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Gore, Jennifer; Holmes, Kathryn; Smith, Max; Southgate, Erica; Albright, Jim – Australian Educational Researcher, 2015
Recent Australian government targets for higher education participation have produced a flurry of activity focused on raising the aspirations of students from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds. In this paper we test two key assumptions underpinning much of this activity: that students from low-SES backgrounds hold lower career…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Occupational Aspiration, Demography, Predictor Variables
Clarke, Kira – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
Recent policy changes have facilitated an expanded role for VET in Schools in supporting school completion, with vocational education and training (VET) in schools qualifications and subjects receiving increasing recognition in senior secondary certificates. Despite increased attainment of VET qualifications amongst 15 to 19-year-olds (Australian…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Misconceptions, Labor Market