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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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Drawing the future: exploring the career aspirations of primary school children from around the world

'Drawing the future', the biggest survey of its kind ever conducted, asked primary school children aged seven to el ... Show more
'Drawing the future', the biggest survey of its kind ever conducted, asked primary school children aged seven to eleven to draw a picture of the job they want to do when they grew up. Over 20,000 entries have been received from UK and Internationally. To ascertain the factors influencing career aspirations, the survey asked children their gender, ethnicity, favourite subject and if they knew anyone personally who did the job and, if not, why they had chosen the job. The survey has produced some significant findings, highlighting that children from an early age often have some sophisticated and thought through ideas about who they want to become when they grow up. The findings also show that from a young age children often stereotype jobs according to gender and their career choices are based on these assumptions with the majority of boys wanting to be sportsmen and girls wanting to be teachers. And the findings have implications for all of us seeking to improve social mobility: children's career aspirations are most influenced by who they know - their parents and friends of parents and the TV and media. Worryingly, less than 1 per cent of children have heard about the jobs through people from the world of work coming to their school. And the survey shows clearly for the first time that this is a global issue.
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Authors: Chambers, Nick; Kashefpakdel, Elnaz T.; Rehill, Jordan; Percy, Chris

Date: 2018

Geographic subjects: Albania;

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: Drawing the Future

Subjects: Career development; Students

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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)

Drawing the future: exploring the career aspirations of primary school children from around the world