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What are Practicums?

Practicums are group-based (2-5 member teams) learning courses, which give students the opportunity to engage in community-based research in partnership with community organisations. This course takes place over 2 semesters, from August each year till May the following year.

 

CTPCLC collaborates with a variety of different community organizations to offer Practicums to students. Alternatively, the student can bring in a community partner and scope a potential research topic with a faculty advisor from CTPCLC. Please approach a faculty advisor at CTPCLC one academic semester in advance of the year you are planning to bring in a community partner.

CTPCLC will then advertise the Practicum for student recruitment.

Students will be pre-allocated the course, based on their cohort year requirements, during course registration exercise if they have been selected to join a project.

Procedure for Practicums

 

Kick-off meeting: Students are expected to attend a kick-off meeting to commence the project. This will take place during the semester break and they are expected to start working on the project before the beginning of the semester to have enough time to complete data collection and analysis.

Workflow: After kick-off, students are expected to put together a research proposal for review by the partner organization and faculty advisor, followed by an application for ethics review (if applicable). Once ethics approval has been given, students can embark on data collection, data analysis and reporting.

Deliverables: students are required to present the research to the partner organization, submit a final report, a reflection piece, and peer review.

If you encounter any difficulties when embarking on the Practicum, you may approach CTPCLC staff for assistance. For further enquiries, please send an email to ctpclc@nus.edu.sg

Frequently Asked Questions on Practicums

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