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The praxis assignment: experiential learning in a large social-community psychology class
Regina Day Langhout1, Danielle Kohfeldt, Amy Chamberlain
1Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA. langhout@ucsc.edu
Abstract:
In this article, a faculty member, a graduate student teaching assistant, and four undergraduates describe their experiences with a "Day of Social Justice Praxis Assignment" as a form of experiential learning in a 120-person social-community psychology course. The faculty member lays out the goals of the course and her hopes for the specific assignment. The undergraduates reflect on their experience with the assignment, and the graduate student contextualizes how their work is reflective or not reflective of the work produced in the class and course concepts. The article ends with a critical and frank discussion of the benefits and drawbacks of the assignment.
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