Perspective Transformation via Service-Learning in Family Life Education Methodology

Pivoting from Face-to-Face Internships to Virtual Internships: Lessons Learned by Two Family Life Educators

“…In recent years, various family science scholars have shared best practices and research related to the value of internships for family life educators and family science programs. They noted that internships should provide students with an opportunity to learn and practice principles of family life education (e.g., Ballard & Carroll, 2005;Newman & Schmitt, 2017;Taylor et al, 2017;Tobias, 2017;Tobias & Hoff, 2016). They advocated for careful planning of internship goals, site selection, supervision, and opportunities to reflect on learning and apply family life education principles in real-world settings.…”