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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
