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Direct linkLili Toh; Helen M. G. Watt – Australian Educational Researcher, 2024
An explanation for the underrepresentation of women in mathematical fields is the communal goal congruity perspective; that women tend to value communal over agentic goals, perceived to not be afforded by mathematical careers. Less is known about how agentic and communal goals may interact to influence mathematical career trajectories. Analysing a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Secondary School Students, Longitudinal Studies
Jung, Jae Yup; Lee, Jihyun – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2021
This study investigated the educational and career experiences of former Australian Olympians after their participation in the International Mathematical Olympiad. For this purpose, 15 former Olympians were engaged in interviews about how they developed their mathematical talent at university, how they selected their careers, and how they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics, Competition, Career Choice
Sasson, Irit – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2021
Decisions related to career choice are influenced by person's interactions with his or her environment. The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of a STEM (Science-Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) career choice. The study included two stages in which two different questionnaires were used. The purpose of the first…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Science Careers, Age Differences, Grade 12
Lazarides, Rebecca; Dicke, Anna-Lena; Rubach, Charlott; Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
Four topics were investigated in this longitudinal person-centered study: (a) profiles of subjective task values and ability self-concepts of adolescents in the domain of mathematics, (b) the stability of and changes to the profiles of motivational beliefs from Grade 7 to 12, (c) the relation of changes to student-perceived classroom…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Beliefs, Student Attitudes, Classroom Environment
Bauer, Carmel; Thomas, Sue; Sim, Cheryl – Issues in Educational Research, 2017
This paper presents the early findings from a study that addresses the topic of mature age professionals making a career change into the secondary teaching profession by undertaking a postgraduate coursework initial teacher education program. The paper specifically addresses the factors that affect the decision for mature age professionals to make…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Career Change, Career Choice
Han, Seong Won – Journal of Education and Work, 2017
This study examines the degree of association between students' STEM occupational expectations and between-country differences in public attitudes toward science and technology (S&T). This study focuses on public attitudes among two different populations: students and adults. Three-level Hierarchical Generalised Linear Models are employed to…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Career Choice, High School Students, Public Opinion
OECD Publishing, 2013
"Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators" is the authoritative source for accurate and relevant information on the state of education around the world. It provides data on the structure, finances, and performance of education systems in more than 40 countries, including OECD members and G20 partners. Featuring more than 100 charts, 200…
Descriptors: Adults, Vocational Education, Secondary School Students, College Students
