Learning outside the Classroom: The Undergraduate Gerontology Internship.

Von Dras, Dean D.; Miller, Kim M.

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Publication Date: 2002

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Learning outside the Classroom: The Undergraduate Gerontology Internship.

Von Dras, Dean D.; Miller, Kim M.

Educational Gerontology, v28 n10 p881-94 Nov-Dec 2002

An undergraduate gerontology internship allows scaffolding between a service-learning activity and a graduate school internship. A humanistic approach to teaching about aging provides opportunities to develop critical thinking and deep understanding. (Contains 49 references.) (SK)

Descriptors: Gerontology, Higher Education, Humanistic Education, Internship Programs, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Undergraduate Study

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Language: English

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