Toward Conceptualizing Student Outcomes in Undergraduate Field Programs and Employer Expectations for Field Positions
Toward Conceptualizing Student Outcomes in Undergraduate Field Programs and Employer Expectations for Field Positions
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概念化本科实地项目中的学生成果和雇主对实地职位的期望
DOI：
10.1002/bes2.1820
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发表时间：
2021
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通讯作者：
T. Mourad
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作者：
Ajisha Alwin;Yostina Geleta;T. Mourad
一个有效的本科经验的一个关键成果是让学生获得学科知识，并制定了一系列的技能和思维习惯，为他们的职业成功做好准备。2018年，美国生态学会（ESA）与美国地质调查局（USGS）达成协议，招募学生和应届毕业生，并将他们安置在美国各地研究地点的野外生态学/生物学实习岗位。本文侧重于实地研究工作，并提出了一个文献综述，以了解劳动力发展问题和雇主可能感兴趣的关键技能的初步观点。本文基于一个雇主（USGS）的案例研究，探讨了雇主期望，实地培训和感知的学生成果之间的潜在一致性。为了概念化新毕业生的准备程度和雇主的期望，我们确定了一组实地研究网站所寻求的技能类别。我们通过分析2019年ESA/USGS合作夏季实习计划和先前文献中的职位描述来做到这一点。这些类别被纳入一项新的实习后学生调查，用于收集学生的数据。我们发现，在一些可转移的技能，在实地工作和办公室工作所期望的雇主和本科实地培训计划提供的潜在差距。这可以在未来的研究中探讨，涉及更广泛的雇主谁寻求雇用学生与现场生态学/生物学技能。
A key outcome of an effective undergraduate experience is for students to gain disciplinary knowledge and develop a range of skills and habits of mind that prepare them for career success. In 2018, the Ecological Society of America (ESA) entered into an agreement with the US Geological Survey (USGS) to recruit students and recent graduates and place them into field ecology/biology internship positions at research sites across the United States. This paper focuses on field research jobs and presents a literature review to gain an understanding of workforce development issues and preliminary perspectives on critical skills in which employers might be interested. This paper is based on a case study of one employer (USGS) and investigates the potential alignment between employer expectations, field training, and perceived student outcomes. To conceptualize new graduates’ read-iness and employer expectations, we identified a set of skill categories sought by field research sites. We did this by analyzing the job descriptions available through the 2019 ESA/USGS Cooperative Summer Internship Program and prior literature. These categories were incorporated into a new post-internship student survey that was used to collect data from students. We found a potential gap in some transferable skills in both fieldwork and office work expected by employers and those offered by undergraduate field training programs. This could be explored in future studies involving a more extensive set of employers who seek to hire students with field ecology/biology skills.
促进生态领域经验的包容性：检查并克服职业通过仪式的障碍
DOI：
10.1002/bes2.1742
发表时间：
2020
期刊：
The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America
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作者：
Morales, Nia;Bisbee O’Connell, Kari;McNulty, Stacy;Berkowitz, Alan;Bowser, Gillian;Giamellaro, Michael;Miriti, Maria N.
通讯作者：
Miriti, Maria N.