An Ecological Approach to Experiential Learning in An Inner-City Context

Authors

Pauline Garcia-Reid, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Robert Reid, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Bradley Forenza, Montclair State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Journal / Book Title

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Abstract

In-depth, qualitative interviewing was employed to describe processes and competencies experienced by family science interns, who practiced in a high-risk ecological context. Twenty interns from a 3-year period were recruited. All had interned on the same federally funded, HIV/substance abuse prevention grant in the same focal city. Within this sample, it was determined that experiential learning-vis-à-vis the internship-facilitated both intrapersonal processes and ecological competencies for family science interns, who may otherwise have lacked this knowledge when assuming professional roles. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.

DOI

10.1111/fcsr.12071

MSU Digital Commons Citation

Garcia-Reid, Pauline; Reid, Robert; and Forenza, Bradley, "An Ecological Approach to Experiential Learning in An Inner-City Context" (2014). Department of Family Science and Human Development Scholarship and Creative Works. 29.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/familysci-facpubs/29

Published Citation

Garcia‐Reid, P., Reid, R. J., & Forenza, B. (2014). An ecological approach to experiential learning in an inner‐city context. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 42(4), 386-396.