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What impact can employer engagement have on student attitudes towards school and their academic achievement?: an analysis of OECD PISA data

This chapter explores the evidence surrounding Schleicher's contention that episodes of employer engagement can imp... Show more
This chapter explores the evidence surrounding Schleicher's contention that episodes of employer engagement can impact on the academic motivation of teenagers by using the unique dataset on student attitudes and academic proficiency: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) own Programme International Student Attainment (PISA). It looks at the impact of both commonplace careers guidance activities and engagement with employers to further investigate the character of such relationships. The chapter seeks to build on the existing literature by specifically investigating hypotheses, exploring whether relationships can be drawn between participation in what the OECD describes as career development activities and both more positive attitudes towards education and improved academic achievement. It investigates whether participation in selected career development activities is associated with higher PISA mathematics scores. Work experience and other forms of employer engagement demonstrate to young people the links between what they do in the classroom and how those skills ultimately will be used in the labour market.
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The volume from which this chapter is taken is available in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 133.717. Show less

Authors: Kashefpakdel, Elnaz T.; Rehill, Jordan; Schleicher, Matteo

Date: 2019

Geographic subjects: Australia; Belgium; Canada ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Book chapter

Subjects: Students; Secondary education; Employment ... [+] Show more
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The impact of career development activities on student attitudes towards school utility: an analysis of data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)

This study seeks to analyse whether greater teenage engagement in school-mediated career development activities, wh... Show more
This study seeks to analyse whether greater teenage engagement in school-mediated career development activities, which include elements of direct exposure to the working world, can be associated with more positive attitudes towards schooling. The 2012 PISA survey asked a series of questions which explore teenage participation in career development activities and subsequent attitudes towards schooling. In the analysis, four activities are isolated (participation in internships, job fairs, job shadowing and speaking with a careers advisor in school). Only a minority of countries taking part in PISA 2012 opted into these questions and of these six have been selected for this analysis (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland and Ireland).
The report finds that there is a strong, statistically significant relationship between participation in career development activities and more positive attitudes towards schooling. The most consistent positive effects are found in relationship to speaking with a careers advisor in school and attending a job fair. Of the six countries, it is teenagers in Finland and Ireland who demonstrate the greatest levels of responsiveness to participation in career activities. Further analysis will explore the relationship between participation in career development activities and academic achievement.
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Authors: Kashefpakdel, Elnaz T.; Mann, Anthony; Schleicher, Matteo

Date: 2016

Geographic subjects: Australia; Belgium; Canada ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: Occasional research paper (Education and Employers Taskforce)

Subjects: Students; Career development; Research ... [+] Show more

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What impact can employer engagement have on student attitudes towards school and their academic achievement?: an analysis of OECD PISA data

The impact of career development activities on student attitudes towards school utility: an analysis of data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)