Group Interview Paper

2.2.2 Group Interviews: Group interviews are similar to one-on-one interview, except there is more than one person being interviewed. Group interviews work well when the interviewees are at the same level or position. A group interview also has an advantage when there is a time constraint. More thoughts and discussion can be generated, as someone in the group may state or suggest an idea that may have been overlooked by others, which in turn can lead to a discussion or provide more information on a particular issue. The interviewer can gauge which issues are more generally agreed upon, and which are which issues differ.

My name is Alyssa Fusco and I am on the path to becoming a special education teacher. In the course of my first few weeks in the Special Education course, I am not only learning how to be a better teacher, but training my mind in such a way that I can improve the lives of others. My interest in working with students with disabilities stems from my experience with Senior Experience at Calhoun High School. This program has developed a framework for my future career aspirations by observing how not only the faculty can make a difference in these students lives, but also the teachers facilitate an environment that promotes the integration between students with and without disabilities. Through mainstreaming these students, Calhoun High School showed me what type of difference I could make in the world through combining my passion for teaching and the place students with disabilities hold in my heart.

CW is a 49-year-old female who lives in Kingston, PA. She currently lives with her husband and two children. She is employed as nurse at First Hospital, in Kingston, PA. CW recently began a new job in a different department of the hospital. CW expressed that throughout her adult life, raising her family is most important to her. She is focused on accomplishing her roles of being a wife, mother, nurse, and daughter. She likes to be social and meet new people. CW values her independence and finds every job that she is involved in to be important. She dislikes people who put other people down. Overall CW values her family and hard work ethic.

My grade level is 7.2 because I need to use another type of words. Also, because I need to read more.

For my first group interview, I found myself interviewing a few members of UCSB’s own Filipino organization, Kapatirang Pilipino, which provided an unmediated view of the allure and desire that surrounds balut. I gained rapport by giving them my own first experience of eating balut, easing in much more quality and refined responses. Afterwards, I provided a picture of balut on my phone, to which most of the informants responded with laughs and smiles, understanding that although it does not look appealing, it is an embedded part of Filipino culture. I asked why Filipinos consumed balut in the Philippines to which all unanimously said it was a cheap source of food and was practically a sign of one were a “true Filipino”. Then I proceeded to

The important to promote family involvement in educational settings for children with disabilities. That was the topic of class CE 220 unit 6 project 9 that I had to focus on. I choose this artifact because it demonstrates the disorders that a family with a disabled child has to face every day. In my assignment I was instructed to list three pacific disorders that cause physical and mental development delays. My artifacts shows delays in their cognitive skills and their effects on a child’s developmental growth, and the disorder of muscle movement, muscle tone, and posture due to abnormal brain development. Being aware of the different obstacles a child and the parent deal with make it essential that I promote family involvement. I recall studying the different disabilities that children had, and the many obstacles they faced daily, I could relate to their situation because I have a close family member struggling to do simply things we take for granted. What a tremendous challenge for them and their family members. As an educator, I now promote family involvement in

What would you do if one of you team members isn’t finished with something and you don’t get a team point?

We all remember those boring days back in middle school where the worksheets were given out everyday, and you were just waiting for that beautiful sound of the two words “group work” to run through your ears and brighten up your day. It just made you want to jump out of your seat and start working because of how excited you were. In my opinion, group work is something that I must strongly agree with because it helps with so many things including teaching different real life skills, lets you have fun, and helps you meet new

The choice between life and death seems like it should be a simple answer right? Well, not in this society we were placed in, it has come down to eight people left on earth and one plane but the catch is only four people can go on the plan. How do you decide who has more value or who would be better suited for this new world. Well we as a group had to plea our cases on why we should be going onto this plane. We as a group applied the three concepts of fight, flight and tend-and-befriend to determine who would be moving onto a new life on a remote island.

During this course the students were required to interview students in their school and parents about the use of technology in school and at home. The questions and answers were then to be shared with others in their group. After both interviews were shared, the group then collaborated, using Titanpad, and made the data easier to understand. Interviewing the students showed how the students liked to learn and the ways that they found boring in the classroom. The parents also added their experiences with technology and their children. The parents also shared how they think technology helps their child and also what they feel is the best learning environment for their child.

On August 23, 2017, Professor Henry split her English Composition class up into four groups. These four groups were given instructions to write an essay together. The essay was simple. Get to know one another and write an essay about yourselves. The task allowed them to get to know one another inside and outside of the classroom. Getting to know each other creates tolerance of all diverse types of people and their respective backgrounds, possibly even lifelong friendships. Every group coming together to see they are more alike than they perceived. One of these four groups consisted of Darin, Ella, and Nikki. The three of them began talking. Many of the things they discovered were surprising. These three individuals came together to create a masterpiece. The three of them ranged in age, style, and stature. Darin, young and athletic, with an outgoing personality, is the first group member we will get to read about. Ella, the youngest of the group, is kind hearted, a little sarcastic, and full of life. Vivacious might be the best way to describe Ella. Nikki, however, is young but not quite as young as Darin and Ella. Nikki is strong, caring, and passionate. Prepare to look into the lives of Darin, Ella, and Nikki, possibly even step into someone else’s shoes for a moment.

The Information Technology department at my job is a group I am part of and also a group that has some history. Our longest standing member has served the company for nearly ten years and could probably describe the changes that have occurred much better than me. From my perspective, this group has not changed much since I became member. Much of the standards and principles shared by each member have been in place well before I started.

Working in a distance group has been a new experience for me, but it was enjoyable and the mood in the group always was positive. The collaboration that I gave into the group was to complete my part in each assignment and also I tried to be active in the group like that I could be helpful to my teammates if they were troubling, but the group almost always work smoothly and few complication were given through the whole project. The Anonymous group was well organized during the whole project, each member of the group always took a part in the assignments and at the end of each week, the leader put all the information together in order to submit the assignments. The group always did every assignment on time.

Group projects are usually an opportunity for students to work together, share ideas, and meet new people. In public speaking courses students usually tend to like more group projects because it is easier to present and persuade the audience. In a lot of cases when is the first speech students tend to feel more confident and comfortable when they have a group backing up all the information given. However working in a group sometimes can be a little tough. Sometimes there can be a lot of misunderstandings due to the lack of communication but at the end students manage to overcome those obstacles and do a great presentation.

By engaging in this group task and the activities attached to it: I have noticed personal growth in my knowledge, skills and dispositions that were related to the engagement of these activities. This task has given me an insight into the kinds of problems that are happening in modern education environments and better ways to act upon these problems using the “Learning Development Model” (LDM).