Choice of College Major: An Exploration of Appalachian Female Choice of an Early Childhood Education Major

Autor/in	Gannoe, Lisa N.
Titel	Choice of College Major: An Exploration of Appalachian Female Choice of an Early Childhood Education Major
Quelle	(2013), (150 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ed.D. Dissertation, Eastern Kentucky University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-3033-0224-4
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; First Generation College Students; Females; Gender Differences; Case Studies; Qualitative Research; Mothers; Majors (Students); Course Selection (Students); Child Development; Early Childhood Education; Social Cognition; Learning Theories; Decision Making; Influences; Motivation; Kentucky + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterkonflikt; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Qualitative Forschung; Mother; Mutter; Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; Kindesentwicklung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Soziale Kognition; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch)
Abstract	First generation Appalachian female students are exposed to gender differences in roles and career choices that are modeled in the family. A case study approach was used to obtain qualitative data from five students at Eastern Kentucky University and their mothers regarding why these students chose to major in child development and early childhood education. Bandura's Social Cognitive Learning Theory and Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory were used as frameworks for the study. The findings of the study are valuable in advising college students' on selection of a college major and recruitment of dedicated child development and early childhood education professionals through understanding the influences and motivations of the five students and their mothers. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01