EDUC 4301 Application Week 3 /Education
which children and adolescents may be raised in today’s multicultural society. Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Baha’ism are just a few examples of religions practiced in the U.S. today. How does religion shape the way children and adolescents view themselves and the world? What effect does exposure to religious diversity have on the development of children and adolescents? In this assignment, you will investigate the answers to these questions by conducting an interview with an individual about his or her religious background, and creating a profile of this individual’s experiences. Prior to this week, you were asked to arrange to interview an individual about his or her religious background. This week, you will interview this individual with the goal of gaining insights into how his or her religious affiliation, or lack thereof, has shaped his or her experiences as a child and adolescent. Before conducting the interview, be sure to prepare a list of questions. You may use the Week 3 Questionnaire Template below as a starting point, although you may modify the template as you see fit. Week 3 Questionnaire Template During the interviews, be sure to record notes about the individual’s answers to the questions as well as any other relevant details or observations. You will use these notes to create a PowerPoint presentation that profiles the religious background of the interviewee and summarizes insights gained from the conversation. After the interviews, review your notes and reflect on what your interviewee shared with you about their religious upbringing, as well as what this information reveals about the influence of religion on the development of children and adolescents. Based on your findings, create a 7- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation that profiles the religious background and upbringing of your interviewee and shares any insights gained about the influence of religion on the development of children and adolescents. You may organize and design the presentation as you see fit, however be sure to include information relating the following: •Details about the religious background and upbringing of your interviewee •Details about how religion did or did not influence his or her daily life and identity as a child and adolescent •Details about positive effects and/or challenges faced as a child or adolescent as a result of religious affiliation, or lack of religious affiliation •Details about if and/or how his or her religious views have changed since childhood •Insights you gained from conducting this interviewlWeek 3 Questionnaire Template
For the Week 3 Application Assignment, you will interview an individual in order to gain insights into how his or her religious affiliation shaped his or her experiences as a child and adolescent. Use this template as a guide to determine the questions you will ask during the interview. You may add or delete questions as you see fit, but be sure to gather enough information to complete the assignment. You will use your notes from the interview to create a 7- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation profiling this individual’s experiences and sharing insights gained.
1. Did you grow up within a religious tradition? If not, why do you think this was the case? If so, how would you describe the religious environment in which you were raised? For example, as a child and adolescent, how often, and where, did you worship? What, if any, types of religious practices did your family participate in and/or encourage in you?
2. As a child and adolescent, what did religion mean to you? In what ways, if any, did it factor into your self-concept and identity?
3. In what ways, if any, did religion affect your day-to-day life as a child and adolescent, e.g. your experiences in school, your interactions with friends, your afterschool activities, etc.?
4. In what ways, if any, did your religious views change as you grew up, from childhood to adolescence, and from adolescence to young adulthood?
5. Do you feel that religion played a positive role in your development throughout childhood and adolescence (e.g. morally, socially, cognitively, emotionally, etc.)? How so?
6. Did you face any challenges or difficulties because of religious affiliation, or lack thereof, during childhood and adolescence? Explain.
7. What religious views were you exposed to as a child and adolescent? If you were raised within a particular faith, were most of your friends and members of your community of the same religion? Would you characterize the environment in which you grew up as religiously diverse? What effects did this diversity, or lack thereof, have on your development?
8. Do you subscribe to a particular religion today? If so, do you consider yourself religiously conservative or religiously liberal? Is this similar or different than your views as a child and adolescent? Why do you think this is?
