Attracting Students to the Field of Measurement

Autor/inn/en	Finney, Sara J.; Pastor, Dena A.
Titel	Attracting Students to the Field of Measurement
Quelle	In: Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 31 (2012) 2, S.2-7 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0731-1745
DOI	10.1111/j.1745-3992.2012.00228.x
Schlagwörter	Recruitment; Labor Market; Labor Supply; Supply and Demand; Advertising; Undergraduate Students; Undergraduate Study; Statistics; Professional Education; Professional Training; Measurement; Professional Identity; Teacher Student Relationship; Outreach Programs; Learner Engagement; Higher Education; Specialization; College Faculty + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Recruiting; Rekrutierung; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Labour Supply; Arbeitskräfteangebot; Bedarfsplanung; Werbung; Grundstudium; Statistik; Berufsausbildung; Berufliche Fachbildung; Berufliche Fortbildung; Messverfahren; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Jobcoaching; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Arbeitsteilige Spezialisierung; Fakultät
Abstract	To address the shortage of professionals in measurement, it is essential that we make young career-seekers aware that measurement is an option as a profession. In this paper, we discuss how creating a strong pipeline of students into our field involves personal interactions between faculty representing the graduate programs in measurement and undergraduate students, in addition to the equally important task of educating instructors of undergraduates about our field. We describe advertising strategies that, in our experience, catch and hold the attention of undergraduates, resulting in many of them investigating graduate training in measurement. After attracting students to the field, we must engage them in practice, enabling them to build an identity as a measurement professional. In general, we believe that although it is possible to attract some students via non-personal advertising strategies (e.g., articles, websites), measurement professionals must personally reach out to young people to connect them with the field. (As Provided).
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