The Successful Internship: Personal, Professional, and Civic Development

H. Frederick Sweitzer, Mary A. King

Cengage Learning, Feb 20, 2008 - Education - 368 pages

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.
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About the author

H. Frederick Sweitzer is Provost and Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. Fred has more than 30 years' experience in human services as a social worker, administrator, teacher, and consultant. He placed and supervised undergraduate interns for 20 years and developed the internship seminar at the University of Hartford. Fred brings to his work a strong background in self-understanding, human development, experiential education, service-learning, civic engagement, professional education, and group dynamics. He is on the editorial boards for the journals Human Service Education and Human Services Today, and has published widely in the field. Mary A. King, Professor Emerita, Fitchburg State University, and NSEE Distinguished Scholar of experiential education, has more than 30 years' experience working with interns and brings a background in public education, juvenile justice, and clinical practice to her academic work. Mary instructed courses in professional and ethical issues, taught service-learning classes, and developed and coordinated the field placement office and supervised graduate and undergraduate internships in the Behavioral Sciences. She publishes in human services and experiential education and has held leadership positions on regional and national education boards, including the National Society for Experiential Education. Mary is a member of the Academic Advisory Group of United Planet and serves on the Board of Directors of the Hypersomnia Foundation.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Successful Internship: Personal, Professional, and Civic Development
• Authors: H. Frederick Sweitzer, Mary A. King
• Edition: 3, illustrated
• Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2008
• ISBN: 049538500X, 9780495385004
• Length: 368 pages
• Subjects: Education / Counseling / General