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Case: The point of the write up is to capture the story (or at least part of it) of your participant's development and the process of learning about it (your method). You don't need to detail developmental milestones, instead you are trying to uncover what seems important to them and for them. Components of the interview should include but are not limited to the following:
a. Give a little biography of the person.
b. How did you engage the person? What was the interaction like between you? Why did you choose them? How did it go? What questions or other ways of meeting did you ask or use?
(Sat down in coach's office, comfortably had a conversation as we did the interview. I chose this person because he works with my husband closely and I wanted to get to know him better. I learned that he is very passionate about others' success and prioritizes work-like balance.
d. What did you discover about them and their development? There is not one way to answer this but instead provide whatever highlights you noted and give whatever evidence for this, for example, in the form of direct quotations from your participant. In some way that makes sense to you, tell the story of their development or of what makes them who they are. It's not possible to get every influence, that's not the point of this. Instead your job is to make contact and see what you can discover.
e. Tie in at least one theory or key concept from our reading to this. Crain's book will be especially useful. That is, see if there is a theory or some research that seems to help make sense of this person's story. On the other hand, maybe this person's life challenges a theory. In any event, relate something you have read from our assigned readings to the "case" of this particular life.
f. What stands out about them and about this whole process and/ or person. Are there any "take aways" for your life?