Dushkin Publishing Group. This class is a guided internship for majors in Child Development.
Students spend approximately six hours a week in their internship placement for twelve weeks.
Class time is in an electronic format in order to create an asynchronous learning environment. This format will allow students to work at times that are most productive for them and provide an opportunity for students to have more immediate feedback from peers and faculty to their internship questions and issues. With the class time made available, students will have the opportunity to learn previously unaddressed skills in computer technology, including creating and utilizing information on the World Wide Web, thus increasing the quality of learning in this course. Electronic assignments will be focused on discussing placement experiences, presenting and discussing information specific to assigned reading, and sharing of individualized internship experiences. This format is designed to prepare students for a world of work in which flexibility, creative thinking, and an ability to use new technologies are paramount.