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Download full textTentama, Fatwa; Nabilah, Bella Rifqi – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2020
The employability of students in vocational high schools is a major concern that must be considered. Employability as the ability and skills that will make it easier for individuals to get a job. Future orientation is one of the factors that can affect employability. This study aims to test the role of future orientation on student employability…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Grade 12, Long Range Planning, Futures (of Society)
Bobek, Becky L.; Schnieders, Joyce Z. – ACT, Inc., 2022
As students transition between high school and college or career, many have begun to consider their future career paths or want to identify career options that will best fit them. To better understand the types of career characteristics that students want to explore, this study surveys a random sample of 11th and 12th-grade students who registered…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Choice, High School Students, Grade 11
Direct linkMichael, Rinat; Cinamon, Rachel Gali; Most, Tova – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2015
The current study examined the contribution of hearing loss, social affiliation, and career self-efficacy to adolescents' future perceptions. Participants were 191 11th and 12th grade students: 60 who were deaf, 36 who were deaf or hard of hearing, and 95 who were hearing. They completed the Future Perceptions Scale, the Career Decision-Making…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Adolescents, High School Students
Perry, Justin C.; Wallace, Eric W.; McCormick, Meghan P. – Youth & Society, 2018
The college and career readiness movement figures prominently in the nation's educational reform and policies, including strategies to increase graduation rates among disadvantaged students in urban schools. As part of a multi-pronged approach to help youth transition to post-secondary education and the workforce, the present study evaluated a new…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Career Education, Urban Youth
Strom, Paris S.; Strom, Robert D.; Whitten, Leah S.; Kraska, Marie F. – NASSP Bulletin, 2014
The wish to be seen as an adult has been an adolescent goal for generations. This goal is more difficult to attain in a technological society because extended education is needed for employment but the criteria for adult recognition continue to reflect conditions of the past. Results are reported for an online poll of 288 high school students…
Descriptors: High School Students, Career Exploration, Student Surveys, Career Planning
Wyoming Department of Education, 2017
The Carl Perkins Act provides federal support for rigorous career and technical education (CTE) programs that provide students with knowledge and skills to keep the United States competitive. States are provided with funds which are in turn distributed to eligible recipients such as local educational agencies (LEAs) and postsecondary institutions.…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, High Schools
Wyoming Department of Education, 2016
The Carl Perkins Act provides federal support for rigorous career and technical education (CTE) programs that provide students with knowledge and skills to keep the United States competitive. States are provided with funds which are in turn distributed to eligible recipients such as local educational agencies (LEAs) and postsecondary institutions.…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, High Schools
Wyoming Department of Education, 2014
The Carl Perkins Act provides federal support for rigorous career and technical education (CTE) programs that provide students with knowledge and skills to keep the United States competitive. States are provided with funds which are in turn distributed to eligible recipients, such as local educational agencies (LEAs) and postsecondary…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, High Schools
Cardoso, Paulo; Moreira, Joao Manuel – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2009
This study tested the hypothesis that self-efficacy in career roles moderates the relation between perception of career barriers and career planning, in a study with Portuguese students, 488 in Grade 9 and 517 in Grade 12. The results supported the hypothesis only among Grade 9 girls, showing that perception of career barriers leads to less career…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Self Efficacy, Grade 9, Grade 12
Chaplin, Duncan; Bleeker, Martha; Booker, Kevin – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2010
Roads to Success (RTS) is a school and career planning program designed to be implemented for 45 minutes per week in grades 7 through 12. Researchers at Mathematica Policy Research used a random assignment design to estimate the impacts of receiving RTS in grades 7 and 8. More than half of the students in these schools were eligible for free or…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Study Habits, Career Planning, Middle Schools
Aleong, Chandra; Aleong, John – College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, 2008
For the last three years Delaware State University (DSU) and the University of Vermont (UVM) have implemented a new approach to a summer program or "Institute" that emphasizes evaluation and accountability. Beginning in 2005, both institutes changed the focus of their programs to fulfill not only the primary objectives of instilling…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Accountability, Transportation
ACT, Inc., 2004
This paper illustrates how Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Illinois District 233 addressed the decline in its student achievement results and improved college readiness among its students. This sharp decline caused school officials to stop and reevaluate what they were doing. A review of the facts led to a clear conclusion: "Rigorous…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Academic Achievement, Grade 9, Grade 12
Creed, Peter A.; Patton, Wendy; Bartrum, Dee – Journal of Career Development, 2004
One hundred and thirty final year high school students were administered scales tapping optimism/pessimism, self-esteem, external career barriers, career decision-making self-efficacy, career focus and career indecision. It was hypothesised, first, that cognitive style optimism/pessimism) would predict both internal (self-esteem) and external…
Descriptors: Females, Cognitive Style, Males, Career Development
