Students will research and prepare a 2500-word essay examining one individual’s life story within…

Students will research and prepare a 2500-word essay examining one individual’s life story within abroad developmental framework.• More specifically, students are to select a minimum of three developmental theories deemed mostappropriate for explaining the individual’s specific life story. It is strongly recommended that you chooseErikson’s psychosocial theory plus two other relevant developmental theories.• Students will invite a carefully selected individual, who must be aged over 30, to participate in theassessment task. Students are to respond to all questions posed by the interviewee and must obtainwritten consent from the interviewee prior to commencing an interview. In the event the interviewee isnot comfortable with any aspect of the assessment task he/she may elect to not participate, with thestudent needing to reselect a new potential participant and repeat the above process. The SignedConsent Form is to be included among the essay’s appendices, with the interviewee also provided with acopy.• As a requirement of the assessment task involves recording of the interview, the Consent Form includesnotification of, and permission for the student to record the interview. The audio-recorded interviewcannot commence until the participant has provided written consent for this to occur.• At all times the privacy of the interviewee is to be maintained. This is to be achieved by studentsensuring the following procedures are followed:(i) The audio-recorded interview is immediately transferred to a password-secure computer anddeleted from the recording device. (Once the interview is transferred to a password securecomputer, students are responsible for deleting the interview recording from their recordingdevice so interviewee privacy is protected).(ii) The essay based on the interview is to contain only de-identified information, with a pseudonymused in place of the interviewee’s real name.(iii) When submitting their essay students are to upload the de-identified essay to ExO but share theoriginal interview recording to their lecturer at a time arranged by the lecturer (announced in thefirst class). The interview recording is to be shared using a shared link on OneDrive to the lecturerwith a copy to
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. When referring to a part of the interview studentsare to cite the specific location in minutes and seconds (e.g. 25 minutes: 15 seconds).It is the collective responsibility of the lecturer and student to ensure that the interviewee’s privacy isalways maintained.• Students are reminded that the interviewee reserves the right to change his/her mind and decide thathis/her interview material is not to be used in the student’s assessment. Should this occur, the studentmust contact the lecturer immediately so alternate arrangements can be made.• Students are to arrange a mutually suitable time to conduct the interview. Students are required to useTamase’s Introspective Developmental Counselling protocol (available on ExO) to conduct theinterview, which should not exceed two hours. All phases of the individual’s life are to be addressed asper the interview protocol.