Student perspectives on leaving school, pathways, and careers /
Vaughan, Karen,
Student perspectives on leaving school, pathways, and careers / Karen Vaughan, New Zealand Council for Educational Research. - viii, 72 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
"CL @ 16 [i.e. Competent Learners at 16] is the seventh phase of the Competent Children/Competent Learners longitudinal study." -- Verso t.p.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-72).
Introduction -- The transition landscape of student choice -- Report structure and analysis -- Student perspectives on leaving school -- Best things about leaving school -- Breaking out of school -- Breaking away from home -- Hardest and easiest things about leaving school -- Moving from secondary study to tertiary study -- Best things and hardest things -- Intended activities in the first year of leaving school -- Post-school options -- Further study -- Likelihood of intended activities and pathways -- University -- Polytechnic -- Earning-while-learning -- Full-time paid work -- Travel -- Care for family, Youth Training course, Volunteer work -- Combinations of activities and options -- Reasons for intended activities -- Understanding intentions -- Occupations and qualifications -- Favoured occupations and qualifications -- Students' most favoured careers/jobs -- Occupational category patterns -- Study towards qualifications over a lifetime -- Ideas about “career” -- What is a career? -- On-the-job training -- Skills portability and status -- Traditional and emergent conceptions of career -- Career connections -- What is most connected with your most favoured career? -- Connections to occupational categories -- Connections with school-based experiences -- Connections with experiences outside school -- Most useful activities -- Most useful activities for students thinking about career -- Family influence -- Useful types of activities -- The life you want -- Barriers and aspirations -- Patterns for social and school characteristics -- Social characteristics -- Gender -- Ethnicity -- Maternal qualifications and family income -- School characteristics -- Subject cluster -- Total number of NCEA credits -- Risky behaviour -- Conclusion -- Choice complexity -- Structured choices.
0478139543 9780478139549
RMR-910 Ministry of Education
Competent Children Longitudinal Research Project.
High school graduates--Attitudes--New Zealand
High school graduates--Employment--Attitudes.--New Zealand
Education, Higher--Attitudes--New Zealand
Youth--Employment--Attitudes.--New Zealand
Teenagers--New Zealand--Longitudinal studies
373.180993
Student perspectives on leaving school, pathways, and careers / Karen Vaughan, New Zealand Council for Educational Research. - viii, 72 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
"CL @ 16 [i.e. Competent Learners at 16] is the seventh phase of the Competent Children/Competent Learners longitudinal study." -- Verso t.p.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-72).
Introduction -- The transition landscape of student choice -- Report structure and analysis -- Student perspectives on leaving school -- Best things about leaving school -- Breaking out of school -- Breaking away from home -- Hardest and easiest things about leaving school -- Moving from secondary study to tertiary study -- Best things and hardest things -- Intended activities in the first year of leaving school -- Post-school options -- Further study -- Likelihood of intended activities and pathways -- University -- Polytechnic -- Earning-while-learning -- Full-time paid work -- Travel -- Care for family, Youth Training course, Volunteer work -- Combinations of activities and options -- Reasons for intended activities -- Understanding intentions -- Occupations and qualifications -- Favoured occupations and qualifications -- Students' most favoured careers/jobs -- Occupational category patterns -- Study towards qualifications over a lifetime -- Ideas about “career” -- What is a career? -- On-the-job training -- Skills portability and status -- Traditional and emergent conceptions of career -- Career connections -- What is most connected with your most favoured career? -- Connections to occupational categories -- Connections with school-based experiences -- Connections with experiences outside school -- Most useful activities -- Most useful activities for students thinking about career -- Family influence -- Useful types of activities -- The life you want -- Barriers and aspirations -- Patterns for social and school characteristics -- Social characteristics -- Gender -- Ethnicity -- Maternal qualifications and family income -- School characteristics -- Subject cluster -- Total number of NCEA credits -- Risky behaviour -- Conclusion -- Choice complexity -- Structured choices.
0478139543 9780478139549
RMR-910 Ministry of Education
Competent Children Longitudinal Research Project.
High school graduates--Attitudes--New Zealand
High school graduates--Employment--Attitudes.--New Zealand
Education, Higher--Attitudes--New Zealand
Youth--Employment--Attitudes.--New Zealand
Teenagers--New Zealand--Longitudinal studies
373.180993