期刊名称：Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1842-2845
出版年度：2019
卷号：15
期号：57
页码：67-85
DOI：10.24193/tras.57E.5
出版社：Babes Bolyai University
摘要：During professional practice stages students
use the skills and knowledge previously acquired
via formal classes, create networks, find mentors,
enter into contact with citizens and their
problems and obtain much needed professional
experience, while simultaneously improving their
theoretical knowledge and skills as a result of
working side by side with practitioners in host organizations.
As such, the main goal of this paper
is to provide a general overview of professional
practice in Romanian public administration education
by looking at the undergraduate students’
satisfaction regarding the practicum stage in different
host institutions.
The data (N = 89) collected from undergraduate
students in a public administration program
allows us to explore: their satisfaction with different
aspects of professional practice (ranging
from resources to new knowledge acquired),
the strengths and weaknesses of practicum, the
perceived utility of such activities and potential
improvement measures. Going further than a
simple descriptive analysis, our data also shows
that the perceived benefits of professional practice
can be reduced to two latent classes of utilities/benefits:
those related to the new skills and
knowledge acquired and the interactions with
practitioners and citizens.
其他摘要：During professional practice stages students use the skills and knowledge previously acquired via formal classes, create networks, find mentors, enter into contact with citizens and their problems and obtain much needed professional experience, while simultaneously improving their theoretical knowledge and skills as a result of working side by side with practitioners in host organizations. As such, the main goal of this paper is to provide a general overview of professional practice in Romanian public administration education by looking at the undergraduate students’ satisfaction regarding the practicum stage in different host institutions. The data (N = 89) collected from undergraduate students in a public administration program allows us to explore: their satisfaction with different aspects of professional practice (ranging from resources to new knowledge acquired), the strengths and weaknesses of practicum, the perceived utility of such activities and potential improvement measures. Going further than a simple descriptive analysis, our data also shows that the perceived benefits of professional practice can be reduced to two latent classes of utilities/benefits: those related to the new skills and knowledge acquired and the interactions with practitioners and citizens.
其他关键词：practicum;public administration education;curricula improvement;Romania;undergraduate students
