Inside the Black Box: Exploring the Value Added by Career and Technical Student Organizations to Students' High School Experience

Autor/inn/en	Alfeld, Corinne; Hansen, David M.; Aragon, Steven R.; Stone, James R., III
Titel	Inside the Black Box: Exploring the Value Added by Career and Technical Student Organizations to Students' High School Experience
Quelle	In: Career and Technical Education Research, 31 (2006) 3, S.121-155 (35 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1554-754X
Schlagwörter	Employment Potential; Self Efficacy; Motivation; Student Organizations; Educational Experience; High School Students; Academic Achievement; Secondary Education; Outcomes of Education; School Holding Power; Career Education; Technical Education; California; Georgia; Illinois; Kentucky; Minnesota; Missouri; Ohio; Oklahoma; Tennessee; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Student organisations; Schülerorganisation; Studentenorganisation; Studentenvereinigung; Studentenvertretung; Bildungserfahrung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schulleistung; Sekundarbereich; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Arbeitslehre; Technikunterricht; Kalifornien
Abstract	This study explored the hypothesis that Career Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs) provide a variety of experiences that either directly or indirectly affect three important outcomes of secondary education: achievement, transition to postsecondary education and training, and employability. A pre-post-test comparison study of high school students (n = 1797) in CTE classes that included CTSO classes, CTE classes without a CTSO, and general (non-CTE) classes was conducted over the course of one academic year. Compared to the other groups, CTSO students reported higher levels on a variety of positive behavioral, academic, and psychosocial measures at the start of the year, but they did not report as much gain over the year. More types of participation in CTSOs was associated with greater academic motivation, academic engagement, grades, career self-efficacy, college aspirations, and employability skills. Finally, of four organizational elements of CTSOs, competitions were found to have the most positive effects. (Contains 10 figures, 6 tables, and 7 footnotes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Association for Career and Technical Education Research. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Human Resource Education, 1310 South Sixth Street, 351 Education Building, Champaign, IL 61820. Tel: 217-333-0807; Fax: 217-244-5632; Web site: http://www.agri.wsu.edu/acter/journal.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10