The STEM teacher shortage in secondary education makes it important to investigate who is interested in becoming a STEM teacher, so that recruitment initiatives can be adjusted to these students' characteristics. A latent profile analysis on data from 905 STEM university students identified two types of students with teaching aspirations. The…

A new, Holland-based Interest Inventory is proposed, intended to facilitate the transition from secondary to tertiary education. Specific interest items were designed to grasp activities that are prevalent during tertiary studies, including an Academic-track-scale to assist in the choice between academic and vocational-oriented programs. Interest…

This study examines the choice of a university major with a special focus on the type of major chosen in the first year and success/failure at the end of this first year, using a sample of 2284 students in Flanders, Belgium. Extending previous research, the effects of prior subject uptake, occupational interests, prior mathematics and Dutch…

Apprenticeships and traineeships offer pathways from school to adult working life for a significant proportion of young people by formally combining study and work to link learning in the workplace with learning in an educational institution. They contribute in important ways to the formation of skills for individuals and for the community as a…

Students in Finland are obliged to apply for upper secondary education during their 9th year. The main divisions occur between general (academically oriented) and vocational upper secondary education, and within vocational education between female and male dominated sectors. In this article we discuss the tension between these options and explore…

The Occupational Schedule (OASIS-IS) was administered to 117 visually handicapped eighth to twelfth graders. As a group they showed positive though relatively undifferentiated occupational interests. Compared to normally sighted peers, Ss showed a preference for repetitive factory work. Findings suggested a broader outlook for occupational choices…

The present study was undertaken to determine whether a 14-cluster occupational structure similar to Knapp's (1976) would result from factor analysis based on sex-balanced interest items. Results supported the structure found previously based on non-sex-balanced items. (Author/GK)

The Psychovocational model, which features a multidisciplinary team approach to composite, ecological testing in planning appropriate career/vocational goals for handicapped students, is described. The model incorporates reevaluation of each teenaged handicapped student in five areas: (1) intelligence, (2) achievement, (3) social-emotional…

Maintains that sex bias in vocational interest assessment is a serious problem. Provides suggestions on what to do about it as well as information on vocational interest assessment. (JOW)

Using a rotated varimax solution based on high school juniors, factor scores on the Vocational Interest Inventory were computed for 300 counseling clients. These factor scores were correlated with the 6 General Theme, 23 Basic Interest, and l24 Occupational Scales to the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory. Based on the strength and direction of…

This study of Black high school seniors focused on the assessment of three factors: (1) the relationship between vocational aspirations and actual vocational plans; (2) the relationship between vocational aspirations, actual vocational plans, and levels of academic achievement; and (3) the major factors that influenced the seniors' determination…

A consistently found structure of eight group factors based on occupational activity interest items is presented. This study determines whether a similar second-order, structure of interests would result from factor analysis based on responses to sex-balanced items. Results support the group interest structure obtained in previous analyses.…

The study examined the degree of agreement between the expressed career interests of 76 adolescents with mild handicaps and their career interests as determined by the Self Directed Search-Form E (SDSE) interest inventory. The SDSE was found to be moderately useful in determining career interests of this population. (DB)

The stability of adolescents' (N=271) career interests was examined over a three-year period using the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory. Comparisons on occupational themes and basic interest produced stable differences related to gender and parental occupation. Findings are discussed in relation to previous research and Holland's theory;…

The Vocational Preparation for the Handicapped Program prepares 14- and 15-year-olds for participation in regular vocational education programs and for a successful learning experience. Recommended students are evaluated to determine if they have vocational potential and, if so, are assisted in making the appropriate vocational placement. Students…