Infusing Career Development to Strengthen Middle School English Language Arts Curricula.

Autor/inn/en	Lapan, Richard T; Marcotte, Amanda M; Storey, Robert; Carbone, Patricia; Loehr‐Lapan, Sharon; Guerin, Donna; Thomas, Teisha; Cuffee‐Grey, Deidre; Coburn, Aria; Pfeiffer, Teresa; Wilson, Latoya; Mahoney, Stephen
Titel	Infusing Career Development to Strengthen Middle School English Language Arts Curricula.
Quelle	In: The Career development quarterly, (2016) 2, S.126-139 PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-7764
DOI	10.1002/cdq.12046
Schlagwörter	Urban youth; English language arts; Middle school; Career development; Career narratives; Evaluation; Education; Forecasts and trends; Junior high school students; Educational evaluation; Curricula; Economic aspects
Abstract	An approach is presented for strengthening middle school standards‐based English language arts (ELA) classroom instruction by infusing theory‐ and research‐supported career development constructs and practices. Over an 8‐week period, 90 urban 7th graders participated in an integrated ELA–career development curriculum. Career agency emerged as an important construct for students. It was related to key markers of ELA achievement (i.e., standardized test scores, grades, and positive change in 6th‐ to 7th‐grade test scores) and elaborated on in nuanced ways by students in their written narratives. Four themes related to career agency were identified in student writings: time perspective, challenges of self‐direction, career development, and social and emotional development. Advantages for students and schools related to synergy, scale, and sustainability are discussed.
Erfasst von	OLC
Update	2022/1/02