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Getting the Most Out of Your Graduate Education

Getting the Most Out of Your Graduate Education. John Stevenson, PT, PhD Associate Dean of Graduate Studies. What can you expect of your graduate education at GVSU?. What are student expectations of faculty?. Faculty are current in their discipline

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Getting the Most Out of Your Graduate Education

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  1. Getting the Most Out of Your Graduate Education John Stevenson, PT, PhD Associate Dean of Graduate Studies

  2. What can you expect of yourgraduate education at GVSU?

  3. What are student expectations of faculty? • Faculty are current in their discipline • Have broad and deep knowledge of their area(s) of scholarship • Are active in their professional organizations and societies • Share an ‘insider’s knowledge’ with their students

  4. What are student expectations of faculty? • Faculty use instructional techniques that are age- and experience-appropriate for their students • Make use of ‘adult learner’ strategies and can facilitate deep learning • Give prompt and meaningful feedback that fosters professional development • Are judicious in their critical appraisal of student work

  5. What are student expectations of faculty? • What other expectations do students have? • Faculty are… • Approachable • Understanding of a graduate student’s life outside of class • Others?

  6. What are faculty expectations of graduate students? • Greater initiative and self-directed learning • More professional behaviors (in and out of class) • Communication • Time management • Feedback • Responsibility • Collegiality/cooperation with peers and faculty • Integrity and honest effort • Build on previous learning & experience

  7. What really makes graduate education work? • Faculty mentorship… being mentored by a graduate faculty member makes the graduate program • Faculty role(s) as mentors… • Motivator … push/pull you to do your best • Constructive critic… provide you honest feedback that results in significant improvements • Experienced colleague… can offer experiential wisdom that is helpful • Friendly guide… can help you safely & effectively navigate a path • Supportive professional… for long-term relationship

  8. How do you find a mentor? • Read faculty bios for your degree program • Graduate program website & Student Handbook • Meet your program faculty at degree program orientations • Talk with existing students further through the program • Talk with your program director & faculty • Talk with program alumni • Other ways?

  9. What are some recommendations for success? • Lessons learned, from mentoring research… • *Engage with multiple mentors • *Mentoring relationships will change • *Effective mentoring relationships are organic • *Everyone needs a mentor(s)!

  10. http://www.gvsu.edu/paces/register Enriching Your Success and Professional Development

  11. Best Wishes for a Successful Graduate Education Experience at Grand Valley!

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