Two for the Price of One: A Work-Family Activity that Enhances Graduate Student Teachers’ and Undergraduate Recipients’ Learning
- Shera C. Thomas-Jackson, Human Development and Family Sciences, Texas Tech University
- Anisa Zvonkovic, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Georgia
- Alan Reifman, Human Development and Family Sciences, Texas Tech University
- Marcus Tanner, President and co-owner of HealingChoice™ & Owner of Planning the Practice
- Andrea Swenson, National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety and the National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute
Abstract
This paper details experiential and active learning activities at two levels. The first level, a graduate-level course on Work and Family, had students create a lesson plan on work and family, spillover, and conflict and include an active learning component within various undergraduate-level courses already offered. This assignment allowed the graduate students to grow in their knowledge of work and family and advance their teaching scholarship—the second level involved undergraduate courses. The undergraduate students in the various classes that received the work and family activity were also able to enhance their understanding of the topic in an active learning environment. An evaluation component enhanced the graduate students’ research understanding.
