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Dr.
Mark Benson, faculty member: "Dr. Mark Benson,
faculty member: As a faculty member in human development,
I particularly value our department’s commitment
to research and teaching excellence. While being prolific
researchers, our faculty are highly committed to teaching
and experiential learning. For example, in one of my classes, Advanced
Helping Skills, I present a power point lecture, video
clips of professionals, and exercises that generate ideas.
And in that course too, students practice helping skills
and do interviews with adolescents. When students do their
field study, they apply those skills in the community.
In another undergraduate course, Middle Childhood and
Adolescence, I integrate theory, research, and practice.
I present my own research on parent and adolescent relationships,
and students see how I develop a theoretical rationale,
they hear anecdotes about data collection, and they gain
insights into analyzing data. In general this is a superb
department for developing professionals, who have a firm
grounding in theory, research, and practice, and they go
out and make a difference." audio |
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