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Download full textHasanova, Irina I.; Kotova, Svetlana S.; Kandrashina, Elena A. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The urgency of the problem under study is due to the fact that the professional life of a person under current conditions is highly dynamic; moreover, the attitude to the profession, the meaning of work, and its results is changing. The purpose of this article is to develop innovative psychological and pedagogical support of the professional…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Career Choice, Career Counseling, College Students
Direct linkArquero, Jose Luis; Fernández-Polvillo, Carmen; Valladares-García, Dolores – Education & Training, 2017
Purpose: The literature evidences the effects of communication apprehension (CA), defined as the level of fear and anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication, on educational efforts and suggests that (via the perceived desirability of certain professions) it could affect vocational choices. The purpose of this paper is to…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Anxiety, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Kuijpers, Marinka; Meijers, Frans – Studies in Higher Education, 2012
This article focuses on the question: which aspects of a learning environment, aimed at fostering career learning, correspond with the development of career competencies among university students in the Netherlands? A questionnaire-based study was carried out among 4820 students and 371 career counsellors in 11 universities. Four career…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Career Counseling
Fehring, Heather; Herring, Katherine – Journal of Education and Work, 2013
Lifting the rate of workforce participation in Australia has been called "the challenge of the decade". In light of the ageing workforce, changing nature of work demands and workforce attitudes, the need for insight into current patterns of workforce participation has never been more urgent. The following paper offers an overview of an…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Foreign Countries, Work Attitudes, Skilled Workers
Swift, John; Fisher, Roy – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2012
How young people make career/occupational choices and why they enter particular careers/occupations are questions to which the answers are complex. One hundred and ninety seven-students drawn from two non-selective comprehensive schools and two further education (FE) colleges in the North of England took part in a questionnaire survey relating to…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Questionnaires, Student Educational Objectives, Student Attitudes
Mittendorff, Kariene; Beijaard, Douwe; den Brok, Perry; Koopman, Maaike – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2012
In this article, we examine the relationship between different career guidance styles of vocational education teachers and vocational education students' career competencies (i.e. career reflection, career exploration and networking). Questionnaires on students' perceptions of the career guidance of their teachers during career conversations, and…
Descriptors: Profiles, Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Vocational Education
Kennedy, Marnie; Haines; Ben – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2008
Course completion and student satisfaction is likely to be influenced by how realistic the expectations of students are when they enrol. This report explores the idea that students' expectations would be more realistic if students have well developed career management competencies. Appended are: (1) Participant Information and Interview Protocol;…
Descriptors: Careers, Information Needs, Student Attitudes, Expectation
BOWLES, ROY T.; SLOCUM, WALTER L. – 1966
THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL FACTORS WHICH AFFECT THE EDUCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL PLANS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO DO NOT EXPECT TO OBTAIN A COLLEGE DEGREE, WERE IDENTIFIED. DATA WERE COLLECTED FROM JUNIORS AND SENIORS OF 28 HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. THIS DATA CONSISTED OF (1) INFORMATION DRAWN FROM SCHOOL RECORDS,…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Career Choice, Educational Attitudes, Educational Planning
Goecker, Allan D. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1971
Results of a survey of secondary students revealed that many expressed significant interest in agricultural career areas receiving little emphasis and indicated a divergent preference for type of training desired based on sex. (SB)
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Career Choice, Curriculum Development
Barabasch, Antje – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 2006
In this ever-changing economy, young adults must remain flexible and adaptable as they transition from school to work and plan their future life courses. It is difficult for today's youth to choose training programs which will guarantee them secure, long-term employment. As the future grows less predictable, greater uncertainty and risk are…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Focus Groups, Young Adults, Education Work Relationship
Houston Univ., TX. Center for Human Resources.
Administered to Mexican American high school students in Texas, this 287-item questionnaire was used to survey their attitudes, program at school, and plans for the future. Almost all of the questions consist of circling a number or checking one or more answers. A few require written answers. Topics covered by the questions are: the student's…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, High School Students, Mexican Americans
Cragun, John R.; Kartchner, Eugene C. – 1969
The Western States Small Schools Project (WSSSP) developed the Career Selection Education (CSE) program to provide students from small high schools in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah with: (1) knowledge about self, broad occupational groupings, the institution and dynamics of society which generate, define, and lend meaning to…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
GORELICK, MOLLY C. – 1966
THIS PROJECT WAS DESIGNED TO FIND MEANS OF PREDICTING THE POSTSCHOOL EMPLOYMENT SUCCESS OF EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED ADOLESCENTS. TWO HYPOTHESES WERE--(1) THERE IS A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POSTSCHOOL SUCCESS IN EMPLOYMENT AND REALISTIC VOCATIONAL PLANS, AND (2) THOSE EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED IN WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS WILL HAVE MORE…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aptitude, Aspiration, Career Choice
TILLERY, DALE; AND OTHERS – 1966
SCHOOL TO COLLEGE--OPPORTUNITIES FOR POST SECONDARY EDUCATION (SCOPE), IS A SIX-YEAR PROJECT WHICH SEEKS TO DISCOVER DECISION-MAKING PATTERNS AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THIS REPORT ON MASSACHUSETTS, THE SECOND OF THE SERIES, GIVES MEANS, PERCENTILE RANKS, STANDARD DEVIATIONS, AND DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE VERBAL ABILITY TEST, MATH ABILITY TEST,…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Career Choice, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills
EGGENBERGER, ULRICH LEWIS – 1964
A STUDY OF THE 1953, 1954, AND 1955 WEST TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WHO HAD COMPLETED 1 OR MORE YEARS OF VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE WAS CONDUCTED TO (1) DETERMINE PRESENT OCCUPATIONAL STATUS, (2) DETERMINE FACTORS RELATED TO OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE, (3) EVALUATE HIGH SCHOOL COURSES AND VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS AS RELATED TO OCCUPATIONS, AND (4)…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Career Choice, College Attendance, Curriculum Evaluation
