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The Influence of Extracurricular Activities on the Interest of Czech and Finnish Students in Biology
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Download full textIna Rajsiglová; Viktorie Poneszová; Milada Teplá – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
Extracurricular learning plays a key role in shaping students' interest in (not only) biology. The research examined which extracurricular areas related to biology can make biology more attractive for the participating Finnish and Czech students. A 5-point Likert scale questionnaire was administered to 178 Finnish and 195 Czech 9th-grade…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Education, Student Interests, Science Interests
Direct linkMeriläinen, Matti; Puhakka, Helena; Sinkkonen, Hanna-Maija – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2014
The aim of this research was to clarify the characteristics of Finnish upper secondary school students as vocational decision-makers. The focus was especially on what skills and competences were related to decision-making at different phases of the decision-making process. Altogether, 216 upper secondary school students filled in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Decision Making, Career Choice
Dietrich, Julia; Salmela-Aro, Katariina – Journal of Adolescence, 2013
This study investigated adolescents' and parents' co-regulation of career-related goals during the post-school transition. Finnish adolescents (N = 807, 49% female) were assessed twice in high school and once after graduation. It was examined how their career goal motivation (autonomous vs. controlled) and appraisals (goal attainability, effort,…
Descriptors: Motivation, Adolescents, Career Development, Parent Participation
Rahikainen, Katariina; Hakkarainen, Kai – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate Finnish high school students' and teachers' perceptions of the effects of short-term Nordic study abroad programs in which they had participated. The data presented were based on a "mixed-methods strategy." The data set consisted of responses from 158 students and 92 teachers to a specifically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers
Brunila, Kristiina; Kurki, Tuuli; Lahelma, Elina; Lehtonen, Jukka; Mietola, Reetta; Palmu, Tarja – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2011
Students in Finland are obliged to apply for upper secondary education during their 9th year. The main divisions occur between general (academically oriented) and vocational upper secondary education, and within vocational education between female and male dominated sectors. In this article we discuss the tension between these options and explore…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Ethnography, Young Adults, Foreign Countries
