Internships³ for Students

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As a student, you take the lead in the Praxis³ process. You set your own personal development goals, conduct your self-assessment using the Praxis³ reflection tool, and provide your school and university advisors with the links for their external assessments.

You then use these different perspectives, together with your development goals, as the basis for counseling and reflection sessions.

The Most Important Points at a Glance

In the standard version of the program, you’ll use the Praxis³ reflection tool. There, you’ll begin your own self-assessment and receive links that your school and university advisors can use to submit their external evaluations.

The Most Important Points at a Glance: Launch the Praxis³ Reflection Tool

Here's how to do it:

1. Set Development Goals

Reflect on your development to date and set personal goals that you would like to work toward during your internship.

2. Start the Self-Assessment

Open the Practice³ reflection tool and complete the self-assessment designated for your practicum phase.

3. Obtain External Evaluations

The reflection tool provides you with personalized links for the external evaluations. Be sure to share the links with your school and university advisors in a timely manner.

4. Compare Assessments

Consider the results from different perspectives. Pay attention to both the similarities and differences between your own assessment and those of the people accompanying you.

5. Conduct a Reflection Session

Bring your development goals and the results of your self-assessments and peer evaluations to the scheduled counseling and reflection session.

6. Continue Pursuing Development Goals

Record key insights from the conversation and consider which goals you would like to continue pursuing, refine, or reformulate.

Key Elements for Your Reflection

Her Development Goals

Your personal development goals will guide you through the practical phase. They are designed to help you consciously focus on your own development and set specific priorities for your future work.

During the reflection session, you can work with your mentors to assess which goals are still relevant, which have already been achieved, and where new areas for development have become apparent.

Self-assessments and peer assessments

The self-assessment allows you to evaluate your current level of development from your own perspective. In addition, you will receive assessments from your school and university advisors.

The goal is not for all assessments to agree. In fact, differing perspectives can serve as important starting points for your discussion together.

Be Well Prepared for the Reflection Meeting

Before the reflection meeting, you should review your previous development goals as well as the results of your self-assessments and peer assessments:

▸ Where do the different assessments align?
▸ Where are there differences?
▸ What surprised you?
▸ What progress do you personally notice?
▸ Which goals would you like to continue working on?
▸ Would you like to change a previous goal or set a new one?

Practicum³, Practicum Report, and Mahara

Insights gained from practical experience³ and your continued work on your development goals can be incorporated into the reflection and documentation in your internship report.

At the University of Kassel, Mahara is generally used to create and document the internship report as an ePortfolio. You can find out the specific procedures for your seminar and the content required for your internship report from your seminar instructor and on the page for your respective practical training phase.

Therefore, information on the scope, examination requirements, and the appropriate Mahara template cannot be found on this Praxis³ page, but rather under “Basic Internship,” “Practical Semester,” or the respective “School-Based Practical Studies” sections.

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Alternative Implementation or Documentation

If the implementation or documentation is to differ from the intended format, the alternative approach must be coordinated with your seminar instructor in advance and approved by them. Therefore, do not switch to an alternative format on your own.

Questions or problems?

Questions about Praxis³ or the reflection tool

If you have questions about self-assessments and peer assessments, the Praxis³ process, or the reflection tool, you can contact the Praxis³ team at:

praxis3[at]uni-kassel[dot]de

Questions about Mahara

For technical or usage-related questions about Mahara, please contact Mahara/ePortfolio Support at:

refsps.eportfolio[at]uni-kassel[dot]de