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Direct linkVarjo, Janne; Kalalahti, Mira; Jahnukainen, Markku – Education Inquiry, 2020
Transitions from one level of education system to another and from education to work are structured by socio-economic and institutional structure factors, while at the same time they are appropriated by individuals in their biographical constructions. Patterns to career trajectories are also dependent on social class, immigrant origin and level of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Socioeconomic Status, Institutional Characteristics
Salmela-Aro, Katariina – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2010
This chapter examines development through different life transitions, such as educational transitions and transition to parenthood during adolescence to adulthood in the context of the life-span model of personal goals. According to the life-span model of motivation, four key mechanisms--channeling, choice, co-regulation, and compensation--play a…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Goal Orientation, Well Being, Early Parenthood
Peer reviewedAhola, Sakari; Nurmi, Jouni – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1997
The formation of educational preferences was analyzed using log-linear modeling and data from a survey of nearly 4,000 applicants for higher education in Finland in the policy context of new vocational-higher education institutions. High status orientation was the main factor determining the choice of university sector. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, Decision Making, Enrollment Influences
