Abstract
Long and Bailey first discuss how one course in Family Studies at Central Michigan University, the Skills and Methods course, focuses on skill development. Next, they describe the three-course sequence culminating in the Internship course. They explain the relationship between high-impact practices with the development of professional skills. Specifically, they address high-impact elements including, spending considerable amounts of time on meaningful tasks, faculty and student peers interacting about substantive matters, students experiencing diversity through contact with people who are different than themselves, students receiving frequent performance feedback, activities that have applications to different settings on/off campus, and authentic connections with peers, faculty, community, and/or the university and how these elements equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary in a work environment that is ever changing.
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Long, E.C.J., Bailey, D.C. (2017). The Professional Sequence and High-Impact Teaching: Skills, Methods, and Internships. In: Newman, T., Schmitt, A. (eds) Field-Based Learning in Family Life Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39874-7_4
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