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Direct linkAtkins, Liz – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2017
Little work on the significance and implications of decision-making has been undertaken since that led by Hodkinson in the 1990s, and the experiences of young people on vocational programmes and their reasons for undertaking them remain under-theorised and poorly understood. Drawing on two narratives from a study exploring young people's…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Decision Making, Vocational Education, Career Choice
Chadderton, Charlotte; Wischmann, Anke – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2014
In this paper, we consider the issue of the under-representation of young people from minority ethnic/migrant backgrounds in apprenticeships in England and Germany. Whilst there are many studies on apprenticeships in England and Germany, few focus on under-representation or discrimination, even fewer on ethnic under-representation, and there are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Groups, Migrants
Peer reviewedHemsley-Brown, Jane; Foskett, Nicholas H. – Journal of Vocational Education and Training: The Vocational Aspect of Education, 1999
A British study of 410 students in years 6, 10, and 12 categorized their occupational choices and parents' occupations as traditional/customary, high-status, or lottery (jobs relying on luck, chance, or talent spotting). Students appeared to focus on high-status or lottery jobs and were not inclined toward careers in which most parents were…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Employment Qualifications, Foreign Countries, Labor Market
Peer reviewedBatty, W. R. H. – Education in Chemistry, 1973
Analyzes statistical results obtained from a survey of employment of chemists from 1968 to 1972. Indicates that a combined or interdisciplinary scientific program is preferred to a single subject course to provide graduates with opportunities to turn to miscellaneous appointments. (CC)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Chemistry, College Science, Employment Patterns
Boys, Chris J.; Kirkland, John – 1988
This book offers information from research on how 1,584 graduates from the British public higher education and from private universities fared in the labor market in comparison with each other; whether graduates in some subjects do better than others and the value of first destination statistics (employment information data 6 months after…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits, Educational Status Comparison
Payne, Joan; Cheng, Yuan; Witherspoon, Sharon – 1996
This book describes the experiences of a series of five nationally representative cohorts of young people reaching school-leaving age between 1986 and 1993 who were surveyed as part of the continuing England and Wales Youth Cohort Study. The cohort study charts the path taken by young people over the first 3 years after compulsory education. Part…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Choice, Decision Making, Educational Certificates
Evans, Karen; Behrens, Martina; Kaluza, Jens – 2000
The education-to-labor market transitions experienced by young people in England and in eastern and western Germany were compared. The eastern German portion of the study was based on a 1996 study that included a survey of 100 trainers and 1,000 apprentices in 12 companies; in-depth interviews with 18 trainers, career advisers, and others; and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, At Risk Persons, Career Choice, Career Development
