EDUC43260 Internship: Work Experience and Career Development

Academic Year 2019/2020

This module offers an alternative to the traditional research dissertation with the completion of an independently-sourced internship in a setting related to education and/or children and youth. The internship requires 240 hours (e.g. 30 full days or 60 half days) of work-based activities and can be completed part-time throughout the spring/summer trimesters, or in a six-week block during the summer break. Students will keep a reflective journal for the duration of their work placement and profile the organisation where they are based in a final report. A group-based presentation and attendance at seminars throughout the year are additional requirements of the module.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module, students should be able to
• Research and secure a suitable internship
• Apply learning from their academic studies to a workplace environment
• Demonstrate a greater understanding of the job market, demands and expectations of their chosen sector of work
• Learn to self-evaluate and take responsibility for continuing professional development
• Undertake a group-based research project and presentation on a current topic relevant to practice

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Small Group

30

Seminar (or Webinar)

10

Specified Learning Activities

320

Placement/Work Experience

240

Total

600

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
1. Work based learning on a self-secured internship
2. Group research project and oral presentation: learning through collaboration, research and dialogue
3. End of module work portfolio: learning through systematic organisation of data about internship workplace, through independent investigation of a workplace role model's career experiences, and through reflection in six reflective journal entries linking to the research literature 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Project: Work placement Throughout the Trimester n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale Yes

30

Oral Examination: Group-based oral presentation Unspecified n/a Graded Yes

30

Portfolio: Work placement portfolio Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded Yes

40

Project: Work placement preparation Unspecified n/a Graded No

0


Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
Repeat Within Two Trimesters
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Self-assessment activities

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