To provide additional information regarding our interview design, the following interview standards are presented for your review. We are committed to strict adherence of the standards identified below:
Interviews will last approximately 30 minutes.
Our sole focus is to provide authors and artists with a greater opportunity to share the implications of their best research to reach the future student leaders of the world.
The only effort that will be required of authors or artists is to describe and provide insight regarding the existing and future implications of their best work.
All interviews will remain the property of the author or artist interviewed and will not be posted on the web without their express written consent.
All interviews will be recorded strictly through the use of audio, no video will be recorded.
All authors will maintain the right to anonymity. In such cases, the general region of the world will be noted.
All authors or artists will be recorded in education settings of the individual's choosing.
All interviews will follow the same interview protocol and all authors will be provided with the exact questions at least two weeks in advance.
The Exact Questions Where applicable, questions will be further customized.
Could you begin by stating your name, your current profession, and how long you have been involved in this profession?
How did you become interested in your broad subject area field? Were you always interested in this field, or did you also seriously consider other fields?
Does your writing deal generally with a primary theme or particular type of writing style?
What is the current focus or theme of your ongoing work and what do you envision as its broad implications for individuals within your field?
What are some specific key internet search words that a student could use to find out more about your primary area of emphasis (phrases that may not generally come to mind)?
How did you become interested in the focus of your literary style?
Do you collaborate with others in the investigation of your literary theme? If so, how does this collaboration usually take place?
Are there any unique tools, guidelines, or strategies used in the creation of your literary work? If so, could you briefly describe how one or two of these assist in your work?
What do you hope are the implications of your work for future authors or artists?
What are the different ways in which you share or promote your work? What advice do you have for emerging authors aspiring towards a career in your profession?
Were there any unexpected challenges in completing the works for which you are best known? What advice would you have for emerging students in regards to overcoming such challenges?
What advice would you have for students (both high school and undergraduates) interested in your particular subject area? Are their any specific actions they can take related to reading specific works that might assist them towards their goal?
What do you enjoy most about your profession?
Any parting words of advice for students interested in a professional career in writing?
Our Deliverable for Emerging Student Leaders and Learners Throughout the World. On or before Fall of 2009, all emerging student leaders and learners will be provided with a central destination to gain free, on-demand access to real-world descriptions of research from professors, authors, and artists who are the leaders in their field.
Beginning in the middle grades, students will be provided free access to this new media archive with precise and clear examples of how becoming an expert in an a discipline can lead to a professional life where learning, research, and innovation are rewarded. These real world perspectives will come from professors, researchers, authors, and artists of all disciplines, captured and updated annually. We welcome all inquiries. Please send all inquiries to the attention of Art Fuller at art.fuller@opensourceteaching.org.
