General or Vocational Education? : The Role of Vocational Interests in Educational Decisions at the End of Compulsory School in Switzerland
| Autor: | Jan Hofmann, Andreas Jüttler, Stephan Schumann, Markus Neuenschwander |
|---|---|
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Social background
Original Paper 05 social sciences Vocational training 050109 social psychology Sample (statistics) Social dimension Holland Codes Education Vocational education 0502 economics and business Vocational interests Mathematics education ddc:330 RIASEC Upper secondary education 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences General education Dimension (data warehouse) Career decisions Psychology 050203 business & management Educational systems Multinomial logistic regression |
| Zdroj: | Vocations and Learning |
| Popis: | Many educational systems are characterized by segregation between a general and vocational educational track. When adolescents must decide on their postcompulsory education at the end of lower secondary school, the different programs are typically embedded in one of these two main tracks. Prior career choice theories postulate that vocational interests, as structured by the six-dimensional RIASEC model of Holland (1997), play a crucial role in educational and vocational transition processes. However, regarding the question of general versus vocational education, previous studies have mainly focused on the effects of social background. Therefore, this paper examines the impact of vocational interests on the choice of Baccalaureate School (BAC, general track), Vocational Education and Training (VET, vocational track) or the Federal Vocational Baccalaureate (FVB), a hybrid qualification that links elements of both tracks. The sample consists ofN = 609 students at the end of lower secondary school in Switzerland. The results of multinomial logistic regression analyses show that all six dimensions of Holland’s interest model are significant predictors for the three postcompulsory tracks, even when controlling for school variables (e.g., grades) and variables of social background. While therealisticandsocialdimensions are positively interrelated with the choice of VET, theartistic,investigativeandenterprisingdimensions predict the choice of BAC. Theconventionaldimension is the only one positively linked to the choice of FVB. The results are discussed with special attention to segregation between more practical and more theoretical types of interests. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|