Abstract
Career and Technical Education (CTE) secondary school experiences have a positive impact on career development and academic achievement. This study explores other positive impacts such as technology attitudes, persistence, and cognitive traits that are associated with career and academic success. This study investigated the relationships between high school CTE experiences of 103 pre-service education students and technology attitudes, grit, and self-regulated learning. The results demonstrate a statistically significant positive correlation between the number of CTE courses taken in high school and technology dependence. Similarly, there is a positive correlation between CTE courses and self-regulatory skills. Grit was positively correlated with internship experiences in high school.
Highlights
Career and Technical Education (CTE) experiences in high school are linked to positive academic outcomes (Castellano et al, 2017; Gottfried & Plasman, 2018)
This study explores other positive impacts such as technology attitudes, persistence, and cognitive traits that are associated with career and academic success
This study investigated the relationships between high school CTE experiences of 103 pre-service education students and technology attitudes, grit, and self-regulated learning
Summary
Career and Technical Education (CTE) experiences in high school are linked to positive academic outcomes (Castellano et al, 2017; Gottfried & Plasman, 2018). Notable career-ready skills include responsibility and professionalism (Association for Career and Technical Education, 2010). These constructs are consistent with important cognitive traits such as conscientiousness, self-determination, and self-regulation (Credéet al., 2017; Littlejohn et al, 2012; Richardson et al, 2012). CTE participants are more likely to see the value of technology beyond entertainment, personal productivity, and academic uses. This is consistent with the career ready expectations that inform much of the CTE programming (Association for Career and Technical Education, 2010; Brand et al, 2013). Technology use in general is of interest for pre-service teachers with the expanding emphasis on computational thinking at all levels of education (Sands et al, 2018)
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