The Successful Internship: Personal, Professional, and Civic Development

Download or read book The Successful Internship: Personal, Professional, and Civic Development written by H. Frederick Sweitzer and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2008-02-20 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SUCCESSFUL INTERNSHIP: PERSONAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND CIVIC DEVELOPMENT, 3e, is more than just a resource for finding and interviewing for internships; it addresses the concerns, emotions, needs, and unique personal challenges that are the essence of an internship or field experience and focuses on the internship as a vehicle for civic development, in addition to personal and professional development. The authors describe in detail the path of change on which students will find themselves embarking and the challenges they will face along the way; the authors provide clear, concrete tools that build the foundation for students’ successful field/practicum experience. The book’s five-stage model of the internship process--anticipation, disillusionment, confrontation, competence, and culmination--places the material in a meaningful framework that lends structure to students’ understanding of the work they will be doing. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.