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Educational Trajectories: Parental Education, Pathways through Senior Secondary College and Post-School Outcomes in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Chesters, Jenny – International Journal of Training Research, 2018
Between 1983 and 1993, grade 7/8 to grade 12 apparent retention rates more than doubled and secondary schools developed vocational education and training (VET) programmes as alternative pathways through secondary school. Previous research indicates that participation in VET programmes is associated with having low-educated parents and/or attending…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Background, Vocational High Schools, Nontraditional Education
Which Paths Work for Which Young People? Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth. Research Report 57
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Karmel, Tom; Liu, Shu-Hui – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
In this paper the researchers ask how completing Year 12 and undertaking vocational education and training (VET) and university studies assist young people to make a successful transition from school. As part of their research they analyse whether those who are less academic benefit from completing Year 12 and post-school education and training…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Education Work Relationship, Vocational Education, Longitudinal Studies
Decision-Making Skills and Vocational Maturity Among Adolescents.
Lokan, Janice J.; Trebilco, Geoffrey R. – 1982
The learning of decision-making (DM) skills and appropriate attitudes is an important objective of career education. This study provides an empirical test of theoretical links between aspects of DM styles and vocational maturity (VM) in adolescence. Approximately 260 Australian students in grades ten and twelve answered questionnaires measuring…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education, Cognitive Style
The Social Participation and Career Decision-Making of Hard-of-Hearing Adolescents in Regular Classes
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Punch, Renee; Hyde, Merv – Deafness and Education International, 2005
This article reports on the social participation of hard-of-hearing adolescents attending integrated school settings with itinerant teacher support, and the relationship between the students' perceptions of their social participation and their social self-concept and career decision-making. As part of a mixed methods study investigating the career…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Hearing Impairments, Adolescents, Regular and Special Education Relationship
Curriculum and Careers: The Education and Labour Market Consequences of Year 12 Subject Choice. Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth. Research Report.
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Lamb, Stephen; Ball, Katrina – 1999
A study examined patterns of course enrollments in year 12 and consequences of student course enrollments on education, training, and work experiences to age 19 using data collected between 1990-97 by the Australian Youth Survey. Findings indicated course-taking patterns in year 12 varied substantially according to gender, early school…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Course Selection (Students), Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship
TAFE, University or Work? The Early Preferences and Choices of Students in Years 10, 11 and 12.
James, Richard – 2000
The attitudes and aspirations of Australian high school students regarding postsecondary education and work were examined in a survey of more than 7,000 students in grades 10-12 in New South Wales, Victoria, and Western Australia. The students' intentions were strongly influenced by socioeconomic background, geographical location, and gender.…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, Definitions, Educational Attainment