What is it about?
The article presents findings from the survey, which included questions relating to student demographics, parental occupation, attitudes to school and to learning, career aspirations, and students’ knowledge of the further education or skills required to achieve their desired goal.
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Why is it important?
We found no significant differences in the proportions of students who were ‘uncertain’ of their future career aspirations with respect to their individual characteristics such as age and gender. There were, however, significant differences in relation to students’ family background, and their perceptions associated with own academic abilities and self-efficacy.
Perspectives
The findings point to crucial factors affecting students' career decision making: (1) family values and attitudes towards learning, (2) messages that students receive about own academic abilities.
Ms Natal'ya Galliott
Macquarie University
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This page is a summary of: Who Struggles Most in Making a Career Choice and Why? Findings From a Cross-Sectional Survey of Australian High-School Students, Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, May 2015, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/jgc.2015.7.
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Resources
A question of agency: applying Sen's theory of human capability to the concept of secondary school student career ‘choice’
Conceptual Framework of the study.
School based experiences as contributors to career decision-making: findings from a cross-sectional survey of high-school students
Other findings from this study: School based experiences as contributors to career decision-making
Career studies and advice: start early or don’t start at all
Article in The Conversation based on this study.
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