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Announcement:
Discovery Projects




Dear Second-year Advocate:

The following info is about a course that will either count as your internship or that you can take even if you've already done an internship.

It's from Millie Bentley, a former College Park Scholars staff member whose whole job was to do what's described below (for all CPS programs). If you think you MIGHT be interested, give the new co-ordinator, John Cordes a call (301-314-9476) or e-mail (jcordes@glue.umd.edu) and ask him to tell you more about it.



Advocates for Children Students...

Are you still thinking about your spring course schedule? Are you looking for something new? We'd like to invite you to register for a new 3-credit course this spring: Discovery Projects: "Exploring Community" (CPS 258C)! [now 259C]

Discovery Projects are a new approach to learning: you will conduct primary source research with your peers under the mentorship of CPS faculty and staff. Unlike regular courses, there will only be a few class meetings, and most of your work will be completed in small groups. At the end of the semester, you will have completed an activities log and created a culminating project of your choice. Unlike regular courses, you will do research by conducting interviews, ethnographic observations, and content analyses. You may not need to go to the library, and you certainly won't need to write a paper! The objectives of Discovery Projects are to give you opportunities to:

Throughout this course you will explore the concept of "community" as it applies to your campus. By familiarizing yourself with the services and resources available to children and family on campus, you will learn of the complex challenges faced by child and youth advocates. Throughout the semester you will engage in a variety of structured activities that will help you to "map" your campus as a community for children and families. At the end of the semester, you will compile this information and create one of the following: a directory of resources, a map of campus, a web-site, or another project of your choice!

This new course is the result of a grant that College Park Scholars has received from the U.S. Department of Education.


If you'd like more information, see Dr. Al Gardner or Discovery Projects Co-ordinator John Cordes (301-314-9476), e-mail (jcordes@glue.umd.edu).


For a bit more (and more current) information about this internship alternative, see the relevant section of the Fall, 2000 "Internships: Basic Information for Students" page.




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