Thanks for the response Annette. We currently have an Independent Study that some students use for research projects. We also have a Practicum class, primarily for our students interested in some type of career or graduate school in the helping professions. But, currently our practicum class is offered on an as-needed basis and as a result is taught more as an independent study than a regular course. This ends up meaning that usually we have one student taking it each semester. This system allows students more flexibility in arranging their schedules, but it also means that faculty don't receive any credit and students also don't have any chance for group supervision or instruction. I'm wondering if it would make more sense for us to schedule this class to be taught at regular times. This would mean less flexibility for students, but faculty would then get credit for it and students would have the opportunity to process their experiences as a group (which is very helpful for practicum experiences).
______________________________________________ Roderick D. Hetzel, Ph.D. Department of Psychology LeTourneau University Post Office Box 7001 2100 South Mobberly Avenue Longview, Texas 75607-7001 Office: Education Center 218 Phone: 903-233-3893 Fax: 903-233-3851 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.letu.edu/people/rodhetzel > -----Original Message----- > From: Annette Taylor, Ph. D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 11:18 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: Re: undergraduate practicum > > > Hi Rod: > > Are you referring to a practicum as an internship or > something else? Can you > clarify for me, please? > > We have in our department (although I have never been and > don't ever anticipate > being involved in it) two levels of hands-on courses, > primarily for clinically- oriented students. We have a field > experience which is lower level and we offer > 20 spots per semester. We have an internship with only 10 > spots and it is > higher level with more intense weekly meetings. Both of these count > as 'classes' for the prof who organizes, places and monitors > the students. (Some of the non-clinicians have a bit of a > hard time with that given that the > same placements have been used for the past 20 years so it is > just a matter of > weekly meetings for one hour per week with the field > experience and three for > the internship, but there are no assigned readings or > 'teaching' in some > organized syllabus format.) > > We also have a course titled "Research Experience" in which > students can enroll > but faculty get no credit for 'teaching' in which we can > mentor individual > students on a 1:1 basis for research they carry out, and an > "Independent Study" > which can be research or other things that are appropriate > and again the > students enroll for units ( and pay for units) but we do not > get compensated. I > would say that most of us carry an average of 1-2 students > per semester in > these categories of class. > > Does this help? > > Annette > > > Quoting "Hetzel, Rod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi everyone: > > > > How do you structure undergraduate practicum experiences in your > > program? Do you offer practicum at a regular time each > semester? Or > > do you offer it on an as-needed basis? > > > > Rod > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Roderick D. Hetzel, Ph.D. > > Department of Psychology > > LeTourneau University > > Post Office Box 7001 > > 2100 South Mobberly Avenue > > Longview, Texas 75607-7001 > > > > Office: Education Center 218 > > Phone: 903-233-3893 > > Fax: 903-233-3851 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To > > unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > Department of Psychology > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
