Dr. Winter, Your comments about computer skills and team/sport participation are very intriguing. I know that the nursing education field has looked at computer skills in re: academic success, as well as related to licensed nurses engaging in continuing professional development via computer/Internet and/or self-study modules.

 

Your assertion that computer ownership may be a proxy for socio-economic status is right on the money. I think back to the Presidential Election in which voters were polled by telephone and the front page was printed based on that survey. Woe betide the surveyors, for the individuals with phones during that period in our history were those of higher socio-economic status.

 

Thank you for highlighting these points. Liz

 

 

 

Hi Judith,

 

From my perspective, computer skills may be predictive of academic success (I am not familiar with the research, but it makes sense intuitively).

 

I think you could probably find some data to support regular participation in physical activity as positively correlated with academic success, but participation on varsity athletic teams may behave differently depending on the school, sport, conference, etc..

 

I would be cautious about computer ownership, since this may end up acting as a proxy for socio-economic status, particularly if your factors disclosed to students.

 

I teach graduate Social Work courses, so I have a number of course and profession-related factors to draw on.  I sometimes use distance between school and place of origin, since it helps to distribute cultural backgrounds and views among teams, which is of great value to Social Work education. 

 

Good luck with your course!

 

Liz

 

Liz Winter, Ph.D., LSW

Academic Coordinator and Clinical Assistant Professor

Child Welfare Education for Leadership Program

School of Social Work

University of Pittsburgh

 

2327 Cathedral of Learning

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Phone: 412-648-2371

Fax:     412-624-1159

 

 

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