The Choice of Track Matters: Academic Self-Concept and Sense of Purpose in Vocational and Academic Tracks

Autor/inn/en	Jónsdóttir, Heidur Hrund; Blöndal, Kristjana Stella
Titel	The Choice of Track Matters: Academic Self-Concept and Sense of Purpose in Vocational and Academic Tracks
Quelle	In: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 67 (2023) 4, S.621-636 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-3831
DOI	10.1080/00313831.2022.2042843
Schlagwörter	Self Concept; Vocational Education; Academic Education; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Institutional Characteristics; Student Attitudes; School Attitudes; Individual Differences; Academic Achievement; Iceland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstkonzept; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Akademische Bildung; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Schülerverhalten; Individueller Unterschied; Schulleistung; Island
Abstract	Students' school success and general well-being can improve when they believe in their academic abilities and are aware of the purpose of their studies. This paper explores the development of Icelandic students' academic self-concept and sense of purpose in their learning. The focus is directed at the period from the end of compulsory school through the upper secondary level, with an emphasis on students' track and school-type. Using survey and registered data spanning four years, models of mixed ANCOVA indicate that change in both constructs was the result of the interaction between time and school-type and track. Academic self-concept and sense of purpose decreased among academic students in all-academic schools but increased among vocational students. This suggests that students comparing themselves to their fellow students has a stronger effect on how their attitudes toward themselves and their education develop than the different status of tracks and school-types. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01