The Internship Experience and Clarification of Career Choice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11064025 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jerry Neapolitan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 222 |
| Publication date | 1992-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Teaching Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-055X • E-ISSN: 1939-862X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1319064 |
| OpenAlex | W2024521970 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 4 |
The use of internships in educating sociology majors has increased in recent years so that currently most departments offer some type of internship opportunity. Most programs are on a small scale, offering three or four hours of course credit. Although a major justification of internship programs is that they help students in career choice clarification, there has been little hard evidence that small-scale programs achieve this end. Using qualitative and quantitative data to evaluate a small-scale internship program, this research found that it helped students significantly in clarifying career choices, by providing information on occupations, reducing indecisiveness and anxiety regarding choice, and increasing confidence in the ability to choose
Career development · Higher education · Internship · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Career Development and Diversity · Higher Education and Employability · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences · Psychology
Doing Sociology
What Should Criminal Justice Interns Know? Comparing the Opinions of Student Interns and Criminal Justice Practitioners
Evaluation of a Criminal Justice Internship Program
Assessing the undergraduate intern experience
A Preliminary Analysis of the Factors Affecting Satisfaction with the Police Practicum Credit Program in South Korea
Beyond the Classroom
You Make Your Own Luck”
The impact of internship in public organizations on university students’ perceptions and career choice
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1996 - 2023 (28) |
| Highly cited | No |