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Parental Involvement across European Education Systems: Critical Perspectives. Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education
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Paseka, Angelika, Ed.; Byrne, Delma, Ed. – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2019
This book addresses central questions regarding parental involvement across European educational systems; exploring the commonalities and differences across European countries and the extent to which current policy and practice pertaining to parental involvement is inclusive of diversity. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach that draws from the…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Policy, Diversity
Choosing a Career in Management: An Interdisciplinary Multicultural Perspective
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Malach-Pines, Ayala; Ozbilgin, Mustafa F.; Burke, Ronald – Career Development International, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to introduce the papers in this special issue and some issues surrounding choosing management as a career. A jointly developed questionnaire is also presented. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is descriptive in nature. Findings: It is crucial for researchers and practitioners to expand their perspectives…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Career Choice, Management Development, Career Guidance
Graduates At Work: Degree Courses and the Labour Market. Higher Education Policy Series, 1.
Brennan, John; McGeevor, Philip – 1988
This book contains the findings of a British project studying the employment experiences of a sample of Council for National Academic Awards (CNAA) graduates for the year 1982. Chapters One and Two describe the project and the context for the project. Chapter Three presents an overview of the employment experiences of the sample from graduation in…
Descriptors: Age, Career Choice, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
A Survey of Attitudes to, Knowledge about and Experience of Computers.
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Durndell, A.; And Others – Computers and Education, 1987
Describes a study that investigated the relationships between variables of background discipline, attitude toward computers and technology, experience with computers, and gender among 928 students at an institution of higher education in Scotland. Results are analyzed and discussed with relation to vocational choices, and topics for future…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Career Choice, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Gendered Career Choice: Is Sex-Stereotyping the Cause or the Consequence?
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Lightbody, Pauline; Durndell, Alan – Educational Studies, 1996
Reports on a study where students were given characteristics of a target pupil and then asked which career area that pupil would pursue. Although the given characteristics refuted traditional stereotypes (male/social interests, female/technical interests) the students maintained that the target pupil would choose traditional careers. (MJP)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making, Educational Sociology, Family Influence
Women in British Geography Revisited: Or the Same Old Story.
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McDowell, Linda; Peake, Linda – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1990
Following up on a 10-year-old survey, examines women's status in British University geography departments. Surveyed 103 British higher education institutions in 1987-88. Finds relatively no change in numbers of females enrolled in geography courses. Shows a decline in women geographers at the postgraduate level. Offers explanations and proposals…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Choice, College Faculty, College Students