Building and Sustaining Undergraduate English Internship Programs during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic

Autor/inn/en	Smith, Allegra W.; Canzonetta, Jordan N.; Fedewa, Kate; Birdsall, Kate
Titel	Building and Sustaining Undergraduate English Internship Programs during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic
Quelle	In: Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 20 (2023) 2, Artikel 13 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-9789
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Study; English; Internship Programs; COVID-19; Pandemics; College Faculty; Emergency Programs; Writing Instruction; Student Needs; Change; Adjustment (to Environment); Program Development; Experiential Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Grundstudium; English language; Englisch; Berufspraktische Ausbildung; Fakultät; Hilfsprogramm; Schreibunterricht; Wandel; Programmplanung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen
Abstract	Experiential learning opportunities (Kolb, 1984; Simons et al., 2012), such as internships, provide valuable real-world learning experiences for undergraduate students. Internships are especially important for students majoring or specialising in writing, who can gain valuable workplace experience and build portfolio pieces from working for a company or organisation. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting social distancing measures forced internship experiences to shift to remote and hybrid opportunities. In this article, four faculty from three universities in the United States detail the ways that they pivoted their undergraduate writing internship programs to adapt to public health requirements and changing student needs between 2020-2022. We provide information on creating remote and hybrid internship opportunities and courses, building internship program infrastructure, integrating technology and project management tools into student internship experiences, securing funding for otherwise unpaid internships, and supporting students during their internship programmes. The article concludes with future directions in writing student internships and other pre-professional experiences, as well as additional resources for internship coordinators. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01