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Victor R. Saunders – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how American vocational students describe personal, behavioral, and environmental factors that contribute to their career decisions in the state of Utah. According to the problem statement, it was not known how American vocational students describe the personal, behavioral, and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Student Attitudes, Career Choice, Decision Making
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Schwab, Keri A.; Dustin, Daniel; Legg, Eric; Timmerman, Danielle; Wells, Mary Sara; Arthur-Banning, Skye G. – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to better understand sport management students within departments of parks, recreation, and tourism, and to address the often uneasy fit faculty experience when trying to educate sport and recreation students in the same classes. Researchers sent a 16-item online questionnaire to 1,337 undergraduate sport management…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Undergraduate Students, Higher Education, Questionnaires
Treviño, Anna; Hite, Julie M.; Hallam, Pamela R.; Ferrin, Scott E. – NASSP Bulletin, 2014
This qualitative study examines the perspectives of high school-and college-age students who participated in an educational program designed to increase the number of Latino students entering teaching as a profession: Latino Educators of Tomorrow. Using open-ended surveys and semistructured interviews, this study identified themes regarding the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Teaching (Occupation), Hispanic American Students, Career Choice
Riley, Pamela J.; Powers, Patricia – 1977
A study was made of the impact of nonsexist toys and games on the occupational aspirations and attitudes of kindergarten and fourth-grade children. It was hypothesized that children who play with toys and games that suggest "non-sex-biased" career options would be less likely to hold to traditional occupational expectations. Children in…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Games, Educational Experiments
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Wolf, Joan S.; McCormick, Megan E. – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 1995
A survey of 124 academically gifted secondary students who participated in the 1992-93 Utah Talent Search program focused on student experiences, attitudes toward teachers, self-perceptions, and career plans. Students reported a wide range of program options in elementary school but only honors and/or advanced placement classes at the secondary…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Career Choice, High School Students