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Baer, Robert M.; Flexer, Robert W.; Dennis, Lawrence – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2007
Career paths and transition services were investigated for students with disabilities who were exiting special education for comparison with two models of transition developed by Siegel (1998) and Greene (2003). Teachers and parent-mentors from 52 local education agencies (LEAs) conducted a record review and an exit interview of 741 students with…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, High School Graduates, Special Education, Special Programs
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James, Keith; Cardador, Joe – Journal of Career Assessment, 2007
This article reports on the development and initial validation of an inventory--Cognitions and Beliefs About Technology and Science (CABATS). Out of a literature search and content analysis, eight categories of cognitions or beliefs were developed. In Study 1, those eight components of were assessed with a confirmatory factor analysis of item…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Factor Analysis, Content Analysis, Scores
American School Counselor Association (Bks), 2006
This book serves as a ready reference for advancing a common understanding of the rapidly evolving school counseling profession. Its purpose is to help school counselors, school counseling students, educators, administrators and other school counseling stakeholders best converge on the most highly agreed upon responses to common professional…
Descriptors: Credentials, Counselor Training, Legal Responsibility, Legislation
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Strauser, David R.; Lustig, Daniel C.; Uruk, Aye Ciftci – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2006
In the current study, the authors examined whether the influence of trauma symptomatology on select career variables differs based on disability status. A total of 131 college students and 81 individuals with disabilities completed the "Career Thoughts Inventory," "My Vocational Situation," "Developmental Work Personality…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Disabilities, College Students
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Shin, Jaeun; Moon, Sangho – Economics of Education Review, 2006
This paper examines the effects of fertility and relative wages on occupational choice (teaching versus non-teaching) and labor force participation decisions of female college graduates using selectivity-corrected panel estimations. We find that the presence of a new born baby is not particularly important to the choice of occupation, but…
Descriptors: Wages, Career Choice, Labor Force, College Graduates
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Sandel, Mark H.; Cohen, Harriet L.; Thomas, Cecilia L.; Barton, Thomas R. – Educational Gerontology, 2006
During the coming years the need for professionals to work with the nation's elders will increase several fold. This will place a great responsibility on university educational programs to prepare enough qualified future professionals to work in the greatly expanding field of gerontology. Prior research has identified several nonacademic and…
Descriptors: Practicums, Geriatrics, Gerontology, Focus Groups
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Rollins, Vanessa B.; Valdez, Jesse N. – Journal of Black Psychology, 2006
African American adolescents' perceptions of racism and career self-efficacy relationships are examined. Participants in a southwestern urban high school completed the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure, Racism and Life Experiences Scale-Personal and -Group, and career decision and career task self-efficacy scales. Results indicate that…
Descriptors: Racial Discrimination, Career Development, Self Efficacy, African Americans
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Manassis, Katharina; Katz, Mark; Lofchy, Jodi; Wiesenthal, Stephanie – Academic Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To examine the influence of initial interest, pre-clerkship experiences, clerkship experiences, and enrichment activities on choosing a career in psychiatry. Method: Residents in psychiatry at the authors' medical school completed a survey that examined each of these factors in relation to career choice. Results: Thirty participants…
Descriptors: Enrichment Activities, Medical Schools, Career Choice, Psychiatry
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Giancola, Frank – CUPA-HR Journal, 2006
Recent research indicates that a record number of women today are shunning MBA programs and are looking for careers outside of the corporate business world. In this article, the author presents the findings of recent studies on this trend and examines how higher education can tap into the ever-expanding talent pool of highly qualified candidates…
Descriptors: Careers, Higher Education, Females, Information Technology
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Khovalyg, N.; Kendivan, O. – Russian Education and Society, 2006
This article reports the findings of a survey examining the social and psychological characteristics of future specialists of agriculture who were enrolled as students in Tuva State University. The study was carried out by the Tuva State Institute for Cadre Retraining and Upgrading of Qualifications under the Government of the Republic of Tuva.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes
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Jacobs, Janis E.; Chhin, Christina S.; Bleeker, Martha M. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2006
The goals of the current study were to examine (1) the relation between parents' gender-typed occupational expectations for their children at age 15 and their children's own reports of occupational expectations at age 17; (2) the long-term relations between parents' gender-typed occupational expectations for their children at age 17 and their…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Job Satisfaction, Occupational Aspiration, Adolescents
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Hodgkinson, Liz; Hamill, Les – Industry and Higher Education, 2006
Of all professions, engineering is ranked near the bottom in the UK in terms of the proportion of female applicants for university places, so the engineering industry is missing out on some of the best young talent available. Despite initiatives to increase the number of women entering engineering, there has been little change over the last…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Industry, Females, Careers
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Anderson, Sharon E. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2008
This report examines the timing of teaching careers of 1992-93 college graduates at three points during the 10 years after graduation. It answers questions about the characteristics of graduates who enter and leave teaching, focusing specifically on their demographic characteristics, academic preparation, teacher working conditions, and…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Bachelors Degrees, Teachers, Career Choice
Turner, Pamela Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2008
This research was designed to provide information on the career development of fifth-grade students and to explore the influence of an education program on children's interest in nursing as a career choice, especially related to gender. Interest in nursing is conceptualized as interest, competence perception, and desire to help other people. A…
Descriptors: Caring, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Career Education
Lawanto, Oenardi; Stewardson, Gary – National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, 2009
The objective of this study was to evaluate grade 9-12 students' motivation while engaged in two different engineering design projects: marble-sorter and bridge designs. The motivation components measured in this study were focused on students' intrinsic (IGO) and extrinsic (EGO) goal orientations, task value (TV), self-efficacy for learning and…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Questionnaires, Correlation, Student Motivation
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