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Mentoring Undergraduates with Professional and Liberal Arts Goals: The Mass Communication Experience
Author(s) -
Cohen Jeremy
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
new directions for teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1536-0768
pISSN - 0271-0633
DOI - 10.1002/tl.6
Subject(s) - liberal arts education , pedagogy , journalism , sociology , the arts , reflection (computer programming) , process (computing) , psychology , public relations , higher education , political science , media studies , law , computer science , programming language , operating system
Working in journalism and mass communication is an act of civic participation. Students, therefore, must be mentored to see the relationship between the liberal arts and the communication professions. Mentors should engage students in careful reflection and assist in the process of self‐understanding.