Biology Content and Classroom Experience as Predictors of Career Aspirations

Autor/inn/en	Šorgo, Andrej; Špernjak, Andreja
Titel	Biology Content and Classroom Experience as Predictors of Career Aspirations
Quelle	In: Journal of Baltic Science Education, 19 (2020) 2, S.317-332 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1648-3898
Schlagwörter	Biology; Secondary School Science; Course Content; Predictor Variables; Occupational Aspiration; Science Careers; STEM Education; Classroom Techniques; High School Students; Student Attitudes; Adolescents; Science Interests; Gender Differences; Foreign Countries; Slovenia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Biologie; Kursprogramm; Prädiktor; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; STEM; Klassenführung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ausland; Slowenien
Abstract	In Slovenia, as in many other countries, interest in seeking careers in science, technology and engineering-related disciplines is low, which can be recognized as a problem. The influence of general interest in biology, the content, and teaching of Biology in 9-year basic school (age 14-15) and general upper-secondary schools (age 15-18) on the career aspirations of students was explored. Based on structural models built on the responses of 522 general upper secondary school students from Slovenia, it was revealed that the corresponding constructs: (1) the content of Biological disciplines; (2) the Biology content taught in 9-year basic school; (3) the Biology content taught in general upper secondary school; (4) the teaching of lower secondary school Biology; and (5) the teaching of general upper secondary school Biology--are only weak, if at all, of career aspirations in 15 different career streams. The greatest predictive power is a general interest in biological topics. However, the influence of the content of school curricula and corresponding teaching is a weak and even negative predictor of career aspirations in some cases. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01