Character Education Interview Assignment Instructions
You will select either a teacher or a parent to interview about his/her school experiences regarding character education. Note: you may not interview yourself. You must explain the requirements of your assignment and ask permission to take notes as you will then record the participant’s answers. Any direct quote that you include must have quotation marks around the words and be cited correctly as a personal interview response. You areresponsible for locating this person. The School of Education Field Office will not assist you in locating a parent or teacher. In addition, school districts are not responsible for assisting you in locating a parent or teach to complete this assignment.
List each question and then give the response underneath the question in a double-spaced typed format. Responses must be rich and detailed. It is appropriate to use first-person language throughout all 4 parts of this assignment.
Part 1: Demographics
Part 2: Questionnaire Interview for Parent of a Child(ren)
Part 2: Questionnaire Interview for Teacher
Part 3: Integrating Character Education in your Classroom: Summary of Research-Based Strategies
On the basis of the information collected in the interview and the information you have obtained from your research and readings, write 2–3 solid paragraphs describing how you can integrate character and cultivate social, emotional, and moral development in your students. List key character qualities that you will seek to integrate within the classroom. Include citations from at least 1scholarly journal article and at least 1of your course textbooks. Cite information from your personal interview of either the teacher or the parent. Include instructional methods, teaching strategies, effective lessons, and various aspects of your classroom environment that will contribute to cultivating good character into your students.
Your 2summary paragraphs are to be at least 500 words each. Use your textbook and at least 1 scholarly journal article outside of your textbook to answer Part 3, and cite your references on a separate reference page using current APA format. Note: This section should be able to be used in your Final Paper in the Part 6: Addressing Behavior and Character Development section.
Part 4: Conclusion – Reflection and Discussion
Give a well-constructed conclusion in which you clearly reflect on this assignment and present a summary that conveys the significance of the knowledge gained from this interview, as well as your summary. This reflection mustclearly tie your interview and summary of instructional strategies together in a clear, concise conclusion. Your conclusion mustbe at least 500 words.
This assignment mustfollow current APA guidelines and willinclude a title page and reference page. However, it is appropriate to use first-person language throughout all 4 parts of this assignment.
Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module/Week 4.
A Special Note Regarding Citations in APA for this Assignment:
A personal interview is considered personal communication. In your APA Manual (6th ed.) you will see 6.20 Personal Communication. (p. 179). You will need to cite information regarding your interview in this way:
For example, if you are interviewing Jane Doe regarding the character education programs used in her classroom/school/district, and Jane Doe stated, “I use Character Counts in my classroom. I find that my students really enjoy discussing character traits in their literature stories.”
In section 2 you could write,
Or
“I use Character Counts in my classroom. I find that my students really enjoy discussing character traits in the literature stories” (J. Doe, personal communication, June 19, 2017).
Or
In section 3 you could write in the text of your paper,
Some educators have found that when they use reading stories with character themes, that students enjoy identifying and discussing the character qualities of the characters (J. Doe, personal communication, June 19, 2017).
Key Reminders: