Developing an Interview Schedule on Parenting and Socialization

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This assignment is two parts. Part one must be completed prior to completing part two.Develop a 7 question interview schedule, in response to the following question:

How does the role of parenting influence the socialization of our society’s next generation?The above question is the same question that is asked in your final written assignment. Considerthis as an opportunity to develop a rough draft of your interview schedule that can be correctedand integrated into your final written assignment. In this regard, you might want to considerreading through the final written assignment before beginning this assignment.Consider what kinds of questions you would ask someone who has experience with parenting in

order to answer the question. You might want to design questions about values, child-rearingtechniques, personal goals, identity scripts, cultural influences, et cetera, that informed how andwhy they parented; youmight want to consider asking what it meant/means for them to parent;or, you might want to investigate with questions about the social context in which people areparenting. Assume that your prospective interviewee is not familiar with our course content.Formulate questions in such a way that is accessible to someone with no knowledge of thesociology of the family.

When developing your interview schedule ask yourself:? Are there any questions that could be useful as opening questions?

? Are there any questions that might be useful to place later in the schedule?

? What kind of questions would be useful to gather the kind of information that we

want? (Open ended, closed ended)

? Are the questions framed in such a way that limit your own biases?

? What prompts or probing questions might be appropriate and useful?

To assist with the formulation of your interview schedule, please read:

A. Structuring interview questions. Refer to the reading box by Kvale (2007) in your

D2L course shell.

B. Designing interview questions. See the link entitled, “Designing Interview

Questions”.

C. Designing and Conducting Semi-Structured Interviews for Research by Ted Zorn