在COVID-19期间修改夏季本科研究计划增加了研究生学校的意图,但加剧了焦虑
Sara E Grineski1, Danielle X Morales2, Timothy W Collins3
1Department of Sociology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112.
CBE life sciences education
|June 22, 2023
概括
在COVID-19期间修改的暑期本科研究经验 (SUREs) 比取消的SUREs更好地支持了学生的福祉. 修改后的SUREs有助于缓解STEM学生的焦虑和研究生学校的担忧.
科学领域:
- 高等教育 高等教育
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 在COVID-19研究研究中.
背景情况:
- COVID-19对大学生福祉提出了重大挑战.
- 夏季本科研究经验 (SUREs) 是高影响力的实践,但它们在疫情期间的适应性未得到充分研究.
- 了解疫情对本科研究人员的影响对于未来的准备工作至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查在COVID-19初始激增期间SUREs的修改或取消如何影响本科生STEM学生的心理健康和研究生学校的愿望.
- 应用学生福利模型 (SWBM) 来评估与流行病有关的对学生福利的影响.
- 确定在破坏性事件期间支持高等教育学生福祉的最佳实践.
主要方法:
- 2020年夏天,从408名美国本科STEM研究人员那里收集了初级调查数据.
- 参与者根据他们的SURE状态进行分类:修改或取消.
- 统计分析比较了两组之间的心理健康结果 (焦虑严重程度) 和研究生学校的担忧.
主要成果:
- 被取消SURE的学生报告说,与修改SURE的学生相比,他们的焦虑严重程度降低了 (p <0.05).
- 然而,取消了SUREs的学生对研究生院入学的担忧更大 (p < 0.001).
- 修改后的SUREs在人身研究不可行时出现了可行的替代方案.
结论:
- 修改后的SUREs可以作为一种实用的方法,以保持研究参与,并在危机期间支持学生的福祉.
- 高等教育机构应该考虑以学生为中心的调整毕业生招生和支持系统.
- 从COVID-19大流行中吸取的经验教训可以为提高本科生研究参与和福祉的策略提供信息,特别是对于代表性不足的群体.
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