Table 1 

[from, "Learning outside the classroom: The undergraduate gerontology internship" by D. D. VonDras and K. Miller (2002),  Educational Gerontology, 28, 881-894.]

A scaffolding of potential learning goals for an undergraduate internship in a nursing home, juxtaposed with Bloom’s (1956) taxonomy of educational objectives.

Fundamental goals

Bloom’s educational objectives

§         Develop an awareness and understanding of individual differences in residents’ behaviors

 

Gain knowledge and comprehension

§         Develop an awareness and understanding of family dynamics and social systems from the perspective of the older adult

 

 

§         Develop an awareness and understanding of professional staffs’ duties and ethical responsibilities

 

 

§         Take part in and assist in the planning and coordination of nursing home activities

 

§         Assist in ongoing research project

Apply knowledge

 

Complex goals  

 

  

§         Plan and lead nursing home activities

 

§         Make unique contribution to ongoing research project

 

Analysis and synthesis of knowledge

§         Plan and conduct a unique research project that focuses on solving a problem

 

Evaluate knowledge to solve problems