Introducing Research to Graduate Students in the Helping Professions

This article presents an alternative to the typical approaches used in introductory research courses through emphasis on the logic and creativity of the research process and on the problems of equating research with statistics early in one's training.     

Minority Students and the Health Professions

Individuals from minority groups are underrepresented in medical school. . . . We must achieve a 12 percent representation of these individuals in the health professions . . . in order to equate the number of students from minority groups in medical school with the percentage of their distribution in the population at large. [Cooper, 1970]     

Pathways From Toddler Information Processing to Adolescent Lexical Proficiency

This study examined the relation of 3‐year core information‐processing abilities to lexical growth and development. The core abilities covered four domains—memory, representational competence (cross‐modal transfer), processing speed, and attention. Lexical proficiency was assessed at 3 and 13 years with the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) and verbal fluency. The sample (N = 128) consisted of 43 preterms (< 1750 g) and 85 full‐terms. Structural equation modeling indicated concurrent relations of toddler information processing and language proficiency and, independent of stability in language, direct predictive links between (a) 3‐year cross‐modal ability and 13‐year PPVT and (b) 3‐year processing speed and both 13‐year measures, PPVT and verbal fluency. Thus, toddler information processing was related to growth in lexical proficiency from 3 to 13 years.     

Creating Pathways to College for Migrant Students: Assessing a Migrant Outreach Program

Migrant students are among the most disadvantaged of any groups in the United States, yet little is understood about factors that facilitate their college access. College access outreach programs rarely collect data on whether and where their students go to college. This longitudinal study tracked the college-going behaviors of migrant students who participated in the Migrant Student Leadership Institute (MSLI), a program whose goals include increasing migrant students' 4-year college access. The program emphasizes developing students' capacity for critical thinking about sociopolitical conditions, as well as their academic preparation for, and knowledge about, college. Results from analyses using an equivalent comparison group suggest that the program positively affected participants' application rates to, and enrollment rates in, more selective California public higher education institutions, including campuses of the University of California (UC) system. This article addresses factors that potentially accounted for these outcomes.     

高校冷门专业贫困生心理问题透析

随着我国高校招生规模不断扩大,冷门专业的贫困生已成为高校大学生中一个不可忽视的特殊群体。由于家庭、社会及个人因素,他们在心理上存在自卑、焦虑等心理问题,高校应该通过各种切实有效的措施,关注解决冷门专业大学生的心理健康问题。     

Marketing Counseling: What Counseling Can Learn From Other Health Care Professions

Counselors can benefit from the knowledge gained by health care professionals to meet clients needs more effectively. Marketing strategies can be used as tools to meet this end.     

Vocational Aspirations and Perceived Self-Efficacy of Doctoral Students in the Counseling Professions

A national survey was conducted to assess the preferred settings, work activities, and perceived levels of competency of doctoral students in CACREP- and APA-accredited programs.     

STEM Pathways for Black and Latinx Middle and High School Students

The Urban Review - Considering the growth and promising outlook of STEM occupations and the significant need to diversify STEM, the present study explored Black and Latinx youths’ situated...     

在电磁学答疑中引发的思考

在讲述高斯定理和安培环路定律时，若能辅以较形象的图示结合数学公式进行讲解，即使数学基础较差的学生也能很好地理解、掌握并准确地应用这两个定理。     

From the Classroom to the Capitol-From MSW Students to Advocates

ABSTRACT

The improvement of teaching has taken on heightened significance at the college level during the past five years. While research and scholarship remain priorities, the quality of teaching is being assessed through the documentation of teaching methods and strategies for active learning in the classroom. The product of super teaching, enhanced student participation, is a major reward. This article describes techniques for active learning and how students react to the use of a series of techniques to enhance their participation in the classroom.     

Developing Positive Attitudes Toward Interprofessional Collaboration Among Students in the Health Care Professions

This study examined whether attitudes toward interprofessional collaboration (Physician-Nurse, Physician-Social Worker, Nurse-Social Worker) held by medical, social work, and nursing students changed after completing an interprofessional curriculum consisting of (a) Interprofessional Education Development Session and (b) the Senior Aging and Geriatrics Educator mentoring program. The 15-item original and two modified versions of the Jefferson School of Attitudes Toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration (JSAPNC) were administered as pretest/posttest. Of the 186 participants who completed the pretest, 156 (84%) completed the posttest. Results showed that the medical students (n = 52) reported the most positive change in attitude toward all three pairs of interprofessional collaboration. Social work students (n = 55) reported the least positive attitudes toward Physician-Social Worker collaboration and nursing students (n = 49) reported the least positive attitudes toward Physician-Nurse collaboration. It is recommended to evaluate the interprofessional curriculum and other factors, such as the possible influence of the facilitator in group discussions, and that future studies include a rigorous design that monitors content of each educational session to ensure integrity across groups. Postgraduate follow-up measures could be used to enhance positive attitudes toward interprofessional collaboration.     

Evaluation of Education for the Professions

All who educate for the professions share certain common problems: (a) defining the professional's role in precise terms, (b) identifying the essential components to prepare him to function in that role, (c) developing these into an adequate program, (d) selecting good prospects for the profession, (e) appraising the adequacy of the program, and (f) encouraging the growth of professionals in practice. Because instruments available for screening prospective professionals are far from perfect, and using the data obtained from them tends to involve tough decisions, too many who educate for the professions tend to rely primarily on candidates' earlier academic records and measures of scholastic aptitude. Instead, they must continue to try to identify those unique factors which contribute to success in practice and develop measuring instruments, observation techniques, and/or standard interviews which can be used to predict success prior to admission to professional preparation programs. Finally, there can be no substitute for committed staff members who can teach, who care about their students as persons, who can encourage and excite learning, and who can do the necessary research to improve the quality of professional services.     

Opportunities to Explore for Gifted STEM Students in Korea: From Admissions Criteria to Curriculum

The admission process and curriculum for gifted students are crucial because they provide opportunities to explore (OTE) for gifted science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students. Korean specialized STEM schools, science academies (SAs) and science high schools (SHSs), claim that their screening process and curricula are based on their educational philosophy and goals. This article examines how SAs and SHSs make efforts to offer OTE in STEM disciplines by controlling the admission process and curriculum. It is found that SAs have enough flexibility in providing OTE that emphasize creativity. SHSs, however, are limited in providing such OTE and instead value high achievement more.     

专科生如何适应新的就业形势

针对目前专科毕业生就业难的问题,从主、客观两方面分析了所产生的原因,同时,对如何转变择业观念,提出了学校应加强引导学生调整心态等项工作,以适应新形势的要求。     

What Young Students in a Major Industrial City Think About the Prestige of Professions

Research on factors affecting the prestige of engineering and blue-collar occupations in Russia shows that, in addition to such things as intrinsic interest and expected income, young people's views are influenced by the kinds of people who typically go into various kinds of occupation.     

Understanding Transition Pathways of International Development Assistance Students: With more respect to stakeholders

Tertiary Education and Management - This paper describes an evaluation of the transition stages of “development assistance program” (DAP) international students (IS) at a large...     

从理念走向现实——欧盟推进终身学习发展的路径

欧盟推进终身学习发展的路径体现为以理念创新为先导,以制度建设为基础,以工具开发为抓手,以评价文化为引领,整体性推进的特征.