TY - GEN
T1 - Career aspirations, goal orientation, and classroom anxiety
AU - Chantara, Soonthornpathai
AU - Koul, Ravinder
AU - Kaewkuekool, Sittichai
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This survey study conducted with student volunteers (Males = 519; Females = 904) from six different secondary schools in Thailand investigated the relationship between physics and biology classroom anxiety, motivational goal orientation, and career aspirations. Results of multiple discriminant analyses showed gender differences in the factors that influence the students' aspirations. Notably, there was an additive effect of multiple goal orientations, biology and physics classroom anxiety and parental education on the aspirations of female students for high earning science, math, and engineering related careers. Use of socio-cognitive and role socialization theories led to an interpretation of data that highlights the significance of cultural beliefs about gender on males' and females' perceptions of their own abilities in decision making for careers.
AB - This survey study conducted with student volunteers (Males = 519; Females = 904) from six different secondary schools in Thailand investigated the relationship between physics and biology classroom anxiety, motivational goal orientation, and career aspirations. Results of multiple discriminant analyses showed gender differences in the factors that influence the students' aspirations. Notably, there was an additive effect of multiple goal orientations, biology and physics classroom anxiety and parental education on the aspirations of female students for high earning science, math, and engineering related careers. Use of socio-cognitive and role socialization theories led to an interpretation of data that highlights the significance of cultural beliefs about gender on males' and females' perceptions of their own abilities in decision making for careers.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79959861846
SN - 9789604742547
T3 - International Conference on Communication and Management in Technological Innovation and Academic Globalization - Proceedings
SP - 133
EP - 146
BT - Communication and Management in Technological Innovation and Academic Globalization - Int. Conference on Communication and Management in Technological Innovation and Academic Globalization, COMATIA'10
T2 - International Conference on Communication and Management in Technological Innovation and Academic Globalization, COMATIA'10
Y2 - 30 November 2010 through 2 December 2010
ER -