Student musicians' experiences of reflexivity during internships: Personal narratives and complex modalities

A presumption behind work-integrated learning activities such as internship programmes is that student thinking will shift as a result of exposure to industry practice. We wondered if all students experience this change in the positive sense that teachers expect. To examine this presumption we asked...

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Main Authors: Bennett, Dawn, Reid, A., Rowley, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: SAGE publishers 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55187
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description A presumption behind work-integrated learning activities such as internship programmes is that student thinking will shift as a result of exposure to industry practice. We wondered if all students experience this change in the positive sense that teachers expect. To examine this presumption we asked to what extent and in what ways students reorient their thinking about self and identity as a result of an internship experience. Analysis of student reflections following a structured internship programme leads us to believe that not all students experience a shift in thinking, and that their personal narratives speak instead to a complex relation of modalities.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-551872017-11-15T06:20:05Z Student musicians' experiences of reflexivity during internships: Personal narratives and complex modalities Bennett, Dawn Reid, A. Rowley, J. A presumption behind work-integrated learning activities such as internship programmes is that student thinking will shift as a result of exposure to industry practice. We wondered if all students experience this change in the positive sense that teachers expect. To examine this presumption we asked to what extent and in what ways students reorient their thinking about self and identity as a result of an internship experience. Analysis of student reflections following a structured internship programme leads us to believe that not all students experience a shift in thinking, and that their personal narratives speak instead to a complex relation of modalities. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55187 10.1177/0255761416689843 SAGE publishers fulltext
spellingShingle Bennett, Dawn
Reid, A.
Rowley, J.
Student musicians' experiences of reflexivity during internships: Personal narratives and complex modalities
title Student musicians' experiences of reflexivity during internships: Personal narratives and complex modalities
title_full Student musicians' experiences of reflexivity during internships: Personal narratives and complex modalities
title_fullStr Student musicians' experiences of reflexivity during internships: Personal narratives and complex modalities
title_full_unstemmed Student musicians' experiences of reflexivity during internships: Personal narratives and complex modalities
title_short Student musicians' experiences of reflexivity during internships: Personal narratives and complex modalities
title_sort student musicians' experiences of reflexivity during internships: personal narratives and complex modalities
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55187