Career Development Effects of Career Magnets versus Comprehensive Schools [microform] / Erwin Flaxman, Anabelle Guerrero and Denise Gretchen
- Bib ID:
- 5611962
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Flaxman, Erwin
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED414471
Broken link? let us search Trove , the Wayback Machine , or Google for you.
- Description:
-
- [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1997
- 40 p.
- Summary:
-
The effects of attending an urban career magnet high school were examined by comparing the career development of 51 graduates of 4 career magnet high schools and 59 graduates of 4 comprehensive high schools in a large city. Subjects were drawn from a database through a random assignment and matching process. All 110 graduates were surveyed using closed-ended (Likert scale and yes/no) structured interviews. Graduates of career magnet schools were 30% more likely than graduates of comprehensive high schools to perceive that their parents would be willing to make sacrifices to send them to college. Career magnet school graduates were also 19% more likely to believe that they would be in their desired career within the next 6-10 years. The career magnet students were more likely to have a best friend with a career interest and were thus very likely to have been exposed to an environment where career thinking and career planning were the norm. It was concluded that attendance at a career magnet school may itself have affected parents' assumptions about the seriousness of their child's efforts. Career magnet schools were found to create a social climate that helps youth acquire the social capital needed for career development. The need for more adult influences suggests that magnet schools should provide more opportunities for youth to enlarge their social networks, supplementing their family and community background. (Contains 34 references.) (MN)
- Notes:
-
- Availability: NCRVE Materials Distribution Service, Horrabin Hall 46, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL 61455; phone: 800-637-7652 (order no. MDS-803, $3.75).
- Sponsoring Agency: Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC.
- Contract Number: V051A30004-97A.
- Contract Number: V051A30003-97A.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
-
- Attitude Change
- Career Development
- Comparative Analysis
- Education Work Relationship
- Educational Environment
- Environmental Influences
- Graduate Surveys
- High Schools
- Magnet Schools
- Outcomes of Education
- Psychological Characteristics
- School Surveys
- Social Attitudes
- Urban Areas
- Urban Education
- Vocational Education
- Work Attitudes
- Other authors/contributors:
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1997
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.