ERIC Number: EJ1328676
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-2158-9232
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What Can We Learn from the Pandemic about How to Create More Meaningful and Transformative Internships?
Davidson, Frank
eJEP: eJournal of Education Policy, v21 n1 2021
The global pandemic of 2020-2021 forced schools and universities to constantly adapt to shifting conditions. Individuals completing their internships between March of 2020 and May of 2021 faced the challenge of making adaptations not only as full-time educators and graduate students, but, in many cases, as parents as well. Gaining meaningful experience during the clinical experience of the internship is challenging under any circumstances, but the pandemic added significant new challenges. This article provides evidence of adaptations made by interns, site mentors, and university faculty that may be helpful in creating innovative clinical experiences in the future. The article summarizes the findings from a panel discussion held at the May, 2021 Arizona Professors of Educational Leadership Conference which was facilitated by the author, as well as from semistructured interviews with stakeholders involved in the internship experience. The article includes a discussion of implications for planning and supervising internships, and offers policy recommendations and suggestions for future research.
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Internship Programs, Mentors, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Principals, Graduate Students, Barriers, College Faculty, Affordances
Arizona Board of Regents, for and on behalf of Northern Arizona University. PO Box 4087, Flagstaff, AZ 86011. Web site: https://nau.edu/coe/ejournal/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Arizona
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