COLLEGE MAJOR CHOICE: An Analysis of Person–Environment Fit

Porter, Stephen R.; Umbach, Paul D.

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“…The choice of physics as a major field of study or taking more advanced physics courses is determined by students' interest, motivation, and above all achievements [5], self-concept in physics [5], personal effectiveness [19], pre-university preparation [20], and teacher training on implementation of innovative physics curriculum [7].…”

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Many high-school students don't want to study physics: active learning experiences can change this negative attitude!

Maruić¹,

Sliko

2012

Rev. Bras. Ensino Fís.

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Many high-school students don't want to study physics: active learning experiences can change this negative attitude! A two-question survey has been prepared for and applied in this research with aim to assess the relative efficiency of two different teaching methods, called Reading, Presenting and Questioning (RPQ) and Experimenting and Discussion (ED), in changing students' attitudes toward physics as a potential career choice. The data of a one-semester-long high-school project indicate that RPQ group (91 students) has not achieved a statistically significant improvement in attitudes, while the ED group (85 students) got an improvement of +10,0%. Theses results suggest that the ED method, based on active physics learning paradigm, is a good model for a significant improvement of students' attitudes toward physics as a potential career choice, both with girls and boys who study high school physics. Keywords: active physics learning, predict-observe-explain, observe-explain-predict-observe, physics as a professional choice, gender and physics learning.Uum questionário de duas perguntas foi preparadao e aplicado neste trabalho com o intuito de avaliar a eficiência relativa de dois métodos de aprendizagem, viz. Ler, Apresentar, Questionar (LAQ) e Experimentação, Discussão (ED), em mudar a atitude de estudantes em relaçãoà potencial escolha de física como carreira. Os dados de um projeto de um semestre realizado em nível de ensino médio indica que os grupo LAQ (91 estudantes) não teve uma mudança de atitute estatisticamente signficativa, ao passo que o grupo ED (85 estudantes) teve uma melhora de +10,0%. Estes resultados sugerem que o método ED, baseado em um paradigma de aprendizagem ativa de física,é um bom modelo para se melhorar significativamente a atitude dos estudantes perante a física enquanto uma potencial carreira profissional, independentemente do sexo dos estudantes.

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Many high-school students don't want to study physics: active learning experiences can change this negative attitude!

Maruić¹,

Sliko

2012

Rev. Bras. Ensino Fís.

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“…Quanto à escolha do curso, os fatores mais relatados como influentes na decisão foram: pertencer a uma instituição pública, identificar-se com a área e o mercado de trabalho, o que coincide com estudos anteriores que apontam a preferência por uma profissão na área que mais se adequa à personalidade (MIHYEON, 2009;PORTER & UMBACH, 2006). Outros fatores citados, mas com menor frequência, foram: estudar perto de casa, o curso apresentar reconhecimento profissional, poder conciliar trabalho e estudo, entre outros (Figura 4).…”

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“…Estudos citam a influência da personalidade na escolha da profissão, apontando que estudantes tendem a escolher profissões que se adéquam mais ao seu tipo de personalidade; por exemplo, estudantes que têm uma personalidade mais curiosa e investigativa tendem a escolher áreas da ciência (MIHYEON, 2009;PORTER & UMBACH, 2006). Muitos estudantes escolhem a profissão com base nas suas habilidades acadêmicas (BEGGS et al, 2008), outros a selecionam com base no retorno financeiro que a mesma proporciona, entretanto alguns estudantes ainda fazem a escolha profissional buscando realizar seus sonhos (MCGLYNN, 2007).…”

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O Que os Estudantes Consideram na Escolha do Curso de Graduação?

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RESUMOO objetivo do presente estudo é conhecer o perfil dos estudantes com interesse de ingressar em um curso de graduação, quanto à idade, nível socioeconômico e preferências de áreas de estudo. Participaram do estudo 101 estudantes do ensino médio e cursinho pré-vestibular com idades entre 14 e 44 anos (média de 18 anos) pertencentes a duas instituições de ensino públicas e três particulares do município de Bauru, Estado de São Paulo, a maioria estudantes do 3º ano do ensino médio, com uma renda familiar entre dois e cinco salários mínimos e com preferência de estudo na área de Humanas. Os fatores que mais influenciam na escolha da profissão são: gostar da área de atuação, piso salarial e a afinidade com a disciplina no ensino médio. Na escolha do curso de graduação, os fatores que mais influenciam são: pertencer a uma instituição pública, se identificar com a área e o mercado de trabalho.Palavras-Chave: Instituições Acadêmicas; Estudantes; Escolha da Profissão. ABSTRACTThe objective of the present study is to know the profile of students interested in joining one undergraduate course, regarding age, socioeconomic level and preferences of study areas. A total of 101 high school and pre-college students aged 14-44 years (mean age 18 years) belonging to two public institutions and three private institutions in the city of Bauru, State of São Paulo, participated in the study, most of them students of the 3rd year of high school, with a family income between two and five minimum wages and with a preference of study in the area of Humanities. The factors that most influence the choice of the profession are: to like the area of action, salary floor and the affinity with the discipline at high school. In choosing the undergraduate course, the factors that most influence are: belonging to a public institution, identifying with the area and the job market.

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“…9 Most economics instructors today tend to be profoundly conservative, and especially so in the USA. 10 To the extent that instructors in the USA, whether in introductory or advanced economics courses, have been teaching this version of conservative neoclassical, or 'positive' economics, many students with an interest in economics but more liberal leanings may feel awkward about speaking out and engaging in discussion with such an instructor or their classmates, and are likely not to perform as well as they would in an environment that 'fits' them better (Porter and Umbach, 2006). Some may therefore decide to explore other majors that are also to some extent concerned with economic issues, such as political science or sociology, while students with more conservative leanings would be more likely to remain in economics.…”

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Political Orientation and the Decision to Major in Economics: Some Preliminary Observations

Bartlett¹,

Ferber²,

Green³

2009

International Review of Economics Education

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Studies find that students major in economics for a variety of reasons. None, however, have examined students' political orientations as a possible factor in their choice of majors. Economics, as compared to other social sciences, tends to produce conservative policy recommendations.This pilot study explores whether more conservative students are attracted to economics. Our study found that men with conservative political leanings are more likely to major in economics and that male students in economics are more conservative than female students. Political orientation, however, does not appear to be a significant factor in the choice of a major for women.

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COLLEGE MAJOR CHOICE: An Analysis of Person–Environment Fit

Cited by 270 publications

References 18 publications

Many high-school students don't want to study physics: active learning experiences can change this negative attitude!

Many high-school students don't want to study physics: active learning experiences can change this negative attitude!

O Que os Estudantes Consideram na Escolha do Curso de Graduação?

Political Orientation and the Decision to Major in Economics: Some Preliminary Observations

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