The Development Needs of Student Media Staff

Candace Walton

University of South Dakota

Friday, 9a, Directors Row 47, 4th floor

Introduction to Student Development Theory

• Chickering’s Vectors

• Schlossberg’s Transition Theory

• Perry’s Theory of Intellectual and Ethical Development

Chickering

7 Vectors1. Developing Competence2. Managing Emotions3. Moving through autonomy toward

interdependence4. Developing mature interpersonal relationships5. Establishing identity6. Developing purpose7. Developing integrity

Chickering

Environmental Influences

Institutional Objectives: Programs, consistency in policies, program and practices

Student Faculty Relationship: Curriculum, Teaching, Friendships and Communities

Chickering

Useful for programming priorities and strategies.

Competence, autonomy, interpersonal and humanitarian concern.

Schlossberg’s Transition Theory

• 3 Non-Discrete Types– Anticipated– Unanticipated– Non-Events

Schlossberg cont’d

• 4 S’s– Situation– Self– Support– Strategies

Perry’s Theory of Intellectual and Ethical Development

• Basic Duality• Multiplicity• Relativism• Commitment in Relativism

Stops in developmenttemporizingescaperetreat

Perry Cont’d

• Structure

• Diversity

• Experiential Learning

• Personalism

Applied to Student Media:

• Chickering explains to us what is likely to occur next and gives us guidance on how to prepare for the next stage.

• Freshmen (about 18 years old) are in stage 2-4

• Seniors can be at ANY stage

Student Mediaand Student Development

• Use for understanding emotions

• Making programming decisions

• Planning session times

• Understand ethical and intellectual development

Candace WaltonUniversity of South Dakota

CWalton@usd.edu

http://www.usd.edu/~cwalton