Assessing the Merits of International Service-Learning in Developing Professionalism in Mass Communication

Autor/inn/en	Motley, Phillip; Sturgill, Amanda
Titel	Assessing the Merits of International Service-Learning in Developing Professionalism in Mass Communication
Quelle	In: Communication Teacher, 27 (2013) 3, S.172-189 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1740-4630
DOI	10.1080/17404622.2013.775470
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Service Learning; Study Abroad; Professional Development; Experiential Learning; Journalism Education; Graduate Students; Focus Groups; Grounded Theory; Student Journals; Qualitative Research; Interpersonal Relationship; Problems; Teamwork; Computer Use + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Service-Learning; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Studentenzeitung; Qualitative Forschung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Problemsituation
Abstract	This project assessed how an international service-learning course affected mass communication students' knowledge of professionalism. Using written reflections and focus group transcripts from four courses that took place in Central America, we observed that placing students in immersive environments, where they are able to work on authentic tasks, can enhance their knowledge of specific professional issues. Our observations include managing client relationships, negotiating diverse project teams, and making technology choices appropriate to client and audience. We isolate significant aspects of the course pedagogy and offer suggestions to adapt conventional semester projects to gain some of the affordances of immersion and authenticity. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10