Arrange to interview both a male and a female adolescent, (not more than 18 years old) who work in addition to going to school. Try to assess how/why they decided to seek employment, how they found their current and/or previous jobs and what they like/dislike about their job, how their job does or does not relate to their long term career plans and goals, and what their parents / friends think about their working, how a job interferes with other aspects of life, what they do with their earning, and any other questions that might be relevant to your discussion of their experiences as it reflects in our consideration of the issues involved in the work of adolescents. For this project, you will need to find at least two research articles (from peer reviewed journals) that are relevant to the topic (you will need to turn in a copy of these articles with your paper). In addition, you will still be using the textbook and findings from lecture.
Suggested Questions
1. When did you start working? What other jobs have you had? Do your parents approve of your current job? Why
did you start working?
2. How long have you been at your current job? How did you find this job? What do you like / dislike about your
job?
3. Were you required to have any prior experience for this job?
4. What are your responsibilities? How many hours do you work? Wages? Benefits? Age of coworkers?
5. Are you satisfied with your current job? If not, what would your ideal job be at this time?
6. How often do you feel stressed at work? What causes your stress? How do you handle stress?
7. Have you ever had any problems with your employer?
8. How much do you make? Do you get an allowance from your parents? If yes, how much?
9. How do you spend your money? Are you able to save any of it? Do you contribute your money towards any
family expenses? Do your parents ever tell you how to spend your money?
10. What are your future career plans? Is your current job related to your future career plans?
11. How does your job impact – time spent with family
– time spent with friends
– extracurricular activities
– grades
12. If you were not working, would you still take the same classes as you are now?
13. Have you observed any deviance at work? How did you handle the situation?
14. Would you still work if your parents gave you a bigger allowance?
Please include the following with your paper:
Title Page
4-5 pages of discussion
Reference page
Interview data
Grading Rubric (only with your hard copy)
Research articles (first few pages only)
Rubric is below:
ChAD 163 (1) Project 2 Rubric
Components
Poor Fair Good Excellent Points
Introduction
Point Value No introduction or uses personal examples to introduce the topic.
(0) Brief (1-2 sentence) introduction. Introduction is very general and non-specific.
(1/2) Introduces the paper topic in general terms and provides an over-view of the paper topic.
(1) Introduction clearly presents the topic, includes research findings and provides a concise overview of the paper.
(2)
Interview
Point Value Interview data not provided separately
(1-2) Interview data lacking detail
(3-4) Interview data detailed, but not turned into turnitin.com
(5-6) Interview data detailed and turned into turnitin.com
(7-8)
Discussion
Point Value Discussion lacks detail and is based on mostly personal opinion. No theoretical or research concepts.
(0-4) Paper is organized, but the information is presented as a list of responses and not well integrated. Very little use of theoretical concepts and research findings
(5-6) Detailed discussion and use of theoretical and research concepts.
(7-8) Detailed discussion and use of theoretical and research concepts. In addition, this information is well integrated.
(9-10)
Quality of Writing
Point Value Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. Poor transitions.
(0-1)
Some grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. Poor transitions.
(2) Few grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. Smooth transitions
(2.5) No grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. Smooth paragraph transitions
(3)
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