GCU LDR462 Discussions Latest 2022 April (Full)

LDR462 Professional Applications in Service Learning II

Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 Provide a brief explanation of your educational and career goals. What drew you to your major and future vocation? Would you describe the choice as a calling? Why or why not?

DQ2 Describe how a volunteer experience can enrich your future career. Explore the Tutoring and Career Services for Online Students on the GCU website (provided in Class Resources) and determine how you can leverage these resources to help you during and after the completion of your program of study.

LDR462 Professional Applications in Service Learning II

Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 Review "Why Is an Internship Important?" located in the topic Resources. Select two items from the list of benefits presented and discuss why a volunteer or internship experience would be beneficial for obtaining a position in your desired career field.

DQ2 Review the resources related to the benefits of keeping a journal as it relates to your course work and career. Discuss a minimum of two ways that journal writing can benefit your future career goals.

LDR462 Professional Applications in Service Learning II

Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 Consider a problem or issue you may be currently encountering in your volunteer experience, in your academic or work experience, or in your personal life and apply the IDEAL problem-solving model. Discuss how you can work to resolve the problem using the IDEAL model. Additionally, reflect on a problem or issue that you encountered in the past. What did you learn from that experience in trying to resolve the problem or issue and how could you have applied the IDEAL problem-solving model to reach an effective resolution?

DQ2 Research one or two additional problem-solving strategies and describe how those strategies could benefit you as you encounter problems or issues in your volunteer experience or everyday life.

LDR462 Professional Applications in Service Learning II

Week 4 Discussion

DQ1 After reading "The Decision-Making Process," located in the topic Resources, review the four consumer decision-making models: economic model, passive model, cognitive model, and emotional model.

Select two of the models and compare the process and approach of the models. Identify an education or work situation in which you have had to utilize one of the two models you selected.

DQ2 After reading "The Decision-Making Process," located in the topic Resources, plan how you will take further steps to "know yourself" and "know the world of work." Discuss how you will merge these two sets of information to make better career decisions.

LDR462 Professional Applications in Service Learning II

Week 5 Discussion

DQ1 Select two things you learned in your coursework at GCU that helped you most with your volunteer experience. Share how these learning outcomes benefitted you during your volunteer experience.

DQ2 After finishing this course and considering your future career, how confident are you in your career choice? Take the "Career Quiz" from The Princeton Review, provided in the topic Resources. Share your results and recommended career options. Discuss whether the results surprised you.