Innovative Career Research Articles

ИННОВАЦИОННЫЙ ПОДХОД К ПРОФОРИЕНТАЦИОННОЙ ДИАГНОСТИКЕ

The article presents the rationale for the need to introduce an innovative career guidance platform "profi.kz", with the help of which comprehensive career guidance diagnostics, counseling, and education are implemented. The author analyzes the results of a pilot survey of senior schoolchildren, during which significant professional areas were identified that correlate with the classifier of training areas in the Republic of Kazakhstan and indicators of motivational-need, intellectual, emotional-volitional, personal, social and communicative spheres of the interviewed senior students. Conclusions and prospects for further research work are formulated.

Об актуальных проблемах подготовки современного творческого педагога дошкольного образовательного учреждения

This article discusses the specific pedagogical and psychological features of the preparation of future preschool education professionals for innovative occupational activities. The semantic aspects characterizing the process of creativity in the work of a teacher, as well as the criteria that characterize this process, are highlighted. It also outlines the issues of pedagogical practice, advanced experiences and cooperation with parents to prepare future preschool education professionals for innovative career.

A Needs Assessment to Align Perspectives for the Career Needs of International Students

This qualitative study utilized a tiered process to conduct a needs assessment at an American university to bridge the gap between international students and the resources available to them regarding career support. Few studies have jointly compared perspective on international student's college to career transition needs between student, staff, and faculty. The findings from this needs assessment help provide input for designing and implementing innovative career outreach programs to help inform students of opportunities and services, highlight areas for professional development and career center in aiding students with a successful college to career transition.

The preparation to celebrating the 75th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 in the Diplomatic Academy of Russian Foreign Ministry

The article deals with analyzing practical experience of Department for Youth Innovative Programs Development and Career Guidance of the Diplomatic Academy of Russian Foreign Ministry in terms of breeding patriotic feelings among the youth as an axiological task in training future specialists in international relations. The author elaborates on key patterns of breeding patriotism. Special attention was paid to preserving historical memory and popularizing of Russian diplomatic service heritage and to interaction between different governmental institutions in the patriotic sphere. The author underlines the importance of developing new patriotic projects in the framework of modern digital environment in order to prevent falsification of history.

Listening to Stories of Peers with Chronic Illnesses: Extracurricular Career Exploration Activity for High School Students

Using achievement goal theory and positive youth development frameworks, this exploratory study reports findings of an innovative career exploration experience for high school student members of a health science academy (HSA). Students interested in healthcare careers (n = 9) completed two interactions with adolescents living with complex congenital heart defects or acquired heart disease (n = 9). Adolescents with cardiac conditions shared their medical treatment journey and life experiences with peers using Beads of Courage, a narrative medicine tool, and a journal that guided reflection. Post-interaction evaluation indicated HSA participants ranked interacting with peers with cardiac conditions as the third extremely helpful learning experience out of nine options, next to shadowing in a healthcare setting and attending career informational meetings. This activity helped them reach Health Occupation Students of America learning outcomes, such as increased sensitivity toward patients’ stories and motivation toward healthcare career choice. Adolescents with cardiac conditions reported appreciation for the opportunity to teach about their healthcare experiences, which increased their confidence in speaking about their medical treatment journey. The youth development technique of peer listening, advancing high school students’ career exploration, and providing a platform to share their experience for adolescents with chronic illness merits further exploration.

ИННОВАЦИОННЫЕ ПРОФОРИЕНТАЦИОННЫЕ АКТИВНОСТИ, ИСПОЛЬЗУЕМЫЕ В НЕПРЕРЫВНОМ ОБРАЗОВАНИИ: ИЗ ОПЫТА РАБОТЫ

The article is devoted to the actual problem of vocational guidance in life-long education, carried out during the transition to the level of secondary general education via university profile classes and higher education institutions. The solution of the tasks of the national project "Education" is indicated. The strategic directions for the development of university profile classes based on the experience of a regional university are indicated, it includes such a component as improving the system of vocational guidance and professional self-determination of schoolchildren. The possibilities of implementing vocational guidance technologies during the transition to a new technological mode in different spheres of life are shown. Along with the traditional methods of career guidance, which proved to be effective, various innovative career guidance activities are considered, such as working in social networks, recording short video lessons, as well as conducting career guidance networking. New forms of building social connections have been introduced, they are used both remotely and in the real-format (online networking, real-networking, etc.). The article reflects the real experience of career guidance work carried out at Tambov State University named after G. R. Derzhavin.

PREPARATION OF PRESCHOOL FUTURE SPECIALISTS FOR INNOVATION PROFESSIONALISM

This article discusses the specific pedagogical and psychological features of the preparation of future preschool education professionals for innovative occupational activities. It also outlines the issues of pedagogical practice, advanced experiences and cooperation with parents to prepare future preschool education professionals for innovative career.

Joseph Schumpeter Lecture, EEA Annual Congress 2017: Do Tax Cuts Produce more Einsteins? The Impacts of Financial Incentives VerSus Exposure to Innovation on the Supply of Inventors

Abstract Many countries provide financial incentives to spur innovation, ranging from tax incentives to research and development grants. In this paper, we study how such financial incentives affect individuals’ decisions to pursue careers in innovation. We first present empirical evidence on inventors’ career trajectories and income distributions using deidentified data on 1.2 million inventors from patent records linked to tax records in the United States. We find that the private returns to innovation are extremely skewed—with the top 1% of inventors collecting more than 22% of total inventors’ income—and are highly correlated with their social impact, as measured by citations. Inventors tend to have their most impactful innovations around age 40 and their incomes rise rapidly just before they have high-impact patents. We then build a stylized model of inventor career choice that matches these facts as well as recent evidence that childhood exposure to innovation plays a critical role in determining whether individuals become inventors. The model predicts that financial incentives, such as top income tax reductions, have limited potential to increase aggregate innovation because they only affect individuals who are exposed to innovation and have essentially no impact on the decisions of star inventors, who matter most for aggregate innovation. Importantly, these results hold regardless of whether the private returns to innovation are fully known at the time of career choice or are fully stochastic. In contrast, increasing exposure to innovation (e.g., through mentorship programs) could have substantial impacts on innovation by drawing individuals who produce high-impact inventions into the innovation pipeline. Although we do not present direct evidence supporting these model-based predictions, our results call for a more careful assessment of the impacts of financial incentives and a greater focus on alternative policies to increase the supply of inventors.

Increasing STEM undergraduate participation in innovative activities: Field experimental evidence.

Workers trained in STEM are generally viewed as essential for innovation-led economic growth. Yet, recent statistics suggest that a majority of STEM undergraduates do not go on to pursue innovation-focused careers in their fields of study. We investigate whether STEM students who do not self-select into innovative tasks are doing so because they are less capable than their peers who do. We find that monetary inducement among STEM students increases aggregate innovative output, but that low-GPA students who were induced significantly underperform relative to low-GPA students who self-selected; however, induced and self-selected high-GPA students perform statistically the same. In contrast, words of encouragement appears to benefit those students with the lowest GPAs. Our results highlight the value of efforts to increase the pool of STEM students who pursue innovative careers and underscore the importance of interventions targeted at specific student subgroups to maximize the returns on those efforts.

Development of an Innovative Career Development Program for Early-Career Women Faculty.

ObjectiveOur institutional Women in Medicine & Science Program (formerly the Office of Women in Medicine and Science) developed the Early Career Development Program for Women to promote the careers of women faculty. At 6 monthly sessions, participants learn relevant content (imposter syndrome, strengths, change style, career management, assertive communication, feedback, personal influence, conflict management, negotiation, importance of mentors, resilience, and self-care); exchange ideas; and expand their professional networks. Here, we report changes in participants’ career skills/knowledge, confidence, and perceptions of the current environment after attending the program.MethodBetween 2014 and 2017, participants (N = 65) completed pre- and post-program surveys that assessed career knowledge and skills, confidence, and perceptions of the current environment and provided program feedback.ResultsMost skills showed pre–post significant improvement. The greatest increases occurred in knowing paths to promotion, tailoring communication style, ability to manage conflict, and ability to handle personal–professional role balance. Women reported a significant increase for all items measuring confidence. Among these items, establishing networks, understanding institutional culture, providing feedback, motivating others, strategic planning, delegating, and conflict management had the largest increases. Overall, 89.3% of respondents rated the program impact as very strong/profound, 98.5% rated the concepts as essential, 95.2% rated the skills as essential, and 90.8% rated the sense of community with women in their class as very/extremely close.ConclusionsWork-related skills/knowledge, confidence, and perceptions of the current environment increased significantly among program participants. These early-career women faculty indicated that the program augmented the skills needed to develop their careers in an academic medical center.

When Age Does Not Harm Innovative Behavior and Career Outcomes

When Age Does Not Harm Innovative Behavior and Career Outcomes

Innovative career construction counselling for a creative adolescent

ABSTRACTThis article reports on integrative career counselling provided to a creative young man selected purposefully. An explorative, descriptive, instrumental, single case-study approach was followed, and two recently developed questionnaires (one qualitative and one quantitative) were used to collect the data. A career construction counselling intervention comprising assessment and (meta-) reflective dialogues on the participant’s elicited career-life story was conducted. The intervention involved elicitation of the participant’s career-life story, authorisation of the story, and facilitation of action (forward movement). The participant’s need was met for “different” career counselling. The intervention helped the participant to celebrate and draw on his sense of creativity. Multiple case and quantitative studies are needed on the topic as well as more longitudinal research.

Urban Coaching Fellowships: A New Framework for Hiring and Supporting Sports Coaches in Urban Schools

Many public high schools in large urban school districts face challenges staffing their sports programs with knowledgeable and well-qualified coaches. Compared to smaller and more suburban districts, these schools have low student participation in sports and high coach attrition rates. These challenges make it difficult for districts to provide equitable educational opportunities for their youth through school-based sports. This article presents a vision for how these issues could be addressed by outlining a conceptual framework for an urban coaching fellowship (UCF) program. Inspired by alternative teaching pathway programs like Teach for America, the New York City Teaching Fellowship, and the Boston Teacher Residency, UCF programs would use partnerships between large urban school districts, colleges and universities, and local nonprofits to recruit, train and staff schools with well-trained coaches. Such UCF programs would aim to help urban schools increase student participation in high school sports by (1) increasing retention rates of coaches, (2) promoting innovative career pathways for youth coaches in urban high schools, and (3) recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce of high school coaches.

Mediating effect of self-efficacy and colleague solidarity on innovative behavior and career success of nurses

Objective To investigate effects of personal innovation behaviors, self-efficacy and colleague solidarity of nurses on career success, and to provide the basis for career planning and management of clinical nurses. Methods A total of 441 registered nurses from eight grade three and first-class hospitals in Tianjin were measured with personal innovation behaviors scale, self-efficacy scale, colleague solidarity of nurses' scale and career success scale. Results The total score of personal innovation behavior was (21.58±4.81). The total score of self-efficacy was (27.68±6.53). The total score of colleague solidarity of nurses was (95.12±9.42). The total score of career success was (35.75±9.27). The personal innovation behaviors, self-efficacy, colleague solidarity of nurses career success and each dimension showed positive correlation(r=0.115-0.915, P<0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that innovation behaviors, self-efficacy and academic solidarity entered career success regression equation(β=0.090-0.554, P<0.05), and explained 49.7% of the total variation.Path analysis model showed innovative behavior, self-efficacy and colleague solidarity of nurses were positively predictive of career success, and the path coefficients were 0.62, 0.18 and 0.12.Hierarchical regression analysis showed both self-efficacy and colleague solidarity of nurses played mediating roles between innovative behavior and career success(β=0.207-0.104, P<0.05). Conclusion Hospital managers should take measures to improve nurses' innovative behavior, self-efficacy and colleague solidarity of nurses to promote their career success. Key words: Nurses; Innovative behavior; Solidarity; Career success

Promoting Entrepreneurship for Dance Majors in Higher Education

Dance graduates are more likely to become self-employed or undertake freelance work in the field of dance. To succeed and build a career, they need to understand the arts market and develop management and organization skills for planning, fundraising, application writing, promoting, and touring. In Korea, the low employability of dance graduates and lack of their entrepreneurial skills have been age-long problems because dance courses and module contents have given weight on dance technique modules. Dance departments have failed to develop graduateness and to provide the students satisfactory career guidance. It would be the best if, during university, students are given support not just in fulfilling their creative potential but also helping them gain confidence and adequate skills required to equip them for self-employment and freelance working. I thus suggest that to embed entrepreneurship across the dance curriculum can be an effective approach to address the reality of employment in dance and develop innovative career strategies. This article identified entrepreneurial competencies required for a successful career in the dance sector and suggested pedagogical approaches to enhance entrepreneurship for dance majors in higher education.

Engineering Careers in Social Innovation and Global Sustainable Development [Commentary

The world needs more effective, functional, and affordable solutions to social and environmental problems. Scientific and technological innovation continues to play a pivotal role in catalyzing new industries, spawning job growth, and improving the quality of life for people around the world. Scientific innovation has led to many of the biggest social impacts in human history in ways that are often taken for granted. The author's conversations with the innovators validated that the integration of science and technology-based approaches to address societal needs is clear and compelling. There is an urgent need to train and engage people from the engineering professions to venture into every kind of organization across every sector and every industry, from finance to healthcare to human rights. As scientists and engineers forge their way in the social innovation space, they are also creating paths for future innovators. This article shares five key insights relevant to engineers seeking impact-focused careers.

CAEP 2016 Academic Symposium: How to have an impact as an emergency medicine educator and scholar.

In a time of major medical education transformation, emergency medicine (EM) needs to nurture education scholars who will influence EM education practice. However, the essential ingredients to ensure a career with impact in EM education are not clear. To describe how to prepare EM educators for a high-impact career. The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) Academic Section commissioned an "Education Impact" working group (IWG) to guide the creation of consensus recommendations from the EM community. EM educators from across Canada were initially recruited from the networks of the IWG members, and additional educators were recruited via snowball sampling. "High impact educators" were nominated by this network. The high impact educators were then interviewed using a structured question guide. These interviews were transcribed and coded for themes using qualitative methods. The process continued until no new themes were identified. Proposed themes and recommendations were presented to the EM community at the CAEP 2016 Academic Symposium. Feedback was then incorporated into a final set of recommendations. Fifty-five (71%) of 77 of identified Canadian EM educators participated, and 170 names of high impact educators were submitted and ranked by frequency. The IWG achieved sufficiency of themes after nine interviews. Five recommendations were made: 1) EM educators can pursue a high impact career by leveraging either traditional or innovative career pathways; 2) EM educators starting their education careers should have multiple senior mentors; 3) Early-career EM educators should immerse themselves in their area of interest and cultivate a community of practice, not limited to EM; 4) Every academic EM department and EM teaching site should have access to an EM educator with protected time and recognition for their EM education scholarship; and 5) Educators at all stages should continuously compile an impact portfolio. We describe a unique set of recommendations to develop educators who will influence EM, derived from a consensus from the EM community. EM leaders, educators, and aspiring educational scholars should consider how to implement this guide towards enhancing our specialty's educational mission.

СИСТЕМА ПРОЕКТНОЙ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ПО РАЗВИТИЮ ИНТЕРЕСА УЧАЩИХСЯ К ЕСТЕСТВЕННЫМ НАУКАМ

In this article the system of project activities on chemistry and energy saving disciplines which is developed and implemented by the authors for developing learners' interest in natural sciences is presented. The implemented system of projects to develop learners' interest in natural sciences integrates three interrelated blocks of project activities: project activities of learners under the guidance of teachers, project activities of students – pre-service teachers with aim to popularize science in online mode and the activities of university teachers on innovative career guidance projects for school students. The main feature of project activity of learners based on the personality-oriented approach is revealed, which is connected with its complication from mini-projects to design-research assignments. It was revealed that the conditions of elective courses are especially favorable for this purpose. The elective course, according to the Russian educational standard, is a compulsory course which is selected by the student's choice, one of the organizational forms of chemistry teaching. Elective courses of preprofile preparation target graduates of secondary school to perceived choice of the future major of education in high school. There are the following elective courses: subject-oriented, interdisciplinary (integrated) and applied feature. The subject-oriented elective courses are aimed to develop the cognitive interest in the subjects of the chosen profile, to expand and to deep the knowledge of students in the profile discipline. Interdisciplinary elective courses are designed to integrate knowledge into related disciplines, as a necessary condition for successful education in the high school. Elective courses of applied feature show the connection of the certain subject to life. The specifics of students' project activity on the development of school students' interest in natural sciences, related to the interactive popularization of science (chemical shows) are revealed. The main feature of the project activity of university teachers in the development of school students' interest in natural sciences is connected with the implementation of such innovative projects as the Small Chemical Institute and the project-oriented teaching of school students at the departments of the university. The effectiveness of the implemented system of project activities to develop the interest of learners in the natural sciences on the example of chemistry is experimentally proved. Keywords: natural science education, chemistry education, project activity, interest in science.

The 2016 Gilruth Prize.

The 2016 Gilruth Prize.

Expanding boundaries of psychology: Transdisciplinarity and innovative career paths

Expanding boundaries of psychology: Transdisciplinarity and innovative career paths