Bill, how many varied practica and how many students? Is this part of your regular teaching load? Do you coordinate the whole program? Additional conpensation? Release time? Do students get credit? Is it required? We have a required 12 credit hour teaching load per semester. Journal and Paper seem like good ideas. Gary
GPeterson Gary's iPad On Oct 1, 2010, at 8:56 AM, "William Scott" <[email protected]> wrote: > Students have 2 written assignments for internships. > > 1) a journal of their activities and reflections regarding such > 2) a paper that reviews some relevant literature and compares the experience > with the literature. The purpose of this paper is to discuss which > experiences were "as described" in the literature and which were not. > > I meet with students individually once per week regarding their practica, > mainly just to touch base but also to help me to help them to find the > library resources appropriate to number 2) above. Sometimes, but not always, > their onsite supervisors are helpful with identifying the appropriate > literature. This model has worked well for me. > > Bill Scott > > >>>> "Jim Clark" <[email protected]> 09/30/10 11:28 PM >>> > Hi > > What are people's thoughts about what is needed to make undergraduate > experiential learning experiences (e.g., practica, work placements, > volunteering activities in community, ...) work well? By "work well" I mean > students truly gain opportunities to integrate academic knowledge with issues > that arise in practical settings, and the academic side gets due weight in > evaluation of students. Perhaps another way of saying this is, how does one > ensure the academic integrity of the activity? > > Take care > Jim > > > James M. Clark > Professor of Psychology > 204-786-9757 > 204-774-4134 Fax > [email protected] > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13058.902daf6855267276c83a639cbb25165c&n=T&l=tips&o=5320 > or send a blank email to > leave-5320-13058.902daf6855267276c83a639cbb251...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94b&n=T&l=tips&o=5334 > or send a blank email to > leave-5334-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5335 or send a blank email to leave-5335-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
