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Napier, Rebecca D.; Clark, Julie; Halsey, R. John – Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 2023
The Psychosocial Theoretical Model of Gifted Adolescent Girls' Career Development (PTM) is a framework which reveals the interrelated factors that influence career development for gifted adolescent girls. The model was developed during the completion of a PhD thesis (Napier, 2020) and provides important new insights to support their career…
Descriptors: Females, Adolescents, Gifted, Career Development
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Kobus Maree – Gifted Education International, 2025
This article reports on an intervention based on a new approach to career counselling in the Anthropocene era. The research aimed to examine the determinants of the changes that occurred in the research participant rather than just the changes themselves. A gifted 17-year-old male (clarifying his career choice) was conveniently and purposively…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Pathways, Intervention
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Emanuel Sebastian Turda – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2024
Context: Adolescence is the training ground for adult life. In a relatively short period, the adolescent will undergo a metamorphosis. During the high school years, the majority of adolescents move from persistent dependence to true independence, from logical thinking to abstract, complex and hypothetical thinking, from impulsivity to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Career Choice, Decision Making
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Esther M. A. Geurts; Rianne P. Reijs; Hélène H. M. Leenders; Maria W. J. Jansen; Christian J. P. A. Hoebe – Journal of Educational Change, 2024
Involving students in shaping their own education allows for more suitable, acceptable and effective education. We focus on how student voice is embodied in the context of teaching and learning as well as relevant factors for implementation and the impact of student voice activities on students' personal development and school connectedness. This…
Descriptors: Students, Adolescents, Young Adults, Decision Making
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Walker, David Ian – Journal of Education, 2022
This article identifies theoretical and practical resources for practitioners and researchers working toward cultivating character and moral judgment in youth. In doing this, the article draws on a 3-year study on character education in U.K. schools completed by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at the University of Birmingham and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethics, Values Education, Moral Values
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van der Aar, L. P. E; Crone, E. A; Peters, S. – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2019
Educational decision-making is a complex process where individual factors such as how adolescents think about and evaluate themselves could play an important role. In this study, (N = 84), we combined behavioral and neural correlates of self-concept and self-esteem to examine what characterizes adolescents who struggle with educational…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Decision Making, Self Concept, Self Esteem
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Sasisekaran, Jayanthi; Lei, Xiaofan – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: We investigated developmental differences in a dual task involving rhyming and tone judgment/decisions and the effects of varying cognitive demands on task performance. Method: Participants were 7- to 11-year-olds, 12- to 15-year-olds, and adults between 18 and 40 years (n = 19 per group). The rhyming task consisted of three stimuli…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Individual Development, Rhyme, Cognitive Processes
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Bessant, Judith – Critical Studies in Education, 2014
This article begins by observing how education is currently appreciated primarily for its utility value, a view informed by utilitarianism and neoclassical economic theory. A critique of that framing is offered and an alternative way of valuing education informed by a Capabilities Approach is presented. In doing so, I also observe that while key…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Educational Theories, Neoliberalism, Individual Development
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Rosenheim, Eliyahu; Gaoni, Bracha – Adolescence, 1977
There are potentially healthy adolescents who display excessive reluctance to move toward independent decision and action. This research presents a clinical description of this "syndrome", conceptualizes it as a defensive maneuver against mourning over cherished childhood dreams and offers steps for therapeutic intervention. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Decision Making, Dialogs (Literary)
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Merrick, Elizabeth N. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 1995
Childbearing among African American girls of lower socioeconomic status who are 16 to 21 years of age constitutes a "career choice" and an alternative, normative path within African American culture. The author addresses this choice from the perspective of vocational and developmental psychology. The views presented incorporate a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Youth, Career Choice, Decision Making
Cook, Maureen H.; Newman, Carol – 1978
This guide was developed as a source of information for young people who are faced with making decisions about drugs. Written in a "catchy" yet informative style, the materials presented address the following areas of concern: (1) definitions and effects of various drugs, including alcohol, tobacco, and narcotics; (2) physical and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Education, Decision Making, Drug Abuse
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Matteson, David R. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1977
The adolescent identity crisis involves two processes: exploration of alternatives, and commitment. Danish adolescents were assessed regarding the degree of exploration or commitment in four areas: vocational maturity, values, political attitudes, and sex role. Sex differences and problems associated with categorizing the stage of crisis are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Decision Making, Developmental Stages, Foreign Countries
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Raskin, Patricia M. – Career Development Quarterly, 1998
Suggests that counselors need to integrate personality and decision-making style into research on career maturity as well as give more than a passing nod to developmental theory. Variance in individual career development accounted for by context and change may be so great that longitudinal research on individuals may not be worthwhile. (Author/MKA)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Development, Context Effect, Counseling Theories
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Narvaez, Darcia; Bock, Tonia – Journal of Moral Education, 2002
Discusses three core moral judgement ideas: (1) modern schema theory, (2) automatic decision-making frequency, and (3) implicit processes as the default mode of human information processing. Compares the Defining Issues Test (measures the beginnings of moral judgement) and the Lawrence Kohlberg Moral Judgement Interview (measures the highest level…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Grassi, Robert – 1974
This human relations program consists of a series of weekly classroom discussions and activities in the fifth through seventh grades, which give each student an opportunity to: (1) express, openly, opinions on matters of importance to him; (2) recognize and accept the feelings and concerns he shares with his peers; (3) consider how his feelings…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Classroom Guidance Programs, Decision Making, Discussion Groups
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