A Day In The Life
Of A Parent

 

Reality Check

Is parenting easy? You decide.

In this assignment you will be interviewing either one of your parents/guardians or a mentor that is a parent. You are interviewing them to determine how the Essential Skills are demonstrated in their role as a parent. Your focus is on their role as a parent. (do not ask questions about their career). The challenge is, you are NOT allowed to directly ask how they use the Essential Skills in their role. You have to ask questions that will draw that information out. You can ask about situations that go back to the beginning of their parenting role up to present day. Ask them to give examples (stories) – this will help you “uncover” these very important Essential Skills.

For example, you can NOT ask: “When do you use READING as a parent?”

But if you ask, “What do you and your child do together between dinner and bedtime?” you may discover that the parent uses reading for assisting with homework, sharing a story, and receiving information from the teacher or school through notes sent home.

We will do some brainstorming in class to help you begin your questioning sheet before you conduct your interview. The quality of your line of questioning plays a huge role in getting quality responses.

Step 1:
Decide who you are going to interview. Get permission and set up an interview date/time.
 
Step 2:
Create several quality questions to use in your interview and organize them into a format that will assist you in recording responses.
 
Step 3:
Conduct the interview using your questioning form to record responses.
 
Step 4:
Analyze your written notes from the interview for Essential Skills connections.
 
Step 5:
Prepare your written version of the interview in a magazine format.
 
Step 6:
Exchange your magazine format with a peer for feedback.
 
Step 7:
Revise as required.
 
Step 8:
Complete the reflective journal.
 
Step 9:
Submit your assignments including: