Examining Relationships Between Factors of Science Education and Student Career Aspiration

• Published in: The Journal of educational research (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 94; no. 5; pp. 312 - 319
• Main Authors: Wang, Jianjun, Staver, John R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC Taylor & Francis Group 01.05.2001; Heldref Publications; Taylor & Francis Inc
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; Aspiration; Biological and medical sciences; Career Choice; Career Planning; Careers; Child development; Councils; Educational psychology; Educational research; Employment; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Grade 10; High School Graduates; High school students; High schools; Learning; Literacy; Longitudinal studies; Longitudinal Study of American Youth; Mathematics; Mathematics Education; Noncollege Bound Students; Outcomes of Education; Productivity; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Pupil and student. Academic achievement and failure; Questionnaires; Researchers; School to work transition; Science Education; Secondary Education; Secondary School Science; Secondary schools; Social sciences; structural equation model; student career aspiration; Students; Teaching; Variables; New York; California; Bakersfield California; United States > US; Human; Structural equation modeling; Sciences; Adolescent; Young adult; Aspiration level; Expectation; Career; Teaching

Student career aspiration has been identified as the most important variable influencing students' later work experiences. The authors attempted to disentangle relationships among factors that influence career aspiration within a science education context. Guided by Walberg's (1981) educat...