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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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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)