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Effectiveness of Internship in Fostering Learning: The Case of African Rural University
Florence Ndibuuza
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5542/2016.01.004
African Rural University, Kagadi-Kibaale, Uganda
Internship is deemed to be a prerequisite for a 21st Century graduate to survive in the world of work. It’s on the basis of this that this study sought to establish the effectiveness of internship in respect to learning in the field among undergraduates of African Rural University. The quantitative survey involved 23 students and 53 community members who filled a questionnaire and an interview guide respectively. Data analysis involved the use of percentages, means and multiple regression. The results of the study revealed that the three independent variables: cognitive, behavioral, and environmental learning experience (CLE, BLE and ELE) were not correlates of internship. It’s upon this background that it was recommended that the key players of the university ought to lay undue emphasis on enhancing CLE, BLE, and ELE, rather effort should be put on other elements to learning.
internship, learning, cognitive, behavioral and environmental experience
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