Subject Choice for the Future of Work: Insights from Research Literature

Autor/inn/en	Hipkins, Rosemary; Vaughan, Karen
Institution	New Zealand Council for Educational Research
Titel	Subject Choice for the Future of Work: Insights from Research Literature
Quelle	(2019), (38 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-98-854282-9
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Secondary Education; Course Selection (Students); Secondary School Students; Employment; Education Work Relationship; Institutional Characteristics; Secondary Schools; Vocational Education; Career Guidance; Educational Policy; Academic Education; Access to Education; Differences; STEM Education; Socioeconomic Influences; Secondary School Mathematics; Educational Innovation; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sekundarbereich; Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; Sekundarschüler; Dienstverhältnis; Sekundarschule; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Berufsorientierung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Akademische Bildung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Unterscheiden; STEM; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Neuseeland
Abstract	This research, which is the first part of a two-part study, was commissioned by the New Zealand Productivity Commission to inform their study of the future of work in New Zealand. The main research question asks, in essence: In what ways are secondary school subject-choice systems, and students' subject choices, positioned to respond to future of work trends? This is a deceptively simple question which could be addressed from multiple starting points. As the authors searched for pertinent literature, they interrogated the following more specific sub-questions: (1) Do institutional biases in schools, including the construction and delivery of careers advice, funnel students from different backgrounds toward certain education and career pathways?; (2) Is keeping options open until the end of secondary school a good strategy to prepare for an uncertain and rapidly changing future?; (3) Does the system architecture in New Zealand schools unnecessarily limit future choices for students?; (4) Does staying in school longer open more career/further study options? Does it close any options?; (5) How much variability is there in the system between schools, and what drives variability?; and (6) In what ways do policy and regulatory settings limit flexibility in the schooling system and student choices? This report scopes the context of subject-choice systems in New Zealand via a search for relevant local and international literature. [For the second report, see "Subject Choice for the Future of Work: Insights from Focus Groups" (ED603714).] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	New Zealand Council for Educational Research. P.O. Box 3237, Wellington 6140 New Zealand. Tel: +64-4384-7939; Fax: +64-4384-7933; Web site: http://www.nzcer.org.nz
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01