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10 Field Project Assignment
This field project assignment is designed to give students an opportunity to conduct real-life,
non-role-playing interviews outside the classroom. Make this assignment as relevant as
possible for your students by allowing them to select an option, topic, or issue that is relevant
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Instructions for Students
Step 1: Select an option and topic and then do background research that will enable you to
conduct planned interviews successfully.
1. Select the type of field project that will provide you with the most valuable information
and experiences.
a. Option 1: a single in-depth interview lasting approximately _____ minutes. This
option is best when an expert is willing to submit to one or more interviews of
considerable length. You may divide this option into two or more interviews if the
interviewee has neither the time nor the energy for one lengthy interview. Examples
include:
3. How many interviews will you conduct? Who do you plan to interview? If you do not
5. What problems might arise with this project such as time, distance, and availability of
interviewees?
1. Provide a brief introductory paragraph to explain which structural sequence(s) you
selected and why.
2. You may find it more difficult to contact or approach strangers or mere acquaintances
than family members or friends, but once interviews commence, the first are less likely
4. Leave a copy of the Field Interview Critique Form with each interviewee along with a
stamped envelope addressed to your instructor. These critiques will be attached to your
2. An analysis of your interviews should answer the following questions:
a. Who did you interview and why?
b. Which opening techniques did you use and why?
g. How did locations affect your interactions?
4. Attach a Record for Field Project Interviews that includes name of each interviewee, e-
5. This report should be 6-7 pages long excluding your schedule of questions and Record
for Field Project Interviews.
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Assessment of Field Project Proposal
Name _________________________
Option selected and why 1 2 3 4 5 _____
Topic selected and why 1 2 3 4 5 _____
Comments and Suggestions
Grading scale: 0 no credit, 1 poor, 2 below average, 3 average, 4 above average, 5 excellent
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Field Interview Critique Form
Student’s name_______________________________________________
Instructor’s name _____________________________________________
Please complete this form and return it at your earliest convenience. Your comments will
provide the student with valuable feedback on his/her interviewing skills demonstrated in a
non-classroom setting.
4 How effective were the student’s communication skills: language, nonverbal
communication, listening?
5 How effectively did the student close the interview?
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Record of Field Project interviews
1. ______________________ _________________________ ________________
2. _______________________ _________________________ _________________
3. ________________________ ________________________ _________________
4. ________________________ _________________________ ________________
5. ________________________ __________________________ ________________
Name of interviewee E-mail address Telephone
____________ _________________________ _____________________________
Date Location of the interview From A.M./P.M. to A.M./P.M.
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Field Project Post-Interview Report
Name ________________________
Final schedule of questions
Planned primary and probing questions 1 2 3 4 5 x ____ = ____
Analysis of the interviews
Who interviewed and why 1 2 3 4 5 x ____ = ____
Opening techniques used and why 1 2 3 4 5 x ____ = ____
Things that would be done differently 1 2 3 4 5 x ____ = ____
Two-page summary of the information received 1 2 3 4 5 x ____ = ____
Comments
Grading scale: 0 no credit, 1 poor, 2 below average, 3 average, 4 above average, 5 excellent
