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Direct linkMichael Fitzgerald; Saeed Salimpour; David McKinnon; Rachel Freed; Dan Reichart – Journal for STEM Education Research, 2025
There has been a sustained interest in student perceptions about STEM fields and their choice of careers over the past few decades. Research has shown that there is a decline in students pursuing STEM careers, and this has raised global concern. Despite these issues, no unistructural, broad, parsimonious and unambiguous quantitative instrument…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Careers, Undergraduate Students, Career Choice
Luis M. Dos Santos – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2024
Teachers with professional experience are important for improving students' learning experiences and understanding of practical industry skills in engineering. This study explores why upper-level professional engineers decided to enter teaching with their Master of Arts in Teaching or Master of Teaching programmes and how pre-service teachers with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering, Technical Occupations, Engineering Education
Lara Lesch; Katrin Scharfenkamp; Pamela Wicker – Sport Management Education Journal, 2024
This study investigated the perception of role model attributes of women and men sport professors, how these attributes influence the choice of academic role models, and how such role models affect career objectives. The study draws on social cognitive (career) theory. Data were collected with a quantitative online survey (N = 792) targeted at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role Models, Sex, Career Choice
Rachel Spronken-Smith; Kim Brown; Claire Cameron – New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 2024
Given a lack of knowledge about the work happiness of PhD graduates across a range of jobs, we explored which employment sectors graduates were entering, their work happiness and what factors influenced their happiness. We surveyed PhD graduates from two US and one New Zealand university. Analysis of 120 graduate responses revealed that nearly 60%…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Degrees, College Graduates, Job Satisfaction
Ben Archer; Kerry Russo; Jonathan Woodend; Josephine Pryce – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2024
This article provides a review of existing research on youth transitions within regional, remote and rural communities. Results were organised according to the Systems Theory Framework of Career Development, highlighting the importance of geographical location as an environmental influence within the career decision-making process. By deploying a…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Outcomes of Education, Geographic Location, Environmental Influences
Rachel Spronken-Smith; Kim Brown; Claire Cameron – Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, 2024
Purpose: PhD graduates are entering an increasing range of careers, but past research has highlighted a lack of preparation for these careers. This study aims to explore the reflections of PhD graduates from science and humanities and social science disciplines regarding support for career development (CD) during their study.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Career Development, Doctoral Students, College Graduates
