Project Details

A two-year project, being undertaken by Massey University, to develop a tool for evaluating the impact of teaching practice on post-graduate learners undertaking professional psychology internships.

Aims:

The main aims of the project are to:

  • develop a multi-stakeholder evaluation instrument, tailor-made for postgraduate professional psychology training programmes
  • produce an instrument with parallel forms for intern, graduate, supervisor and employer stakeholders
  • produce tools that can easily be adapted for other professional and vocational internship programme evaluations
  • publish an e-book that will allow us to make available the rationale for item and scale construction so that other programme directors can more easily identify any adaptations that may be required to suit their needs.

Methodology:

  • Over one hundred students and graduates, along with their supervisors and employers from ten cohorts, will be invited to participate.
  • Qualitative and quantitative data from evaluating each training programme will be used both in evaluation of that programme, and for refining the instrument.

 

Team

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Dr Barbara Kennedy

Project Lead

Massey University
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Dr Michael Philipp

Massey University
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Sara Herkt

Massey University

Status

In progress

Funding

$19,465.00 (excl GST)

$9,659.00 Regional Hub Project Fund
$9,806.00 Massey University

Key Findings

Key Recommendations

Multi-stakeholder Feedback on Learning and Teaching in Professional Programmes and Work-Integrated Learning Contexts

An evaluation tool that gathers feedback from students and multiple stakeholders, who are involved in work-integrated learning (WIL), to evaluate the impact of teaching practice on post-graduate learners undertaking professional psychology internships. It can be adapted for other professional and vocational internship programs engaged in WIL at the tertiary level.

  • 26 May 2023
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