Career aspirations, goal orientation, and classroom anxiety
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Author list: Chantara S., Koul R., Kaewkuekool S.
Publisher: Hindawi
Publication year: 2010
Start page: 133
End page: 146
Number of pages: 14
ISBN: 9789604742547
eISSN: 1745-4557
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
Abstract
This survey study conducted with student volunteers (Males = 519; Females = 904) from six different secondary schools in Thailand investigated the relationship between physics and biology classroom anxiety, motivational goal orientation, and career aspirations. Results of multiple discriminant analyses showed gender differences in the factors that influence the students' aspirations. Notably, there was an additive effect of multiple goal orientations, biology and physics classroom anxiety and parental education on the aspirations of female students for high earning science, math, and engineering related careers. Use of socio-cognitive and role socialization theories led to an interpretation of data that highlights the significance of cultural beliefs about gender on males' and females' perceptions of their own abilities in decision making for careers.
Keywords
Goal orientation, High school students' perceptions, Science and engineering education, Science classroom anxiety
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