Integrating Program Assessment and a Career Focus into a Research Methods Course

Autor/in	Senter, Mary Scheuer
Titel	Integrating Program Assessment and a Career Focus into a Research Methods Course
Quelle	In: Teaching Sociology, 45 (2017) 2, S.131-141 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0092-055X
DOI	10.1177/0092055X16686151
Schlagwörter	Sociology; Research Methodology; Undergraduate Students; Alumni; Outcomes of Education; Concept Formation; Skill Development; Knowledge Level; Job Search Methods; Career Choice; Active Learning; Interviews; Questionnaires; Focus Groups; Program Evaluation; Statistical Analysis; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziologie; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Wissensbasis; Arbeitsplatzsuchtheorie; Aktives Lernen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Fragebogen; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Sociology research methods students in 2013 and 2016 implemented a series of "real world" data gathering activities that enhanced their learning while assisting the department with ongoing program assessment and program review. In addition to the explicit collection of program assessment data on both students' development of sociological concepts and skills while undergraduates and alumni's use of such knowledge after graduation, an effort was made throughout the semesters to highlight key research methods knowledge using examples that focused on job searching and careers appropriate for baccalaureate-trained sociologists. Students reported that these real-world activities both increased their interest in and their learning about research methods. These explicit and implicit experiences with an employment focus also led them to increase their own thinking about their eventual careers and preparing job search materials, such as résumés, that include skills developed in their undergraduate sociology courses. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01