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Download full textSingh, Gurmakh; Loomis, Colleen; Dimakos, Christina; O'Malley, Blaise Y.; Pelletier, Janette; Christens, Brian D.; Wright, Carrie; Peters, Ray DeV – European Educational Researcher, 2022
Influencers are individuals or entities that meaningfully contribute through a socially constructed process to the formation of educational aspirations and possibly to their attainment. The effect of a specific influencer may differ within the context of multiple influencers. The aim of the current mixed methods study was to investigate how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role Models, Academic Aspiration, Educational Attainment
Peer reviewedGarg, Rashmi; Kauppi, Carol; Lewko, John; Urajnik, Diana – Journal of Career Development, 2002
Structural equation modeling of data from 4,034 Canadian adolescents yielded a factor composed of academic achievement, extracurricular reading, attitudes toward school and homework, and parental educational expectations that predicted 76% of variance in educational aspirations. Positive family climate and parental involvement fostered a positive…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Family Influence, Foreign Countries
Direct linkGarg, Rashmi; Melanson, Stella; Levin, Elizabeth – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
Youth from single-parent families report lower educational aspirations than those from two-parent families. This study explored the influence of background factors (gender, grade, parental education and SES), parental involvement with education, academic self-concept, and peer influences on educational aspirations. The participants were Canadian…
Descriptors: Intervention, Parent Participation, Family Involvement, Educational Attainment
Siemens, Leonard B. – 1965
The first in a series of 4 studies based on data collected from 1,844 high school students in Canada, this study examined eleventh and twelfth grade students from 2 rural Manitoba sample areas and from 2 large suburban high schools in metropolitan Winnipeg. This study focused on the educational and occupational aspiration levels and 10 selected…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Aspiration, Educational Planning, Educational Research
Forcese, Dennis P.; Siemens, Leonard B. – 1965
One of a series of studies based on data collected from 1,844 eleventh and twelfth grade students in Canada examined educational and occupational aspiration levels of youth relative to selected school-related factors. Rural and suburban youth were compared. An attempt was made to assess the utility of the variables as predictors of aspiration…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Aspiration, Educational Research, Family Influence
