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Direct linkEather, Narelle; Fray, Leanne; Gore, Jennifer M. – Sport, Education and Society, 2020
Sports participation and elite sporting success are fundamental to Australian culture and a prominent source of national pride. As sport is a major part of day-to-day living in Australia, it is not surprising that many young people aspire to careers as sportspersons. While such aspirations are often dismissed as fanciful and unattainable, the…
Descriptors: Athletes, Occupational Aspiration, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students
Rimkute, Laura; Hirvonen, Riikka; Tolvanen, Asko; Aunola, Kaisa; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2012
The present study examined the extent to which mothers' and fathers' expectations for their offspring's future education, their level of education, and adolescents' academic achievement predict adolescents' educational expectations. To investigate this, 230 adolescents were examined twice while they were in comprehensive school (in the 7th and 9th…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Parent Role, Grade 7
Download full textMujtaba, Tamjid; Reiss, Mujtaba; Hodgson, Ann – London Review of Education, 2014
This paper explores which classroom and teacher factors are associated with post-16 mathematics aspirations, mathematics intrinsic motivation, and mathematics self-concept. Few studies explore all three outcomes among the same set of students or make linkages across the factors that are important to these outcomes. The analysis is based on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Classroom Techniques, Classroom Environment
Konishi, Chiaki; Saewyc, Elizabeth – School Psychology International, 2014
This study examined the link between victimization and sexual orientation and how this link contributes to social-emotional health, extending to school-related outcomes among adolescents. Of additional interest was whether having caring adult support was a protective factor in reducing the risk for high levels of distress or enhancing positive…
Descriptors: Correlation, Victims, Sexual Orientation, Social Development
Lippman, Laura; Guzman, Lina; Keith, Julie Dombrowski; Kinukawa, Akemi; Shwalb, Rebecca; Tice, Peter – National Center for Education Statistics, 2008
This report uses data from the 2003 National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) Parent and Family Involvement Survey (PFI) to examine the characteristics associated with the educational expectations parents had for their children and the postsecondary education planning practices families and schools engaged in. The results presented in…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Family Involvement, Academic Aspiration, Student Financial Aid
Kelley, R. Mark; Young, Michael; Denny, George; Lewis, Carri – American Journal of Health Education, 2005
Many commentators have indicated that our nation is in a crisis of character. This study examined the relationship between cheating and lying behaviors and constructs previous research has shown to be associated with health behaviors. Participants in the study were 700 students in grades 6-12 from a single southern school district. The…
Descriptors: Cheating, Secondary School Students, Self Efficacy, Deception
