Purpose Attitudes, stereotypes and other behaviors develop young, and are in par

Purpose
Attitudes, stereotypes and other behaviors develop young, and are in part a product of experience.  This week, you will interview a small group of children about their experiences, attitudes and knowledge about disability. This activity will allow you the opportunity to see how children perceive disability, and give you some sense of how their ideas about disability form as they grow.  
Tasks
Guidelines for Fieldwork #13
To complete this assignment, you will interview two children of differing ages about their knowledge about disability.  This assignment is designed to give you insights into how typically developing children understand disability  Consequently, you will interview children who do not have disabilities themselves.  The only children you cannot interview are your own children; you want an honest sense of how children understand disability, and you won’t get that from your own children, who will try to please you with their responses.  You can, however, interview friends of your children.  
Important! This is a no-contact assignment; do not travel to a child’s home.  The children will be interviewed individually using remote technology (Zoom/FaceTime, etc. or on the phone).  
To complete this assignment:
Identify the two children you will interview.  They can be children you work with, neighborhood children, or a relative (not your own child) and/or his/her friends.  Be sure to get parental permission when required.  
Read the Week #13 prompt (below) before you begin.  Take notes or covertly record the interview as you talk to each child.  
Younger children have a short attention span.  Keep your discussion under 30 minutes. 
Week #13 PromptHow do children perceive disability among peers?  Select a two children of differing ages between ages 7 and 16, and discuss disability with teach of them.  As part of your conversation, address the following:  
What do they know about disability?
How much and what experience do they have with people with disabilities? 
How do they believe people with disabilities should be treated? 
How do they feel about attending school with children with disabilities, particularly those in their own classrooms?
You are free to add one or two more questions of interest to you; older children will often have a lot more to say and understand more than the little ones.  
In your paper, describe the children you interviewed, and your relationship with them.  Then, discuss the results of your interviews, and compare/contrast their responses.  What were your impressions of their knowledge, attitudes and experiences about disability?  What did you learn from your discussion?  
Note:  Do not transcribe your interview.  Please read the prompt carefully, and summarize what you learned, addressing the specific points in the prompt.