Reflections on Mainstreaming Internship in University Curricula with specific reference to the Experience of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Makerere University
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Date
2013
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Makerere Journal of Higher Education
Abstract
Makerere University mainstreamed field based learning (internship)
into all its undergraduate study programmes. Initially internship was conducted
only in professional courses like Education, Social Work and Law. However, due
to criticism that the University was producing graduates who are not in touch
with the realities in the workplace, the University rethought it approach and now
requires all second year undergraduate students to undergo internship. Although
this change presented several opportunities, mainstreaming internship across a
multiplicity of study programmes also presented numerous challenges. This paper
provides an ethnographic reflection of three of the university’s academics
(involved in the supervision of students’ internship) on these challenges. It also
discusses their lessons from participating in the implementation of the internship
programme.
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Internship, Curriculum innovation, Higher education reform
Citation
Ochen, E. A., Olowo-Onyango, E., & Mpyangu, C. M. (2013). Reflections on Mainstreaming Internship in University Curricula with specific reference to the Experience of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Makerere University. Makerere Journal of Higher Education, 5(1), 67-80. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/majohe.v5i1.5