Biggest challenge with apa formatting

This Field Experience has 3-Parts and is your first formal writing assignment. Remember, as stated in the syllabus and week #1, for formal written work you will be using APA style, and formatting as that is what is required for all formal writing assignments. You will be using only APA style for your written assignments. If you do not already own an APA style manual 7th edition, please purchase one for easy reference or use TWU Library resources for APA formatting. You may also use the APA website. In addition to using APA style for your work, you are also to compose your formal writing assignments in a professional writing style and tone. Be mindful of grammar, syntax, spelling, and style. The TWU Write Site also offers additional online and face-to-face assistance and support for writing.

Part 1: Interview and Elder: Before you interview an elder, please be sure to have read the material in the " Learning to Listen in Order to Learn " items above in the learning materials section.

Conduct and 10-13 question interview with an individual at least 65-years of age or older. You have a choice for this part of the assignment. You may ask the 10 questions listed below, or choose 7 of the questions below and then add 3 questions you create. You must ask a total of 10-questions for the interview. To protect your interviewee's privacy, please only use their first name or their initials. You will need to record and transcribe your interview OR make notes or keep a copy of your email exchanges. Your transcript or email exchanges will be included as an appendix to your formal write-up. (If you have the capability to record and upload a digital audio file of your interview, you may do this instead of typing a transcript)

10-Base Questions:

1. Please tell me the year you were born, and then a little bit about your childhood, family, and school life. (If your interviewee provides an abundant amount of information for this section, you may summarize this portion of the interview in your transcript)

2. What is the most important historical event or period of time that you have lived through? Tell me about it. How did it influence you or your outlook?

3. What is the biggest change you've seen in how people conduct their everyday lives?

4. What have been the best years of your life?

5. What are your plans for the future?

6. What has been the biggest challenge for you in terms of aging? How did you or are you meeting this challenge?

7. Have you ever experienced any negative attitudes or discrimination because of your age? Can you describe this to me?

8. (If you are comfortable doing so) Can you tell me about the biggest health challenges you've encounter getting older?

9. What are some of the mistakes health care workers make when they talk with older people? Do you have any suggestions or advice for health care workers?

10. What do young people need to know about getting older? What advice do you have for use for aging well?

Part 2: Formal Write-up of Your Experience:

After you complete your interview, take some time to reflect on what you heard and understood. *Remember — this is a formal writing assignment. APA formatting is required.

For the introductory paragraph of your paper , you will be describing a bit of your process. Include the following information:

1. Briefly describe your overall experience with this assignment

2. How did you go about choosing the person for your interview?

3. Why did you pick the person you did?

For the body paragraphs of your paper , choose three questions from the eight listed below. After you have chosen three questions, complete at least a paragraph response to each of your chosen questions. The main body of your Field Experience will be at least three paragraphs long.

Be sure your response to the questions provides details including, what, how, why, where, how come.

Pick 3 from the 8 prompts in the list below — write a paragraph-long response to each of your three choices:

1. What are the most significant things you learned from conducting this interview?

2. How did you feel during the interview?

3. What surprised you the most about what the elder had to say?

4. What changes, if any, have occurred in your perceptions of older adults as a result of this interview? Provide details: what, why, how, how come?

5. What changes in you have talking with this elder prompted? Provide details: what, why, how, how come?

6. What connections between what you heard from the elder and what you have read in your textbook are you able to make? Cite specific examples and connections.

7. How might you use the experience of conducting this interview in your work or life?

8. Is there anything that the elder shared with you that you will use in work or life?

For the summary paragraph of your paper , conclude with a summary paragraph.