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Download full textVázquez-Cano, Esteban; De la Calle-Cabrera, Ana María; Hervás-Gómez, Carlos; López-Meneses, Eloy – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2020
This investigation set out to analyse the relation between parents' academic qualifications, profession and role in educating their children and their children's level of efficacy in reading at the end of the adolescent stage, in three states with different socio-cultural contexts, namely Canada, Finland and Singapore. The study is carried out in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
Direct linkPullman, Ashley; Chen, Michelle Y. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2020
According to practice engagement theory within the field of adult education, everyday workplace activities offer an opportunity for skill development among youth and young adults; yet, prior research highlights the prevalence of routine and low-skill work within entry-level jobs. Utilising data from the Programme for the International Assessment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Literacy, Numeracy, Problem Solving
Liao, Yuqi – American Institutes for Research, 2020
This analysis compares 15-year-old students who reported career expectations in finance in 13 education systems that participated in the financial literacy assessment of the 2015 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). In particular, it explores (a) selected demographic characteristics of students who expected to have a career in…
Descriptors: High School Students, Occupational Aspiration, Finance Occupations, Expectation
American Institutes for Research, 2020
This brief compares 15-year-old students who reported career expectations in finance in 13 education systems that participated in the financial literacy assessment of the 2015 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). It explores selected demographic characteristics of these students and the association between students' finance career…
Descriptors: High School Students, Occupational Aspiration, Finance Occupations, Money Management
Wright, E. N.; McLeod, D. B. – 1971
An earlier survey analyzed data (a) by New Canadian status and (b) by occupational categories for students in public schools in Toronto, Canada. This study undertakes a more detailed analysis of the relationship between occupational categories and New Canadian status by providing for additional analyses of other non-school variables, such as the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Employed Parents, Ethnic Groups, Immigrants
Nevitte, N.; And Others – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1988
Data on male and female senior science undergraduates in nine Canadian universities show substantial gender discrepancies in defection rates and career aspirations, father's occupation as a distinguishing background variable between males and females, and greater likelihood of top women achievers defecting from science than average women…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, College Seniors, Females
