Field HDFS06

HDFS 296 Sherwood Smith (Field Experience - Summer 06)

 

HDFS 296  Field Experience  Summer 2006

OVERALL

 

 

 

 

General Expectations for and Approximate Grading Approach for Academic Work:

·        Journal (40%) = personal journal entries and 4 formal papers

·        Scholarly Project Paper   (20%)

§         Examining one issue in depth

§         Scholarly readings ( HDFS course material  or outside journal articles)

§         Critical reflection/analysis

·        Final Journal (20%)

§         Summary of Field Experience Site/Role

§         Self-reflection

§         Critical analysis of connections between field experience and HDFS discipline

·        Participation (on-time submissions, meetings, hours met, etc.) (20%)

 

Assignment 1

 

 

 

 

Journals:  ( One journal entries should reflect about every  15 of work)

·        Regular recording of field-related experiences in the form of personal journal entries

§         Direct experience in the field (These are notes you take each day.)

§         Journal should reflect the following: additional work (readings, research, etc.) and day to day reactions to field-related experiences work.

·        4 Reflective Entries Papers ( Four  formal paper of 3 pages each DICE format)

·        About self, organization, related developmental issues

§         Bring in/relate to HDFS knowledge and summaries experiences as appropriate

·        New readings when appropriate

·        Prior HDFS knowledge

 

Assignment 2

 

 

 

 

 

PROJECT PAPER

8-9  pages / double spaced

Referenced sources (6)

 

 

Scholarly Readings for Final Project Paper ( 6 sources)

·        Full APA formatted reference for use in both journal papers and

·        Identification of reading type ( You can use on-line articles, HDFS course texts & articles

·        Personal reaction and critical reflection

§         Is this a good resource?  Why/why not?

§         How might this reading inform your work/the organization’s work?

 

Give your insights on a weekly basis regarding this study. This should demonstrate your ongoing thinking about the theme and include examples.  Project should cover the majority of the field experience.  Address these four questions:

Scholarly Readings for Final Project Paper (continued)

Label each section:

 

A..       What is the issue?  Explain devlopmental context and current situation using data/examples. This is a brief summary of topics relationship to the HDFS field.

 

B.         What is your understanding of the situation(s) from a developmental perspective?  What are your sources of information (research /experiential)? Describe the culture’s of the organization(s).   Define what parts are you looking at for this paper? (Describe them.)?

 

C.        Use the readings, research and your analysis (articles, texts and examples)discuss your finding(s) regarding this case or issues relationship to Human Development. (Be specific as to conceptual, theoretical or historical points of connection or contrast to Human Development). 

 

                     D.           Assess the learning outcomes and summarize your overall assessment of                       

                                   This experience you studies and wrote about. Give both your cognitive  

                                  and affective responses.

 

 

 

 

Assignment 3

Paper = 3 pages

 

 

 

·        Final Journal Entry Paper (20%) = due last week of Field Experience

§         Summary of Field Experience Site/Role = What you did.

§         Self-reflection on the experiences strengths, challenges and weaknesses as related to the whole experience (synthesis of journal entries for example)

§         Show specific analysis of connections between field experience and HDFS

Assignment 4

Participation

 

 

 

·        Participation (on-time submissions, meetings, hours met, etc.) (20%)

·        Demonstrates note taking on experiences

·        Demonstrate having done readings

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specific Expectations:

Student

# Credits

#1

Reflective Entries in Journals and formal papers*

Scholarly Readings[1]

#2

Scholarly Project

#3

Final Journal

 

 

Weekly

Weekly

6 Scholarly Sources

 

task

6

notes

reading

 1 paper

1 paper

outcome

 

*4 papers

information

paper

paper

 

 

Please attach this sheet to each of the 4 papers:

 

4  JOURNAL PAPERS

Approx. 1 per 15  hours

NAME:

DATE:

 

FORMAT FOR EACH FORMAL JOURNAL PAPER:  Length 3 pages ( typed / dbl sp) or 5 handwritten

 

DICE  =  Describes, Interprets, Contrasts & Emotions

 

D  =  Describe briefly your understanding of the event’s major activities or behaviors.  This           should give me the major point(s) defining what happened.  It is a brief statement of what happened without interpretation or explanation.

 

I  =  Interpretation of the events(s) from the culture of the group and from your own

Cultural and developmental perspectives.  Use the HDFS course materials to support your interpretation(s) with theory and/or references

 

C  =  Clearly explain and define differences and similarities as compared with your courses in HDFS or related studies regards to this field experience. 

 

E  =  Emotion related to the experience should be discussed.  Did your feelings

change over time?  Discuss your feeling before during and after the event. What was the source of your feelings?  How did your emotion impact your experience of the event? Focus this section on feelings only, not logic.  Do not use the words: “I think/thought.”

 

 

MEETINGS

 

 

 

For each meeting we will review your notes (handwritten are fine) and your paper ( approx. 1 per meeting).  I will send reading during the field experience for us to discuss as well.