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Download full textGatsinzi, Patrick – Educational Research and Reviews, 2022
This study purposed to investigate the lived experiences of out of school teenage mothers during pregnancy, and post-delivery in Rusororo Sector, Gasabo district, Kigali City. It is a qualitative study that used case study design to investigate the school teenage mothers (participants) on their perceived school experience with fellow students,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Mothers, One Parent Family
Direct linkNg, Irene Y. H.; Choo, Hyekyung – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2021
Applying path analysis to 237 secondary school students and 320 post-secondary students in Singapore, parents' education was found to have important effects on adolescents' educational aspiration as mediated through educational track and adolescents' financial stress and self-esteem. This effect is strong for adolescents in both secondary and…
Descriptors: Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Socioeconomic Status, Middle Class
Vernon, Lynette; Drane, Catherine F. – International Journal of Training Research, 2020
Educational and career aspirations can be shaped by the expectations of significant others, including parents, teachers and peers. This study examined career discussions with significant others and how discussions about university or vocational education supported post-high school pathways. A mediation model examined the role of gender, year…
Descriptors: Parent Influence, Teacher Influence, Peer Influence, Friendship
Emery, Laura; Spruyt, Bram; Boone, Simon; Van Avermaet, Piet – Educational Research, 2020
Background: The recent influx of Newly Arrived Migrant Students (NAMS) in Western-European societies poses important educational questions about how best to support migrant students within the education system. Purpose: We sought to study how elements that are associated with cultural capital -- namely a sense of entitlement and strategic…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Equal Education, Secondary School Students, Adolescents
Tynkkynen, Lotta; Tolvanen, Asko; Salmela-Aro, Katariina – Developmental Psychology, 2012
The purpose of this person-oriented, 5-wave longitudinal study was to examine the trajectories of educational expectations from adolescence to young adulthood in the context of the expectancy-value theory (Eccles et al., 1983). Altogether, 853 (48% female; M age = 16 years) Finnish adolescents reported their educational expectation, 1st in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Grade Point Average, Adolescents
Pinquart, Martin; Juang, Linda P.; Silbereisen, Rainer K. – Journal of Career Development, 2004
In times of dramatic social change, new career options emerge and old options may become obsolete. We investigated predictors of change in general career aspirations and of plans to attend a university of East German adolescents from 1989 (before German unification) to 1991 and 1995, respectively, after German unification. Higher pre-unification…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Academic Ability, Adolescents, Vocational Education
Schwartz, Wendy – 1996
This guide provides information about how middle schools can promote the development and education of adolescents, especially about how they can focus students' attention on career opportunities and training. It also offers families some ideas about how they can encourage their children's career awareness, and it presents some criteria for parents…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Career Counseling, Career Development
