Zackary Underwood Academic Advisor University of North Carolina Wilmington Allison Jones Career Counselor University of North Carolina Wilmington Undecided students are Unwilling unable or unready to make educational or vocational ID: 182693
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I Want to Help People: The Catch-Phrase of the Indecisive Student
Zackary Underwood, Academic Advisor, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Allison Jones, Career Counselor,
University of North Carolina WilmingtonSlide2
Undecided students are…
“Unwilling
, unable or unready to make educational or vocational
decisions” (Gordon, 2007, p. X)
Gordon
, V. (2007).
The undecided college student :
An
academic and career advising
challenge
. Springfield, Ill: Charles C Thomas
.Slide3
Describe this studentSlide4
What did you find?
Is there a difference in your mind between undecided and indecisive?
Do these students look the same or different across different institutions?Slide5
At UNCW
University of North Carolina Wilmington is located in Wilmington, North Carolina
Masters Comprehensive University on the coast of North Carolina
Undecided and indecisive are a common occurrenceIn 2014, we had 15% of incoming freshmen enter as undecided. (The most popular major)
Curran, T. (2014). UNCW Enrollment Profile 2014: Prepared for Division of
Student Affairs. Unpublished internal document. University of North
Carolina Wilmington. Slide6
I want to help people
This is a phrase that career counselors and academic advisors hear all the time regarding people’s majors
Mock Conversation
Where does this come from?Slide7
How can get students to make a decision?
Major Decision Process
“Some choice is good, but…choices available to us contributes to bad decisions, to anxiety, stress, and dissatisfaction—even to clinical depression” (Schwartz, 2004, p. 3).
A process to focus on introspection and work towards a final commitmentSlide8
Decide your life now!Slide9
UNCW’s
Major Decision ProcessSlide10
How can this help students?
Advantages include:
Cyclical Nature of Process
Pushing the student to make small decisions Constant Introspection/ReflectionOpportunities to work with resources across campus
Can work with any major or career
Can lead to a multitude of outcomes
Multiple options under each headingSlide11
What are the influences for indecision?
Talk with a partner and offer suggestions
College students increasingly believed that their lives are being controlled by outside forces” even though they may not realize what areas are influencing them (
Twenge
, 2006, p. 139)
Twenge
, J. (2006).
Generation me: why today's young Americans are more confident, assertive, entitled--and more miserable than ever before. New York: Free Press.Slide12
One influence is online interactions
When you have a question about something, what do you do?
Siri: “Where is the closest bookstore?”
Google it: “Where can I get the best burrito in Minneapolis?”Ask your friends online: “What is good optometrist in Minneapolis?”
We ask for help on a daily basis.Slide13
Online environments and helping
Individuals offer help to others online every day
Answering people’s questions via discussion boards or social networks
I need help with this homework. Do you have the link to the PDF? (Khan Academy example)Even asking more private question anonymously…what is the best fraternity at UNCW? (
Yik
-Yak)Slide14
Television and helping
Netflix and college
What types of shows encourage helping?
Holland emphasizes that stereotypes of careers can guide students towards particular careers. (Gordon, 2007)
Gordon
, V. (2007).
The undecided college student :
An academic and career advising challenge. Springfield, Ill: Charles C Thomas.Slide15
Video of Helping
https://
drive.google.com/file/d/0B69rNEtpcSuYRUk1TmxqaDQ2X0k/view?usp=sharingSlide16
Hypothesis
The
mass media shapes the individual who observes the media (
Strinati, 2004). Observation of helping people plays an important role towards children’s development (Taylor,
Peplau
, & Sears, 2003).
Television shows constantly connect the viewer to universal ideals such as helping others, and it creates a larger collective of individuals who talk about these narratives on a daily basis
(Strinati, 2004)
Strinati, D. (2004). An introduction to theories of popular culture. London New York: Routledge.Taylor, S., Peplau, L. & Sears, D. (2003). Social psychology. Upper Saddle River, N.J: Prentice Hall.Slide17
The Major Decision Process & Helping
Understand the influences
If they say they want to help, have them explain why or define the term
Walk them through a process such as the Major Decision Process to offer a reflective practice towards a decision