A Framework for Mentoring Students Attending Their First Professional Conference
A Framework for Mentoring Students Attending Their First Professional Conference
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指导学生参加第一次专业会议的框架
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2018
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Patrick A. Zollner
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E. Flaherty;R. E. Urbanek;Darren M. Wood;Casey C. Day;Laura E. D’Acunto;Vanessa S. Quinn;Patrick A. Zollner
科学会议在本科生中建立专业技能和身份，并提供发展专业社交技能，归属感和对潜在职业选择的理解的机会。然而，本科生参加专业会议的人数很少。当本科生参加时，他们经常表达与专业人士，网络或会议环境相关的焦虑。为了解决这些问题，来自几个机构的教师合作开发了一门本科课程，目的是培训学生参加他们的第一次专业会议，然后与他们一起旅行体验会议。课程框架包括与学生的会议和会议前，会议期间和会议后的课程作业。评估结果表明，学生的成果包括更大的归属感，他们的专业，社会福利，信心的增益，职业确认，并提高了对途径的理解，以追求在这个领域的职业生涯（即，本科研究的重要性，在大学期间获得经验等）。我们的研究结果表明，正式的准备出席全国科学会议最大限度地提高了学生的潜力，从他们的经验中受益，并减少了许多学生表示参加专业会议的焦虑。
Scientific conferences build professional skills and identity in undergraduate students and provide opportunities for developing professional social skills, a sense of belonging to their field, and an understanding of potential career options. However, undergraduate student attendance at professional conferences is low. When undergraduate students do attend, they often express anxiety associated with speaking with professionals, networking, or with the conference environment. To address these concerns, instructors from several institutions collaborated to develop an undergraduate course with the objective of training students to attend their first professional conference and then traveled with them to experience a conference. The course framework involved meetings with students and course assignments before, during, and after the conference. Assessment results indicated that student outcomes included a greater sense of belonging to their profession, social benefits, gains in confidence, career confirmation, and an improved understanding of the pathways to pursuing a career in this field (i.e., importance of undergraduate research, gaining experience during college, etc.). Our results suggest that formal preparation for attendance at a national scientific meeting maximizes the potential for students to benefit from their experience and reduces the anxiety many students express about attending a professional conference.