Affordances and Alignments: Continuing Challenges in Advising Undergraduate Psychology Majors

Autor/in	Landrum, R. Eric
Titel	Affordances and Alignments: Continuing Challenges in Advising Undergraduate Psychology Majors
Quelle	In: Teaching of Psychology, 45 (2018) 1, S.84-90 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0098-6283
DOI	10.1177/0098628317745462
Schlagwörter	Affordances; Alignment (Education); Academic Advising; Undergraduate Students; Psychology; Majors (Students); Career Choice; Occupational Information; Professional Development; Specialization + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akademischer Rat; Psychologie; Berufsinformation; Arbeitsteilige Spezialisierung
Abstract	Challenges abound in providing accurate and useful information to prospective and declared psychology majors about their career options and how to make decisions that will lead to satisfying and rewarding postgraduate lives. One component of this challenge is that by majoring in psychology, career affordances (i.e., the opportunities and limitations inherent to psychology) lead to generalized opportunities that are available to many different disciplinary majors. Another component of this challenge is the alignment between students' self-reflection and understanding about career goals being aligned with accurate and available information about the desired careers. Understanding how affordances and alignments affect psychology major advising may provide a fruitful framework in moving forward to provide the best professional development resources possible. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01