactions. Try to hear how each person individually experienced the event. In your write-up, briefly describe the interviews then evaluate your experiences as interviewer-- what went well, what was difficult, what you learned about interviewing. As a starting point you may wish to use the video evaluation form provided separately.
DO NOT reveal the content from one conversation to the other person. This would be violating the confidentiality of the interview. You are not playing with these people. Do NOT have both present when you are interviewing.
If you audiotape (or video if that is available) this exercise could be one of your two transcripts for the portfolio. You need only turn in the review at this time.
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