Gender and Social Class: Intersecting Issues in Women's Achievement

Flanagan, Constance A.

doi:10.1207/s15326985ep2804_5

Cited by 14 publications

(8 citation statements)

References 54 publications

(45 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Students of lower socioeconomic status were more likely to select an agricultural occupation than those of higher socioeconomic status. Since socioeconomic status is positively correlated with achievement (Flanagan, 1993) there is concern that students with less Table 3 Contingency careers is not available.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Influences on Adolescent Job Choice: Implications for Teaching Career Awareness in Agricultural Education

Conroy¹,

Scanlon²,

Kelsey³

1998

JAE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study compared students choosing agriculture as a career to those choosing other occupations. Previous research conducted by Conro y (1996) identified predictors of occupational choice among rural youth. An examination of those predictors, comparing the two groups of students, revealed that there were few differences between students whether they chose agriculture as a career option or some other career. Differences did exist, however, based on gender and father's occupation, a variable considered to be a proxy for socioeconomic status. Findings supported prior research which suggested that family interactions are keys to vocational identity development (Steinberg, 1989; Erikson, 1963, cited in Herr, 1972). Therefore, to be effective, career awareness and educational programs must not only provide factual information about careers, they must also provide activities to reduce stereotypes commonly held about certain occupations (Steinberg, 1989; Harter, 1990). Programs that do not do this may not achieve their goals of successfully recruiting students into agriculture. Research Council (1988) in Understanding Agriculture: New Directions for Education the majority of secondary programs continue to have a production emphasis attracting fewer students. Recruitment into secondary agriculture programs, therefore, remains a key issue going into the 21"' century. Scanlon, Hoover and Yoder (1994) and

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Influences on Adolescent Job Choice: Implications for Teaching Career Awareness in Agricultural Education

Conroy¹,

Scanlon²,

Kelsey³

1998

JAE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Most people tend to aspire to educational and occupational attainments that seem realistic, given what they have seen people achieve who are similar to themselves in race, class, and gender (Flanagan 1993). However, adolescents may initially view the world idealistically, and thus see a wide range of opportunities for themselves, unconstrained by race, class or gender (Grant and Sleeter 1988).…”

Section: The Power Of Expectationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gendered paths: Educational and occupational expectations and outcomes among adult children of immigrants

Feliciano¹,

Rumbaut²

2005

Ethnic and Racial Studies

227

206

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Moreover, in view of the previous call for considering motivation in sociocultural context, motivational researchers should attend to gender differences in the case of differing ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic groups. For example, what is the cumulative motivational impact of being a woman and a minority or a woman and poor (e.g., Pollard, 1993;Flanagan, 1993)?…”

Section: Gender and Motivationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Untitled

Maehr

Meyer

1997

Educational Psychology Review

187

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper presents an interpretive summary of the progress that has been made in the study of motivation, especially as this work relates to the area of education. Motivation research has "come of age" with theoretical frameworks rooted in an established body of findings, and with the development of core methodologies for pursuing further knowledge. It has begun to provide a firm base for guiding educational practice. Current work is clearly in accord with mainstream psychology in that cognitive models of motivation are the predominant guides for research. Future work is likely to focus increasingly on how the meaning construction process affects engagement in tasks. Researchers should consider a wider array of research procedures and give greater attention to understanding motivation as it occurs in natural settings, especially as educational interventions are attempted. A serious deficiency in the motivation literature is that relatively little attention has been given to differences related to sociocultural backgrounds.

show abstract

Gender and Social Class: Intersecting Issues in Women's Achievement

Cited by 14 publications

References 54 publications

Influences on Adolescent Job Choice: Implications for Teaching Career Awareness in Agricultural Education

Influences on Adolescent Job Choice: Implications for Teaching Career Awareness in Agricultural Education

Gendered paths: Educational and occupational expectations and outcomes among adult children of immigrants

Untitled

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About