Map data from the National Taiwan University students audition to participate in outside the
entrance of the mentality of
Department of Library and Information Science University of thinking the development of education The mental process of NTU-LIS undergraduates applying for the admission from non-LIS graduate schools: a reflection of LIS undergraduate education
in Taiwan Qiu Ziheng Tzu-heng Chiu tzchiu@mail.lis.ntu.edu.tw
National Taiwan University, Institute of Doctoral Information Doctoral Student, Graduate School of Library and Information Science,
National Taiwan University
Library and Information Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, Adjunct Lecturer
Instructor, Department of Library and Information Science, Fu-Jen Catholic University
Abstract
In this paper, qualitative research methods, Department of Library and Information Science undergraduate education development issues and study results will be Department of Library and
Information Science graduates to graduate school because you want to convert subject areas grouped into "personal factors", "map information Department of factors ", and" social environment factors
"such as three categories, under which 11 items were included.
Then focus on Library and Information Science itself factors into a
department name, course planning and the aim to further explore the three angles, and then developed into five common
phenomenon across cases, and finally the author proposes "the importance of rectification of names" , "use the influence of
teachers", and "general education or professional education" and other three recommendations, as the conclusion of this article.
This article explores the problems of LIS undergraduate education in Taiwan using the methodology of qualitative research. After analyzing interview transcripts, the researcher induces three major factors (personal, LIS department, and social environment) as the reasons for these interviewees to apply for the admission from non-LIS graduate schools. Among these three factors, the "LIS department factor" is further discussed. The common characteristics among interviewees are then
described. At the end, three suggestions are proposed as the conclusion.
【Keywords】
Library and Information Science Education; college entrance;
qualitative research
Library and Information Science Education; Admission via Recommendation and Screening; Qualitative Research
1. Preface
In the classroom or informal occasions, one often hears domestic Library and Information Science Department of the teachers
lamented the quality of the graduates not to pursue the will of the map data, in addition to outside employment, and some other families applying for more options Department of Institute of Library and Information Science education as a domestic part, I think this is worth further study. Therefore, this study question is: Why do the mapping information system will be the loss of these outstanding students? In addition to the students own personal factors and social environment impact, there is the Library and Information Science who can improve and control factors?
Institute of phase transformation disciplines can be a major event in life, from idea initiation, prepare for the exam until the exam, the
student life is a continuous process. If the only quantitative method to collect and analyze data, and can not be content this
phenomenon clearly revealed, so I selected qualitative research methods, hoping to in-depth interviews and document analysis, to understand these "real" in which students were "real" experiences and feelings, trying to further their studies from their shared history and the inner world, explore the University Library and Information Science Department of the domestic education problem.
In this study started before the implementation, I read over the
"university college entrance," "values, and further studies will,"
"Career Planning", "transfer department / selection," "plan funding prospects of graduates," etc. quantitative and qualitative research literature, in order to increase the theoretical sense, as a follow-up interview guide the development and analysis of data reference.
2. Literature
The Library and Information Science Education major in
undergraduate school, and college entrance exam scores filled in accordance with the voluntary distribution of further education system, are unique to the practice in Taiwan, and the American Library and Information Science Education and other more
developed countries, very different, so the writer Select literature are particularly relevant to the domestic limited literature. In addition, because the research literature is the author of the important part of reference and learning, so the following Fenwei quantitative methods and qualitative methods of two kinds, according to the published literature has briefly with the years.
(A) of the quantitative method of literature
Of department of the six high schools in the Middle School students by a questionnaire survey to studies of high school students the values and wishes of selection, and the relationship between the two. Although the paper's long, but the authors use the "economic"
and "politics", "social", "theory", "aesthetic" and "religious" values such as categories, and that value is indeed related to the desire selection studies to remind the author from "values" perspective
map data loss Department of outstanding students of this phenomenon. (Note 1)
Chiu-Yen Lin of the country five graduates of library science questionnaire survey to examine the employment status, job satisfaction, and learning to use with the situation. Although the article provides information on ten years ago, but graduates of the department of professional courses offered by the views of some, can refer to this study and compare information. (Note 2)
Chen Changyuan for "university departments" and "high school"
questionnaire, and its aim is to understand the implementation of the original track, university enrollment dropped what ecological variables. In this paper, so I decided to for the test on the high school or university entrance examinations, factors influencing the decision-making, and university departments on the screening test issues such as student preference, there is a preliminary
understanding. Although different from the Institute of the University college entrance audition, but enhanced sensitivity theory helpful. (Note 3)
Zhang Man-ling and Chen Chiao-mei from the perspective of self- motivated students transfer system, for transfer phenomena, and to
"social identity", "self-identity", and "self-improvement" and so on as its theoretical framework. In this paper, in addition to providing the author's theory on the causes of tactile transfer system, the design of the study were in two different research methods (experimental method and questionnaire) and different subjects (usually students of National University and really faculties, faculties experienced students) to test their hypothesis, is a use of "methods" and
"source" of triangulation to increase the reliability and validity of the good example. (Note 4)
(B) qualitative methods literature
Shu-Hui Liu and Zhu Xiaoyu phenomenological point of view as the basis for theoretical sampling screening participants to interview outline to collect information in order to continue to compare the formation of coding and integration with the case of interaction
between the induction of analytical strategy, decision-making of college students type, uncertainty coping, and career satisfaction relationship between such variables. Grounded theory approach, the authors constructed from the data in the "rational one",
"intuition", "Authorization", and "open" the four categories of
decision-making patterns; and "seek control" and "acceptance" and the two species on the direction of coping with uncertainty;
integrated after into the following three basic planning model:
"rational control", "comfortable with the nature", and "Suishun accepted." In this paper, the research methods, conduct
procedures, data collection, data analysis, explain very clearly, more particularly special section explains how to improve the data
analysis its "external credibility," "intrinsic reliability," "external validity ", and" internal validity "is the author of Law in a very good example. (Note 5)
Shih-Ming Li using guided interview method of qualitative research to explore the impact of medical student selection decision factors.
The results showed that selection decision is a complex process, in the "personal" and "environment" there were two levels of many factors. In this paper I report the greatest help in its written form, it will result into a few areas, then under the "description" (direct quote) and the "interpretation" (the author's view) interludes written. This study will also be presented this way, the. (Note 6)
Hui-Ping Zhu and Rao Mengxia department of university transfer students career decision process, they are based on maximum variation of the principle of purposive and snowball sampling used to select respondents, the use of in-depth qualitative research interviews to understand the idea of the respondents and their meaningful world. The result of the transfer system causes, the author most helpful, including: interest, aptitude and ability,
diploma, social values, self-esteem needs, out of the woods, family, trying, and economic factors, religion, and knowledge pursuit, etc.;
and the paper has deduced the personal characteristics, decision- making skills, cognitive structure, mystical experience,
environmental factors, and learning experiences in six major factors that affect career decision making process. The author himself in
the analysis of data gathered from interviews, will be the basis of these projects, and based on actual conditions to add or delete these areas. (Note 7)
Third, study design
In this study, life history research methods, respondents were requested oral history of his life since high school; And because the author is at home to complete their university education in the Department of Library and Information Science, and currently has mapping information system in the country puts in a lot, so this The central theme of both hold the view, so the interview process is an interactive way and the respondents jointly construct meaning, and continuously from the de facto amendment to the author's view, this research can be said to Hermeneutics point to gather information;
and interview transcripts, the author Zeyi grounded theory methods, repeated reading draft transcription, back and forth through the decomposition and integrated operation, gradually enhance the data into a concept and its name of. The following details on the study and implementation steps, respectively, of:
(A) research tools
This study used depth interviews to gather information, so the research tool is "the researcher" and "semi-structured interview guide"
(see Appendix A).
In this study, the author is itself a tool for data collection, interviews, the main purpose is to understand the "outside the system to participate in track," on what the meaning of individual respondents and through the interaction between researchers and respondents, excavated What factors contribute to such a career plan. These factors implicit meaning and must be through language and non-verbal cues to communicate, to demonstrate.
Interview outline the design, mainly in the hope of respondents do not because of structural problems too, but can not enjoy telling his story, but I also worried that too will open question the respondents hyperbole, loses focus, which led not to do cross- case analysis, so
the problem to a semi-structured design. The order of arrangement in question, the first is to please the respondents describe the
impressive event (ie audition entrance) of course as a starting point, and then back out the way to please the respondents recalled the University for four years, and high school When in class, experience and feelings; that through the establishment of contexts, so that respondents could more easily tell his experience. This outline is based on interviews with researchers and the first two respondents (Case I and Case II) as a pre-test interviews and interactive, a little out of the amendment. Because the adjustment is not made, but the case I and case II to interview more or less answered the
researcher's research questions, therefore the data analysis will also be measured before the interviews included in the analysis.
(B) of the sample
Interviewees of this study is set to "Library and Information Science should be lifelong (or graduate), have applications in other
disciplines Institute for college entrance, and through the audit with those who participated in the interview." Such selection criteria for two main reasons:
1. Because good grades are eligible to participate in the selection if the Institute entrance, but although they had owned in the map department of excellent academic
performance, and I want to continue their studies, they have chosen other subjects;
2. Entrance examination for the test of experience (from the decision to apply, select subjects, preparing documents,
attend an interview to the results would be released before), is the mentality of a very dense, these students than the general map data is more opportunity to reflect on student and
experience with the research-related issues.
Therefore, this study uses "purposive sampling", first the researchers themselves familiar with the map data at National Taiwan University Department of younger brothers and sisters in the senior school together in this study identified the design of the
respondents, followed by the "snowball" method, please
respondents , or recommend other appropriate department teacher respondents. The author on May 4 in the Division of Immunization to the June 6 month data collection period, a total of five students were interviewed, Table 1 for their basic information:
Table 1: Most of the basic information students
Responde nts
Sex Year
Interview Date
Interview time
Audition department
Case 1
Femal e
Senior May 4 11:30 ~ 13:00
Technology Management
Case 2 Male Senior May 4 13:00 ~ 14:20
Health
Information and Decision
Case 3 Male Institute of Bi
May 19 10:00 ~ 12:30
Linguistics
Case 4
Femal e
Senior June 5 14:10 ~ 15:10
Geography
Case 5
Femal e
Senior June 6 14:40 ~ 15:30
Medical Institutions
To highlight that, due to the sample in this study only five, and Taiwan University students are, so there must be limitations on the findings of this study were based restrictions. In the future if time and resources permit, should visit other domestic Library and Information Science students, to compare whether the cultural differences because of the schools have different results.
(C) data collection
Researchers at the right of the respondents informed later, by telephone or e-mail contact with their shows you want to
understand the audition to participate in the experience of other departments, agreed in interviews after the consent time and place, and requested respondents in the interview when the day to prepare for the test with a writing a reference for researchers. (See
Appendix B)
As the majority of respondents still in school senior students, it is about more than an empty hall in the school day time, at National Taiwan University Department of Library and Information Science Research in the interviews; only three cases have been employed, not in the habit convenient to school, so about on Saturday morning in the cafe in the NTU campus interviews. Researchers will
interview former first introduce themselves about it, and explain the purpose and progress of the study to establish good relations and subjects; interview period, with the approval of the consent of the respondents are to recording and live notes for the record the conversation and interaction, the researcher also informed the respondents would be if you do not want a certain period of
recording, any time he can interrupt the operation of tape recorders;
to outline the questions raised by the end of interviews, the researchers will according to the individual circumstances of the respondents asked a number of related issues, and then ask the respondents have any content you want to say that you want to add; interview after the conclusion of researchers to the
respondents describe their individual identification (ie name) does not appear in studies, but researchers may need to do their part of the conversation directly quoted, the results obtained the consent of the respondents.
(D) data analysis
I originally planned the content of all interviews transcribed
verbatim scripts to facilitate subsequent data analysis. But access to cases and case 2 a day, recording equipment, a problem can not clearly hear the interview, but fortunately the end of the day of the interview the researchers discovered the problem, then remember
on the interview, a live notes The assistance will generally interview to record, then by the respondents view scripts, they think that there was virtually no distortion, or help out with some additions and amendments, so the researchers will interview these two scripts into the analysis. The other three scripts are completely made by transcription of interview tapes.
Analysis of data, the researchers used grounded theory techniques, the transcription of the interview to read the scripts word for word over and over again, and finally analyze the impact of domestic graduates in Library and Information Science Department of the reason you want to transfer, including: interest, aptitude / ability, trying, , on the pursuit of knowledge, curriculum planning, scholarly culture, educational goals, the teachers, diploma, social values, economic factors such as 11, to further these projects into personal factors, map information system factors, and social environment factors three categories. Table II-based analysis because the coding system turn table, and later cited some examples to illustrate the coding process of data analysis.
Table 2: Reasons for transfer system code table
Items Appears these keywords (or similar semantics), or when, that is included in the
1.
Interes t
Interest, the University had (or would like to) transfer system, appealing to me, interesting ...
2.
Aptitu de / ability
Sense of achievement, ability, simple, easy to get good results, specialty ...
3.
Trying,
Try it, those that did not also ...
4. The pursuit of knowle
Challenging, not so much to learn, miss some different things ...
dge 5.
Curric ulum Planni ng
Cited criticism of specific courses and, subject background, auxiliary system, Deputy Major, second specialty, academic nature ...
6.
Schola rly atmos phere
Reading, studying, research, discussion, exchange, system environment on ...
7. Aims of Educat ion
General education, vocational training, professional, practical skills, operations, rules, practical,
implementation, implementation, theory ...
8.
Teache r
Factor s
Teacher shortage, teacher education, teacher encouragement, want a teacher to participate in teacher research projects, research assistants as teachers, class teachers mentioned contacts with teachers interact with their teachers ...
9.
Conce pt studie s
High school group, popular / unpopular, joint entrance exam scores, college ...
10. Social values
Social cognition, the impression people do not know / confused what we read, change a department name sounds better, questioning and objective bias,
foothold ...
11.
Econo mic factors
Way, eat the first road, employment, job prospects ...
【Code Example 1: Interest】
"High School have been very interested in geographical respect, I started on the freshman have been revised in the geography class.
After the freshman year on a semester and mapping information system that is not very, very appealing to me. But later discovered logical Institute of the Department of Geography, with the social group we would have read a bit of geographical differences in their favor may be the nature and technology, so I give up I had wanted to transfer my thoughts, they become secondary system. It was that secondary Department of a whole process very interesting .... "(Case 4)
【Code Example 2: aptitude / ability】
"The geography may have been full of a sense of accomplishment, that is, when studying geography that is relatively simple compared with others, I think I read geography easier, easier to get good results." (Case 4)
【Code Example 3: Try mentality】
"And I" attack, retreat and defend, "because I am a sociology alike, those that did not also stay in school next year for the test ...." (Case 2)
【Code Example 4: The pursuit of knowledge】
"Following from the university, although there is plan to continue on to graduate school, but never want to read the map data; just say that a little more, then I think again read only to read the original to know something a bit deeper, and then to understand a bit, there is no new thing, for me, and no challenge .... "(Case 1) 【Code Example 5: Curriculum Planning】
All cited names and criticism of specific programs, or that the minor department and the deputy major impact on them who are considered such. Because this part of the five cases are, and very easy to recognize, in this example is no longer only in the research part of the discussion.
【Code Example 6: The scholarly atmosphere】
"I think it is the kind of exchange of graduate students we should have, but we are on does not seem to, I do not play it should have effect, the former Research Institute in the text there, you over there talking about gossip, that is more serious discussion is not the kind of atmosphere to form relatively. "(Case 3)
【Code Example 7: Aims of Education】
"On a number of elective courses, and some freshman courses, I feel pretty good. But a core curriculum into the library to feel like the vocational training of the kind of feeling that you so long as these rules, then that how to operate ... the future will use it when out. But I think, if you really want to be a librarian, you are into that environment you learn it naturally, you do not have time to put it in college remember because you do not have much chance to use it, so if you are not working. "(Case 4)
【Code Example 8: Teacher Factors for
"There have been thought not to test the Department of Institute of map data, but later abandoned it, perhaps not encountered a
teacher now! I think the teacher is really important. May be
Geography is not really so good as I say , but I feel, I see a teacher I really really like, so I hope that after graduate school can tell the teacher. "(Case 4)
【Code Example 9: studies View】
"In the decision (screening test) a system process, the parents do not have comments, or even can not remember the name. Because my parents only primary school, from small children to study on what the discussion has not the habit at home So as long as I feel good, they feel like very hot look, it will support. "(Case 1)
【Code Example 10: Social Value】
"Other area teachers have little doubt of the mapping information system, may not we learn from what they want. They are" intuitive
", and this complete presentation of" objective bias "or that" no objective " . "(Case 2)
【Code Example 11: Economic Factors for
"With this the future, work, and practical, the character, so would like to read."; "Map information must be someone keep an eye on this field, will be involved in information service, should be prepared for opportunities! to "eat the first way" is also more helpful. ";" But I have discussed the X-teacher, he read the language that the "way out" there will be problems, or "health information by" better. "(Case 1)
(E) Reliability and validity
Researchers to ensure research reliability and validity, make the following efforts:
1. Each transcript is issued on completion of transcription, are returned to the respondents in person and then look to see if it shows real thought process and his views; researchers and invited respondents to add their own amendments and copies of transcripts of the draft , content of services so lazy
expressive form, the researchers based on the revised final version of the data analysis.
2. As the qualitative research data collection and analysis of data with the same time these properties, researchers from the end of the third interview, he and the respondents shared the previous initial "temporary" data analysis results, to
assess whether the respondents generally their own experiences and feelings meet.
3. In addition to the researchers collect, analyze interviews, the respondents were also asked to provide their entrance exams for the test when the various documents prepared, including autobiography, resume, study plan, on the one hand can be used to understand the respondents background information, on the other hand used to do "method" Determination of the triangle.
Fourth, the results
In this study, the first research question is: Why do the Library and Information Science will be the loss of good graduates? The second research question was: Library and Information Science can do to to improve this situation? The results of the study tried to answer these two questions.
1. Institute of Information graduates plan to stage the reason you want to convert subject areas
According to the results of interviews, researchers identified:
interest, aptitude / ability, try to mind, the pursuit of knowledge, curriculum design, scholarly culture, educational goals, the teachers, diploma, social values, economic factors 11 Figure information to the graduate school graduates want to change the reasons for subject areas. It can be further classified into individual factors, map information system factors and the social environment factors, three categories. Hereby are as follows:
1. Personal factors - including interest, aptitude / ability, try the mentality of the four pursuit of knowledge.
2. Map Information Department of factors - including curriculum design, scholarly culture, education, teachers four factors.
3. Social environment factors - including the diploma, social values, economic factors, etc. 3.
I believe that the personal factors and social environment factors that influence each other, as Taiwan's university entrance exam system for a long time, resulting in a high school only to indulge in textbooks, there is no opportunity to seriously explore their own aptitudes and interests lie, not to time and effort to understand the various departments of universities in subject areas and core
knowledge, then the final exam scores of almost all of the level of their own, according to the previous year's ranking and volunteer with the department of social value assigned to fill volunteer; Thus,
not only Library and Information Science, University of the various departments have recruited many of the "lost sheep." And such problems, with the Division of Immunization's last college entrance exams may be gradually improved, but the state policy of wide implications for further studies, not the key concern of this study, the researchers conclude that the three factors, further will lock the focus on Library and Information Science can improve and control their own projects.
(B) Library and Information Science itself is a closer look at factors
Information system itself in Figure factors, the study identified the curriculum design, scholarly culture, educational goals, teacher, the four, I examine the transcription of scripts over and over again, and found the respondents were "Curriculum Planning" and "Education objectives "of these two feelings most. I believe that a system of a department name reflects its subject content, and Discipline of impact to the department curriculum planning, and curriculum planning even more performance out of the department's
educational goals, so when the interviews were designed from the
"system name" the angle, make the respondents to share "system name" on their significance, and their opinion of the curriculum and educational goals should be how can the map information system
"literally." The following is the study findings:
1. Department Name aspects -
Expressed by key respondents preferred the new system name (that is, "Library and Information Science"), but also said the new system were relatively high degree of social recognition, but they also believe that curriculum and a department name, "literally" is the Department name change truly lies. The following excerpt of respondents in this view:
"I prefer the new system name, while their parents because of"
information "about the word and think it is a good way department.
Believe me, I did not care I read the line in the end what is the
name, but for the test, the deeply felt "outside" the name of the very important. "(Case 1)
"" Library Science "and" Library and Information Science,
"compared to, of course, the new system were more dominant.
Actually, I do not care, but people do not understand" information
"should feel good, so (I ) but also feel good. "(Case 2)
"Title will be changed with different friends, at least in the undergraduate enrollment of students, they will attract more ignorant of high school students to fill the department, because it has" information "word ...." (Case 3)
"I think the course (is) there are some changes, more or less the"
information "that word in there, I'd say" library "compared with such a department name, or a change. That on the others, it I do not know, maybe on the next future mentees, the words "information"
the words, scores on the forward run, I think the significance of them here now! but the real subject nature has not changed, it does not really depend on course .... "(Case 4)
"Sounds better (laughs) ... After all, there is also adding some new courses it! But that ratio ... I do not know, because now the school's other departments also change a department name, and then their (new) courses also have reached a certain proportion Well, I feel as if the proportion of department are not enough. "(Case 5)
2. Curriculum -
Most respondents (representing 80% of the interview) that the traditional library science courses are not interested;
but for some elective courses and computer courses are very positive aspects. Generally speaking, they do not like because the former need to memorize or follow the "dead"
rule, while the latter is because the practical and quite well received. The following excerpt of respondents in this view:
"... Teacher wants me to read a lot of literature and studies, the new concept of Shang me helpful, but I can not be implemented, not
really make a hook like the ideal setting moon - Sui Ming and disaffected." (Case 2)
"We have students question the things that we teach is there any?
Some more later on the computer system's curriculum, some students will feel after contact, said ..., they are more practical from the point of view, there are those computer science in skill, you can make something, then they also believe that society so-called
"professional" is that you can make things come, especially in
system design, then it will say "what's the use of our things, we they can not make for "more." (Case 3)
"My freshman year computer science classes feel quite practical, common sense and be very important or foundation, which in this generation. In the College of which can be built to the kind of course in fact quite rare." (Case 4)
"Some of the students in class I feel I do not know the future will not be used ... I would think not sure that on this course is not really so helpful. ... I feel like X to open some of the lessons the teacher is very necessary is the current trend, if we line the students do not learn these words, basically find many people than the outside, even if other school information systems plan, than they are behind a lot. "(Case 5)
3. Educational goals -
Department of respondents think the map data seems to undergraduate education in favor of vocational training, to train qualified librarians to target mainly those rules
become the core curriculum required courses. The following excerpt of respondents in this view:
"... I think we were in the curriculum design, because when the space-time should be designed out of context, when the majority of university graduates will go to work, but it lacks expertise in this area, so a lot of the more practical course, then we become a little undergraduate professional school like the kind of training. "(Case 3)
"(Department) to open a number of elective courses, and some freshman courses, I feel pretty good. But a core curriculum into the library to feel like the vocational training of the kind of feeling that you so long as these rules, and know how to operate ... the future will only use it when out. "(Case 4)
(C) the common phenomenon of cross-case
Respondents choose to switch tracks, audition to participate in the Graduate Institute of outside individual although the reasons for special consideration, but can be broadly classified into the above three factors. In addition, researchers in the script of interview transcripts also found in the following five cross-case common phenomenon in the proposed share with readers.
1. National University, the goal for the audition
Audition to participate in the Graduate Institute of the five foreign students, are based on the same level of Taiwan University and National University of goal. Cases a choice to participate in the audition Tsinghua University and National Chiao Tung University, National Yang Ming University selected two cases, three cases
chosen Tsinghua University, and the case decided only four and five participate in National Taiwan University, his audition.
2. Interest is the biggest consideration when selections
Five respondents, in addition to two cases in the course of the interview has been referred to "prospects", "work", "way out", "eat Tau Road" and other economic factors, the other people that have chosen to emphasize their screening test is based on the interest.
Value of mentioning is that they often because of repair of the auxiliary system or vice-major, the more certain his lines on the map data not interested, but decided to switch lines. Case 3 and case 4 even dubbed them the election was also less popular than the map data, and even parents are worried that they can do graduate work in the future.
3. Teacher who is often critical of
Finished four-year re-conversion department, can be said that a major event in personal career planning. Several students in the decision-making process, teachers play a very crucial role. Case 2 and case 5 as a teacher in the department can go to some of the class that the development of related fields, while the emerging idea of a try it anyway; case 2, case 3, and 4 cases, the less said the department had close to the teachers to seek their own outside the audition to participate in the idea, the teachers are very
encouraging; cases of repair four or even think outside the lines in her class that she really like to see a teacher, so I hope to enter the study The talk to the teacher research. Most of these students said that in facing such choices, the teacher is their major consultant, and the views of the parents and friends but not so important.
4. Not rule out the possibility of returning to the field of map data
In addition to the five cases, other respondents said they did not wish to test their system on the Institute, but quite interesting, they are revealed in the interview, the future may return to map data in the field of the message. Second, as the case, said: "Health and medicine industry and academia in the future there will be a lot more information needs, map data must be someone keep an eye on this field, will be involved in information service, should be prepared for the opportunity!" The three cases are considered: "I went to read a linguistic one more expertise the better, for then I have been holding that I would come back (this field development), the idea is just one more expertise, more than a way, the future may be able to integrate or how kind. "The four cases, said:" I previously thought, and got out of geography can master the specialized library as librarians it! "
5. If you can not choose to re-mapping information system to
When the researchers asked if over again, they want to how to plan so far from the high school academic career, all respondents
expressed the hope that natural selection group when the high
school group, because this basic training will be more people's minds flexible. The concept of the management group, the university of choice include the Department of Chemistry, Department of Information Engineering (or Computer Science), Department of Geography, Department of Information Management and so on. This shows that "information" is the word for today's students who really have a fatal attraction.
V. Conclusion
This qualitative research methods, in-depth interviews outside the audition to participate in entrance examinations at National Taiwan University Department of Library and Information Science graduates expect from the real experience of the respondents felt the world to understand the plan and information departments in universities are some of the problems of education, Explore these outstanding
students to choose the reasons for conversion of school field.
Preliminary results show that students can map data transfer
system because you want to be classified as personal factors, map information system factors, and social environment factors, three categories, under which a total of 11 projects included. Then the researchers from the department name, curriculum planning, educational goals three point plan to further explore the exclusive information system itself. The researchers set out after five
intriguing cases of the common phenomenon across, quite worthy of national Library and Information Science Educators in the field of reflection. Funded researchers to map the education sector recruits, seniority and experience and has put forward three proposals in this only as a conclusion of this article.
"rectification of names" of the importance of:
As early as around 350 BC, Xunzi In "rectification of names article>
actually said:" the system name to refer to reality, on to tomorrow, something to distinguish similarities and differences of the next., Something out, similarities and differences do not, so the blog are all by Metaphor suffering, do not waste the bad storm. This is also for the well-known. "These words could understand a" truly "the importance of a department name. What is the current Department of Library and Information Science related names extremely
complex, also called the Library and Information Science (map data) are as many others such as Information and Library Department (funded plans), information dissemination system (capital transfer), social Department of Education (Educational) ... so a few lines about this name, we will withhold from the "Ming equally important," the point of view, but only from the most basic "identified similarities and differences between" talk, in the end the department's research areas How much different? And they and is also based on
"information" in the name of the Information Systems (MIS), Information Engineering (Information Engineering) how much similarity there? I believe that departments were set up outside a department's main source of first impression, so in addition to loud and nice, the firm should reflect the department's curriculum. So students can avoid the occurrence of "buying the wrong ticket, on the wrong bus," embarrassing.
use the teacher's influence:
The study found that in the face of such a career switch to the turning point plan, the students often tend to compare with ourselves close to, or consult the views of the teachers more
worship; while for no apparent tendency of the school-Xue Ke, "with"
its own favorite teachers to do research, it seems more than
"choose" its own like the Institute also important, so students often do teachers fate of a key figure in the choices. I believe that if
students are really on other subjects of particular interest or special aptitude, teacher in addition to blessing, the more should encourage him to go in that direction; However, if only because the content or teaching methods taught a problem, and let spent four years
nurturing the students to practice, and resigned to the idea of the map data sector is considerable damage. Therefore, teachers must not neglect their own students in the "missionary, by the industry, Dispelling the" three aspects of influence.
general education or professional education:
A goal of the Department of Education will affect the planning of their courses. I think in the end the domestic undergraduate
education is the map data positioning in the "general education" or
"professional education" is the whole crux of the problem. Two different angles to take no issue of right and wrong, such as medicine and law department is the most typical of professional
education, medical students, but rarely heard complaining about the internship requirement, or law students questioned the meaning of the law back because of their educational goal is clear. I raised this case is not advocating the national map Informatics Department 朝 的 direction of professional education, but I want every map Zi within the department to be able to reach a consensus in the department, so they can plan for well-Ke Cheng Chu Yi Tao.
Explanatory Note
Note 1: of department. Values and high school students will further study the relationship between selection. (Taiwan Normal University, Vol 69 people
Note 2: Chiu-Yen Lin. Department Division of Library Research Employment situation. (National Taiwan University Library Information Vol 78 people)
Note 3: Chen Changyuan. University High School of the University departments and the attitude of college entrance Evaluation and Research. (MA thesis, Department of Economics, Soochow
University, China 87)
Note 4: Cheung Man-ling, Chen Chiao-mei. "Low-status group members upward mobility: motivation of self-analysis." Education and Psychology (NCCU) Section 22 (China 88), pages 387-406.
Note 5: Shu-Hui Liu, Zhu Xiaoyu. "Students of the decision-making patterns in response uncertainty and Career Satisfaction Study."
Transactions of the National Science Council research: Humanities and Social Sciences Vol 9, No. 3 (88 people), pages 448-473.
Note 6: Shih-Ming Li. "Factors affecting the selection of medical students study." Medical Education Volume 4 No. 2 (89 people), pages 183-197.
Note 7: Hui-Ping Zhu, Rao Mengxia. "University students in career decision to switch departments process." Educational Psychology 32, 1 (89 people), pages 41-66.
【Appendix】
Appendix A: Semi-structured interviews network to
1. Please describe you for the test through the whole process and feelings ... (and its candidates, which also asked how many people participate in department, how many people have job interviews,
and the results of respondents ranking, etc.)
decision-making process (decision-making process should be
asked and who has been the impact? Or who has advice? Why audition this department? Audition has considered other
departments?) preparation phase
interview
HKCEE results
anxiety after the release
2. Whether his department had considered sitting on the Institute?
3. University of years of experience in academic and feelings ...
the deepest impression on those programs?
those courses on the screening test most useful? Why?
on the department's impression of the teachers teaching?
4. Chart Information Department, the "name" meant to you ...
"Library Science" and "Library and Information Science," both on
the significance of the respondents themselves, other people's views on this system were, the views of others on the significance of the respondents ...
other related departments in Taiwan to use the department name,
such as "capital plan," and "She Jiaoxi", "Information and
Communication department," and so on What is the significance of respondents?
Department of map data, "department name" and "School Do,"
the meaning of the respondents how? When the screening test in the "title" What role?
5. Please describe your selected group of high school and university entrance examination fill volunteer situation ...
6. The whole, feel that the screening test, the chart background to give you the help resources and resistance for that? And your own personal trait for the audition of assistance and resistance for that?
7. If you can start over, how would you select the high school groups, university departments, and institutes departments?
8. Other issues for the individual state ...
Appendix B: Document analysis Document Respondents file name
Case 1 profile, study plan, study plan,
Second case study experience table, and self-study plan
Case 3 study plan, paper, National Taiwan University Library BBS discussions. Txt
Four cases of personal data, special experience, apply for motivation, education program
Five case study plan, autobiography
