THE FIRST INTERVIEW: GLOBAL FIELD

Preparing Required Questions

The following are required questions that you will need to ask each person you interview - write
them down and submit them with your final write up:
1. Develop 2-3 introduction questions. (Write them down as they will be submitted with your
write up)
Examples: Where were you born? Where do you live now? What would you say
is your cultural identity? What is your current title? How did you get into this field?
2. In your own words, write a question that essentially asks: In your opinion, what are the
primary issues facing your field? (You may also ask about a specific issue that you know
about within your field that you want them to weigh in on. Write the question(s) down as
they will be submitted with your write up)
3. In your own words, write a question that essentially asks: How are people responding to
(trying to address) these issues? (Write the question(s) down as they will be submitted
with your write up)
4. In your own words, write a question that essentially asks: Our class is examining how
{Your field} differs from culture to culture. What differences do you see between how the
US approaches [your field ] and how your culture/your work approaches this? (Follow-up
question example: If I were working in your country with my identity as _____, what are
some of the things I might run into that would be different than your experiences?)
(Write the question(s) down as they will be submitted with your write up)
5. Develop 1-2 more questions about your field or issue based on your research of your
person and/or issue and what you have learned about your field or issue thus far. (Write
the question(s) down as they will be submitted with your write up)
Examples: What do you like most about this work/field? What is a typical day like
for you at work? What advice would you give someone just starting?
6. PREPARE AND ASK: I am learning about what it means to be a citizen in different
cultures. What does it mean to you to be a citizen in your culture? (You may need to ask
follow up questions depending on how they answer - if they answered very technically
about “qualifications of citizenship, you may need to inquire if, in their culture, citizens
have an obligation to contribute to/participate in society. You want to ultimately ascertain
how people/if people can contribute to social change in their particular culture.)
7. PREPARE AND ASK: I am curious to know what the term “global citizen” means to you?

Write down and Practice all of your questions ahead of time and be prepared to re-word
them if people do not understand. At the end of the interview, thank them and if you are still
in need of interviews, ask if they have anyone they can recommend that would offer a different
perspective than they do.

This can, for some people, be a bit confusing or awkward. But leaders have courageous
conversations. You might have to do a little explaining to help get the type of answer you are
looking for. However, it is essential that you attempt to get more than a surface answer. If
someone responds “Australian” for their cultural identity – that may not be enough for us
to understand what they mean, nor will it be enough for full points on the Introduction section
of the rubric. One strategy could be to ask, “Can you tell me more about what you mean by
Australian? How do you think Australians look at things differently than other cultures in the
world? What makes an Australian, Australian? ”

THE FIRST INTERVIEW: GLOBAL FIELD

Conducting the Interview
Once you have done the research on your person, scheduled the interview and
practiced your questions, you are ready for the interview! Be sure to follow the
guidelines below for the best results
1. Interviews should be a minimum of 30 minutes and be conducted in real-time
(in-person, Skype, Facetime, Google Hangouts are your goal); not email.
2. Record your conversation with each person, because you will send us the audio
and use their direct quotes in your reflection, but ask for their permission first!
(You will be asked to provide the recording to your instructor). You need to figure
out and test whatever technology you use to record and you should definitely do
so in advance of the interview.
3. Ask all required questions in your own words based on what you wrote down
(see above). Some people may not feel comfortable answering all questions and
that is ok. Simply re-word for clarity, or note what they did not answer in your
interpretation section.
4. Ask deep and well thought out questions. Regularly utilize CLARIFYING
questions, “Could you say more about that?” “What do you mean by that?”
“Could you give me an example of that?”
5. Check your recording immediately after the interview! If you find it didn’t work,
write down as many quotes as you can remember, then do a full written summary
so that you have as much data as possible.
6. Send a follow-up thank you via email or post!
7. SEND YOUR AUDIO RECORDING TO THE INSTRUCTOR VIA CANVAS BY
THE DUE DATE
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Written Reflection of Your Global Field Interview
Audio and Reflection on the Interview

Audio. Be sure to save your recording as you will need to send it to the teaching team
by the indicated due date. You will also want to have access to it throughout the
semester for assignments and will need to listen back to it as you must use direct
quotes in your reflection and note the time in the recording that they take place..

Reflect. After the audio interview, you will write a three to four page reflection on how
the interview went, what you learned, and what you will do differently for the next one. In
this section of the paper you should use headings and answer the questions:
● What did you do well?
● How did you prepare for this interview (e.g., what research did you do about the
person, their culture? Did you practice the interview? Did you test using
technology with others? Did you consider the IDI that was discussed in class?
For example: did you think about how you might be in denial about some
difference when you spoke to your interviewee? Or how you might default to
minimization as a way to find common ground?)
● What will you do differently for your next interview?
● Share something significant and/or eye opening that you learned from this
interview. (Include at least one direct quote from interviewee and cite the
timestamp in the interview)
● What did your interviewee communicate about what it means to be a citizen in
their culture? How does it different from your own understanding of what a
citizen is? Does citizenship connect to social change in their culture and if so,
how? (Include at least one direct quote from interviewee and cite the
timestamp in the interview)
● How did the interviewee define “global citizen”? What do you think about what
they shared? How does this relate to your own personal definition of global
citizenship? (Include at least one direct quote from interviewee - cite the
timestamp in the interview)
● Note: anytime that you quote the interviewee, you must note time stamp in the
audio file
● Include a list of all of your prepared questions as noted earlier in this packet.
Make a note on this list of what questions you did ask and what questions you
did not get to. Make a note on this list of any follow-up questions you asked. You
may have to use your audio as a reference to complete this.
● INCLUDE at the end of your document: Screenshots of each email (or text
message, Linkedin/Facebook message) between you and your interviewee that
 shows the arrangement made to conduct your interview (detailing time, method,
etc). It should include the contact information of your one-to-one (for example:
clearly shows the email address or phone number or skype name, etc). AND:
(See next page)
● You must include the following for your interviewee
● Name of interviewee
● Contact information of your interviewee:
○ email and phone number if available (even if it was listed in the prior
forwarded email you sent)
○ Professional title/occupation of your global one to one – including
company and address of the company they work for, as available
○ LinkedIN profile link, as available
○ Country or Culture they are representing in the interview

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It is required that you submit these components. If you are not able to provide them
generally, then you WILL NOT receive credit for the assignment and you are required to
meet with your instructor and/or the 4000 level-lead to discuss your interview in person.
Submit these materials with the assignment. If not, you will be required to meet with
your instructor or the 4000-level lead.

Failure to address these requirements in a satisfactory manner may result in significant

loss of credit, or further consequences.

Upload to Canvas.
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Rubric for Global Field Interview and Reflection

Points Max Area Components

Earned Points

10 Audio file submitted Is the interview at least 30 minutes long? Full points will be
on time as indicated given for 30 minutes or more. Points will be reduced for
on Canvas shorter interviews

10 List of Questions Is the list of prepared questions included? (zero points if

included that show they are not). Did the student note on that list which
Strong Value of questions were used and if any follow up questions were
Questions asked? Did the interview consist of valuable questions that
were open-ended and designed to allow the interviewee to
give relevant answers? Did the interviewee ask the
mandatory questions such as background and citizenship?
Did the interviewee have good follow up questions that
made the answers go below surface-level?

20 Reflection Section Were each of the reflection questions adequately

addressed:
• What did you do well? (3 points)
• How did you prepare for this interview (e.g., what
research did you do about the person, their culture? Did
you practice the interview? Did you test using technology
with others? Did you consider the IDI?) (3 points)
• What will you do differently for your next interview?( 3
points)
• What is something significant or eye opening that you
learned from this? (3 points)
• What did your interviewee communicate about what it
means to be a citizen in their culture? How does it
different from your own understanding of what a citizen is?
Does citizenship connect to social change in their culture
and if so, how? (Include at least one direct quote from
interviewee)(4 points)
• How did the interviewee define “global citizen”? What do
you think about what they shared and how does it connect
to your definition? (Include at least one direct quote from
interviewee) (4 points)

5 Format Clarity
Although grammar and writing care are not the emphasis
of this part of the writing assignment, was the reflection
written in a way that the reader could understand content
and context? Was a baseline of writing professionalism
followed in terms of writing competencies?

Evidence Note assignment rules and submit evidence as requested

or risk receiving zero credit