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Peer reviewedOliver, J. Steve; Anderson, Norman D. – Science Education, 1986
Determined how 430 eighth-grade students perceived science teaching as a career. One area investigated was the relationship between student ratings of science teaching as a career and such variables as sex, race, age, educational aspirations, and mother's/father's education and job type. (JN)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Science Education
Download full textOliver, J. Steve; Anderson, Norman D. – 1984
This research evaluated the desirability of science teaching as a career as rated by eighth grade students. An instrument was developed on which respondents placed their own choice of best and worst possible careers as endpoints on a 10 point scale. Forty-five additional careers, including careers in science teaching, science, and teaching of…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Careers, Grade 8, Influences
