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Direct linkRenga, Ian Parker – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2017
Much of the public discourse on education arguably reinforces the assumption that most stakeholders share the same desires for teaching and learning--desires reflecting a liberal paradigm that stresses individualism, control, and efficiency. But there are other desires, and additional empirical research informed by a Vygotskian sociocultural…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Academic Aspiration, Expectation, Social Influences
Coffman, Stephen – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2011
Drawing on interviews with first-generation college students (FGS), the author argues that the students' culture affects college attendance and success. Although FGS often have a vocational perspective to college, the author found that they seek meaningful work with good pay. The author also suggests that good decision making, academic…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Social Class, Decision Making, Student Characteristics
Ali, Saba Rasheed; Saunders, Jodi L. – Career Development Quarterly, 2006
An examination of social cognitive career theory (SCCT; R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, & G. Hackett, 1994, 2000) factors contributing to the college expectations of high school students (N = 87) in rural Appalachia was conducted. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed support for the role of SCCT variables in predicting expectations to…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Rural Schools, Social Theories, Social Cognition
