The Impact of COVID-19 on the Academic Plans and Career Intentions of Future STEM Professionals
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Academic Plans and Career Intentions of Future STEM Professionals
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DOI：
10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00646
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发表时间：
2020-09-08
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3
通讯作者：
Erdmann, Mitzy
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作者：
Forakis, Josh;March, Joe L.;Erdmann, Mitzy
未来的科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)专业人员是应对2019年冠状病毒疾病等灾难的关键部分，但大流行可能会导致加入STEM劳动力的个人出现缺口。在目前的工作中，我们提供了一幅我们的学生作为科学家的身份的图景，以及在过渡到在线教学之前和之后追求科学职业的意图，这是大流行应对的初始阶段的一部分。此外，我们要求我们的学生描述这种过渡对他们的学术计划产生了怎样的影响，以便深入了解他们的意图。数据收集包括在2020年春季学期开始和结束时(1月至5月)向普通化学实验室一年级学生发放问卷。数据显示，2020年春季，我们的学生的身份和从事科学事业的意愿没有显著变化，我们的学生的书面答复表明，他们正在进行可能影响毕业日期的短期学术变化，但并未建议对职业计划进行任何重大变化。我们的结论是，由于疫情而最初过渡到在线教学对我们的学生的职业意图影响很小，未来的工作可以使用这些数据来更好地了解疫情对STEM学生的长期影响。
Future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professionals are a key part of dealing with disasters like that of the coronavirus disease of 2019, but the pandemic may result in a gap in individuals joining the STEM workforce. In the present work, we offer a picture of our students' identity as scientists and intentions to pursue a science career from before and after the transition to online instruction that occurred as part of the initial phase of the pandemic response. Additionally, we asked our students to describe the ways this transition has affected their academic plans to provide an in-depth look into their intentions. Data collection involved the administration of a questionnaire to first-year general chemistry laboratory students at the beginning and end of the spring 2020 semester (January-May). The data indicate that there was no significant change to our students' identities and intention to pursue a career in science during spring 2020, and our students written responses indicate that they are making short-term academic changes that could affect their graduation date but do not suggest any serious changes to career plans. We conclude that the initial transition to online instruction due to the pandemic had a minimal effect on our students' career intentions, and future work can use this data to better understand the long-term effects of the pandemic on STEM students.