My Practicum Experience
In my opinion, the message I feel like this article is trying to convey is how practicum experience can help improves one's career commitment, self-efficacy, and job attainment confidence. I also feel like the authors are trying to get readers to understand how important practicum is throughout the world. To better understand the impact of a practicum the authors focused on students who had practicum experience and those who did not have practicum experience.
What I learned from the article is that there is clarity of vocational preference with students who did not have practicum experience. However, there is not a difference between those who did and did not have practicum experience in the areas of career commitment, self-efficacy, and job attainment. Based upon my current practicum experience, I feel personally feel like my career commitment remained the same as to when I first started my practicum. However, I feel like if it's something a person really has a passion for and really wants to do, then they will be committed to doing whatever it is no matter how their practicum experience is or was. For example, I do not like some of the things at my current practicum, but I still manage to get up every morning to attend IBAA because ABA is something I …show more content…
In my opinion, I feel like the students should had practicum experience and non-practicum experience to determine if it was helpful or not. I do not feel as though the research conducted is enough to determine the impact on a practicum. Overall, I feel like this article is one that many people can agree with and benefit from at the same time. It helped me realize the purpose of a practicum and how it is supposed to be helpful. Like I stated previously, I feel like my current practicum has helped increase my level of commitment, self-efficacy, and job attainment. It also helped me determine if ABA is the right career choice for
What I learned from the article is that there is clarity of vocational preference with students who did not have practicum experience. However, there is not a difference between those who did and did not have practicum experience in the areas of career commitment, self-efficacy, and job attainment. Based upon my current practicum experience, I feel personally feel like my career commitment remained the same as to when I first started my practicum. However, I feel like if it's something a person really has a passion for and really wants to do, then they will be committed to doing whatever it is no matter how their practicum experience is or was. For example, I do not like some of the things at my current practicum, but I still manage to get up every morning to attend IBAA because ABA is something I …show more content…
In my opinion, I feel like the students should had practicum experience and non-practicum experience to determine if it was helpful or not. I do not feel as though the research conducted is enough to determine the impact on a practicum. Overall, I feel like this article is one that many people can agree with and benefit from at the same time. It helped me realize the purpose of a practicum and how it is supposed to be helpful. Like I stated previously, I feel like my current practicum has helped increase my level of commitment, self-efficacy, and job attainment. It also helped me determine if ABA is the right career choice for