Secondary Vocational School Students Research Articles

Career Decision-making of Czech Students in the Period of Emerging Adulthood

The study deals with the issue of career development of Czech emerging adults and in this context, it draws attention to research marginalisation of secondary vocational schools students. It focuses on the analysis of factors resulting from the type of study which can contribute to the facilitation of the career decision-making process. The research goal was to determine the role of the type of the study and work experience in the career decision-making process of Czech emerging adults. 194 university students and 116 secondary vocational school students between the ages of 18 and 21 responded to the questionnaires of vocational identity and questionnaires investigating awareness of self-efficacy in career decision-making. Linear regression showed that students’ work experience influences the strength of their vocational identity and that career relevance of this work experience is related to the level of selfefficacy in career decision-making. The type of study didn’t prove to be an important factor. The study results highlight the role of work experience in the process of career decision-making. Due to the inclusion of a specific research group—secondary vocational school students—it also enriches the knowledge of the career identity development in the period of emerging adulthood in the Czech Republic. In the conclusion practical implications, limits of this study and suggestions for the further research are discussed.

The development of Vocational Secondary School students’ reflection and self-assessment skills in the context of critical constructivism

<p><em>As the demands of labor market have increased, Vocational Secondary School students have to acquire the knowledge and skills level, which could help them to become highly qualified professionals who are able to compete in the labor market. The author explores the causes of poor results and options to prevent possible learning difficulties.</em></p><p><em>A learning model, which is based on a critical constructivist didactic epistemology, has been proposed. This type of teaching encourages the learners to reflect on their learning aims, their personal meaning as well as existing experience; to evaluate, define and solve learning problems and if it is necessary to ask for support of the teacher; to evaluate learning results and to set new goals.</em></p><p><em>The results</em><em> of the research in Rezekne Technical School confirm that the development of reflection and self-assessment skills contributes to the quality of learning and helps to identify as well as to overcome learning difficulties.</em></p><p> </p>

中职生人际关系问卷的编制及信效度检验

人际交往在社会活动中扮演着重要的角色，对人际关系进行测量并有针对性的进行人际交往训练，有助于个体提高人际交往水平。特定的群体有着特定的心理特征，本研究尝试编制适合于中职生的人际关系测量问卷，并进行信效度检验。结果发现，内部一致性克隆巴赫α系数为0.924，分半信度为0.856，重测信度为0.887，表明该问卷的信度良好。在构想效度上，进行探索性因素分析，抽取出了5个因子，分别概括为：人际自我概念、师生关系、亲子关系、同伴关系和其他。该问卷可以用来进行后续相关研究。 Interpersonal communication plays an important role in social activities; measuring the relation-ship of interpersonal communication and then providing targeted training will help individuals improve the level of interpersonal communication. Specific group has a specific psychological characteristics. This research attempts to compile suitable questionnaire of human relationships measurement for secondary vocational school students, and then test the reliability and validity of the questionnaire. The results show that internal consistency cloning Bach alpha coefficient is 0.924, 1/2 reliability is 0.856 and retest reliability is 0.887, which indicate that this questionnaire has good reliability. On the conception of validity, exploratory factor analysis is used and five factors are extracted including interpersonal self-concept, the relationship between teachers and students, parent-child relationships, peer relationships and other. The questionnaire can be used for subsequent studies.

Research on the Application of Learning Analytics on Information Teaching Platform of Secondary Vocational School in Big Data Era

Big data has affected all walks of life including colleges and universities. The field of Secondary Vocational School has collected and stored vast amounts of educational data. In this paper, Learning Analytics is applied to information teaching platform of Secondary Vocational School based on Hadoop cloud platform. It can mine and use educational big data quickly and effectively, to improve teaching quality and meet the demand of individual learning for secondary vocational school students.

Korean Vocational Secondary School Students’ Metacognition and Lifelong Learning

The aim of this research is to analyze Korean Vocational Secondary School Students’ metacognition, attitude toward lifelong learning, and motivation factor to lifelong learning, and investigate whether these had an effect on their lifelong learning. This research analyzed after-school deeply as one of lifelong learning activities. I conduct frequency analysis, latent class analysis, and multiple regression analysis as methodology. The results were following: a) 75% of respondents have ever experienced the after-school learning; b) only 23% of the surveyed considered after-school learning is needed; c) the critical obstacles to after- school learning were deficiency of time(32.5%) and finance obstacle(28.2%); d) four underlying types of motivation to after-school learning were identified, namely, Class І(job Search), Class ІІ(leisure centered job skill), Class ІІІ(civic competency), and Class ІV(lack of motivation); e) Based on multiple regression analysis, as a predictor of effect on lifelong learning, variables including experience of after -school learning were significant.

Особенности социальной дистанции и толерантности учащихся ССУЗов, реализующих программу инклюзивного образования

The study aimed to assess the changes in the level of tolerance of healthy students to the students with HIA, we discuss the change of the social distance between patients with HIA and healthy students in secondary vocational schools that have implemented programs of inclusive education. The primary survey was attended by 222 people: 66 people with the HIA and 156 people without the developmental disease, the follow-up study - by 222 people: 66 people with the HIA and 156 people without the disease. The basis of the study was the measurement of social distance using questionnaires developed by S.B. Fedorov, under the supervision by L.M. Shipitsina at the Institute of Special Pedagogy and Psychology (2000). We revealed the specific features of the formation of tolerance among students without pathology to the persons with HIA. We show different students' attitudes toward people with different developmental pathologies and multidirectional dynamics in relation to social interactions in various forms in healthy students and students with the HIA. The joint training of healthy students and those with HIA revealed a trend towards more conscious understanding of the characteristics of social interaction with persons with HIA in healthy students.

Young people's perception of entrepreneurial skills and traits

According to the Report of the International Labor Organization for 2012/13 the total unemployment rate at the global level amounts to around 200 million people and/or 6% of the total available labor force. Twelve per cent of that amount is young people aged 15 to 24 years. Eighty-five per cent of them live in developing countries. It is evident that youth self-employment will become very popular in the forthcoming period especially if viewed as a source of new jobs and economic dynamics as well as the source of improvement of lives of young people and their economic independence. Therefore, it may be concluded that it is necessary to encourage entrepreneurial behavior among young people. The paper will present the results of an empirical study 'Entrepreneurial aspirations of students in secondary vocational schools'. The aim of this study was to determine the existence of entrepreneurial aspirations among high school youth, with special regard for the perception of necessary traits of entrepreneurs and self-perception of own abilities for entrepreneurship, assuming these are positively correlated. The survey was conducted in June 2012 on a sample of 300 students in three of selected secondary vocational schools: School of Economics and Trade in Kikinda, 'Uroš Predić' School of Chemical Engineering, Food and Textile Industry and '23.maj' Technical School in Pančevo. The research used testing, statistical methods and the comparative method. The obtained data were analyzed using statistical methods.

Depression and School Engagement among Norwegian Upper Secondary Vocational School Students

There seems to be limited work addressing how depression is linked to elements of student functioning in the school setting other than academic achievement. This study investigated possible correlates of depressive symptoms with school engagement and disengagement. We examined four specific school variables (school motivation, intentions to quit, absence, and truancy) in a sample of 791 adolescents between 15 and 18 years of age in a Norwegian upper secondary vocational school. The results indicated that symptoms of depression could be a risk factor for school disengagement, and particularly for intentions to quit school. However, as only moderate associations were found, it appears that many depressed students manage to keep up their school engagement. This applied to both genders. However, the findings underline the importance of developing effective methods to identify and help depressed students who do have difficulty keeping up school engagement. Implications for practice are suggested.

Effects of family interaction on depression and anxiety in secondary vocational school students

Objective To investigate the effect of family interaction on depression and anxiety in secondary vocational school students.Methods A total of 95 students in a secondary vocational school in Shanghai were investigated by Family Assessment Device(FAD),Questionnaire of Systemic Family Dynamics(QSFD),Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale(CES-D),State-Tand Anxiety Inuentory(STAI) and Adolescent Life Events Questionnaire(ALEQ).Pearson correlation and hierarchical multiple linear regression were employed to analyze the data collected.Results Family interaction and adolescent life events were both significantly correlated with depression and anxiety in the subjects(P0.05).When the impact of adolescent life events was controlled,hierarchical regression analysis showed that affective intervention(β=0.417,P0.01),affective reaction(β=0.275,P0.05) and problem solving(β=0.223,P0.05) were correlated with depression;affective reaction(β=0.414,P0.05) was correlated with state anxiety;and affective reaction(β=0.333,P0.01) and disease conception(β=-0.239,P0.05) were correlated with trait anxiety.Conclusion It is suggested that family interaction is correlated with depression and anxiety in secondary vocational school students,and family interaction may play an important role in mental health of secondary vocational school students.

The Impact of e-Advanced Organizer on Professional Awareness and Practical Skills for Students of Secondary Vocational Schools in the Kingdom of Bahrain

The Impact of e-Advanced Organizer on Professional Awareness and Practical Skills for Students of Secondary Vocational Schools in the Kingdom of Bahrain

Prediction of various degrees of vocational secondary school absenteeism: Importance of the organization of the educational system

The aim of this research was to study different types of absenteeism in vocational secondary school taking into account the specificity of the school context. Participants were 523 students. First, three school absenteeism groups were established: Students with no absenteeism (nearly 64% of the sample), students with absenteeism (26%), and students with problematic absenteeism (10%). These groups were then compared according to four dimensions directly linked to the school context in order to identify the characteristics most associated with each type of absenteeism. Dimensions considered in this study were: 1) students’ characteristics and their status in vocational secondary school; 2) personal variables of school involvement; 3) relational variables (with parents, teachers, and school climate); and 4) belief variable in school system (belief in school justice). Multinomial logistic regression analyses showed that beyond the impact of the personal variables, the organization of the educational system seems to be a major predictor in the explanation of various forms of absenteeism. Implications from the research for psychological providers practice were suggested in order to encourage school attendance by vocational secondary school students.

On the potential and opportunities for cooperation between the Baltics in the field of innovations

Prior to their secession from the Soviet Union, the Baltic republics were deeply integrated in the economic and social space of the USSR. The level of their socioeconomic development was higher than the Soviet Union average, which manifested, inter alia, in a high percentage of specialists with higher and vocational secondary education employed in the economy. However, the number of university students in Latvia and Estonia was lower than the Union average, and the percentage of vocational secondary school students was the lowest in the country in all three republics (table 1). In other words, many students from the Baltic republics studied in other regions of the USSR (first of all, Moscow and Leningrad). Moreover, some specialists came from other republics of the Soviet Union, predominantly the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). The Baltic republics had a research potential corresponding to their share in the total population of the USSR. Although percentagewise, the Baltic republics fell behind the Union average number of research staff compared to the total number of the population, the number of highly qualified specialists holding doctoral and postdoctoral degrees was higher than in the Soviet Union. The number of certificates of invention authorship in the Baltic states was lower than the national average, and the economic impact of introducing inventions to practice in Lithuania was lower than in Latvia and Estonia. An active cooperation took place between the scholars of the Union republics accompanied by an exchange of research results and the implementation of innovations developed in different parts of the country. Schools of thought were formed bringing together scholars from different republics. However, the technological revolution was taking place in the USSR republics more slowly than in economically developed countries with market economy. Technical and technological backwardness of the USSR and all its republics in comparison to the leading countries was increasing. A. P. Klemeshev

Conduct disorder of 669 secondary vocational students and relationship to learning burnout, self-rated health

Objective To explore conduct disorder tendency and it's influence factors on secondary school students. Methods 669 students of grade 1 in Dezhou Vocational and Technical College were investigated by Conduct Disorder Tendency Questionnaire, Revised Version of MBI-SS and SRHMS Version1.0. Results The secondary vocational school students' scores on violation tendency, addiction tendency and aggression tendency were 11.51±4.08,5.90±2.68 and 6.68±2.63,and were significant different from vocational college students or high school students(addiction tendency:F(2, 1578)=7.48,P =0.001;aggression tendency:F(2, 1579)=24.40,P 3.85,P <0.001).Conduct disorder tendency of secondary vocational students' was positive correlated with their learning burnout (Pearson correlation coefficient was between 0.16 and 0.52 for each pair), but negative correlated with mental health(Pearson correlation coefficient was between -0.13 and -0.27 for each pair). The linear regression showed that some dimensions of learning burnout and self-rated mental health predicted students' conduct disorder tendency. Conclusion Conduct disorder tendency of secondary vocational students is affected by their learning burnout and mental health. Key words: Secondary vocational students; Conduct disorder; Learning burnout; Self-rated health

School Burnout Inventory (SBI)

This study introduces a measure for school burnout and examines its validity and reliability among students in upper secondary high schools and vocational schools by using confirmatory factor analysis. School-related burnout comprises three dimensions: (a) exhaustion at school, (b) cynicism toward the meaning of school, and (c) sense of inadequacy at school. A total of 1418 (709 girls, 709 boys) adolescents from 13 postcomprehensive schools (6 upper secondary high schools, 7 vocational schools) filled in a questionnaire concerning their school burnout and background variables. The results showed that the three-factor solution, compared to one- or two-factor solutions, fit the data best and also gave the best reliability indices. The three theoretically-derived dimensions of school burnout were closely related but separate constructs. Finally, concurrent validity for the School-Burnout Inventory (SBI) was found when the correlations of depressive symptoms, school engagement, and academic achievement with each of the three dimensions of school burnout were examined: The more depressive symptoms adolescents suffered, the more exhaustion, cynicism, and inadequacy they reported; and the lower their academic achievement and school engagement, the more cynicism and inadequacy they reported.

A Practical English Teaching Mode of Vocational Education: Induction-Interaction Learning Community

Secondary Vocational School Students are characterized by the awkward fact “congenital malnutrition” and “acquired development deficiency”, continuously adopting of the current teaching methods and modes of General Education is completely impossible. In this report, a new English Teaching Mode of Induction-Interaction Learning Community (IILC) is explored and the corresponding Teaching Evaluation System is discussed based on comparison of Teaching Mode of Lecture Method and IILC we proposed. This study shows that the Teaching Efficiency by adopting Teaching Mode of IILC is obviously improved.

“Hellre till kompisar än till närstående”: Solidaritetens betydelse då unga vuxna langar alkohol till minderåriga

Aim In Finland it is illegal to furnish alcohol to minors. Both adults and young people break this rule quite regularly. In this article we discuss the views and experiences of young people who are of legal drinking age about furnishing alcohol to minors: to whom do they furnish alcohol and to whom do they not, on what conditions do they do that and how do they justify their actions. The focus of analysis is on the social dynamics of furnishing alcohol, i.e. the rules that govern this activity among young people of legal age. Data The material for the study consists of seven group interviews with young people aged 17–23. A total of 57 upper secondary school, vocational school and college students took part, 25 women and 32 men. We collected the data in the Hämeenlinna region in autumn 2005 as part of the Local Alcohol Policy project. Analyses The analysis applies the concept of solidarity, which is divided into two constituent parts: solidarity towards one's friends and solidarity towards one's family. The rules of furnishing alcohol to a minor depend on how the furnishing is framed, i.e. from the vantage-point of friends or family community. Solidarity with friends rests primarily on a sense of equality and togetherness with peers, whereas the main emphasis in solidarity with the family is on education and the sense of caring by the family. On the basis of the different logics of solidarity an inner circle and an outer circle are created: alcohol will usually be furnished to members of the inner circle (peer group, siblings, close relatives), but not to members of the outer circle (half-acquaintances, strangers, kids who are “too” young). However, it is noteworthy that furnishing alcohol to under-age siblings did cause much moral discussion in the groups we interviewed. In other words, “for friends rather than for family”. Conclusion The furnishing of alcohol by young adults to minors is no random or arbitrary activity. It is based on a set of rules that follow the different logics of friends and family solidarity–rules that are not always clear to the young people who are purchasing and furnishing the alcohol, let alone to others. Public discussions on the furnishing of alcohol are not usually based on an understanding of these rules.

The relationship between the quality of cooperative learning, students’ goal preferences, and perceptions of contextual factors in the classroom

This study examined relationships between the quality of cooperative learning (CL) and students' goal preferences and perceptions of contextual factors in the classroom. Subjects were 1,920 students in secondary vocational schools. The study focused on four different types of goals: social support, belongingness, mastery, and superiority goals. It was found that social support goals had the strongest relation with the quality of CL. Further we found that the quality of CL was best predicted by a combination of social support goals, evaluations of the extent that students were taught cooperation skills, perception of teacher monitoring behavior, and the availability of academic and emotional peer support. Female students' preferences for mastery and social goals were stronger than those of male students, whereas male students had a stronger preference for superiority goals. Program type functioned as a moderator variable within the relation of students' superiority/ individuality goals and the quality of CL.

Young people’s attitudes to multculturalism and acceptance of plurality of ideas

The paper examines the possibility of a more efficient and effective education for a democratic, multicultural society from the perspective of psychological findings concerning personal democratic and antidemocratic predispositions. The starting premise of the research is a that there is a significant connection between the attitude to multiculturalism and acceptance of plurality of ideas. The research aimed to provide an answer to the question whether openness to other cultures is connected with a readiness to accept plurality of ideas. The research was carried out on a suitable sample (N=306) of multicultural groups of grammar school and secondary vocational school students in Subotica in 2005. The results point to a significant positive connection between attitudes to other cultures and acceptance of plurality of ideas (r=.43; p&lt; .01). The school type also affects the degree of acceptance of plurality of ideas. The author concludes that the findings offer support for an integrative approach to education for democracy, while practice in accepting plurality of ideas through different subjects represents a necessary condition for the acceptance of democratic behavior and thinking. This is how the education for democracy can be made more efficient and effective and integration of young people into democratic and multicultural society facilitated. .

How do Finnish students prepare for their future in three school types? The relation between content of plans, information gathering and self-evaluations.

The effect of gender and school type on Swedish speaking Finnish students' information gathering for the future and self-evaluation was investigated in a study, in which 15-year-old comprehensive school students and 18-year-old upper secondary school and vocational school students (N = 460) served as samples. It was observed that girls generally reported more information gathering than boys did, about three content areas, mostly concerning future education and occupation, and less concerning family life. Girls also reported more information gathering in all contexts except formal education, than boys. Home was reported as the most used source of knowledge, next came peers and school friends; mass media and formal education were the least used source. Formal education was emphasised by comprehensive school students, and mass media by upper secondary school students. Generalisation of more reported information gathering across contexts was more typical of girls, while generalisation of less information gathering was more typical of boys. Limited relationships between self-evaluation, measured as self-esteem, certainty of goal realisation and school achievement, and information gathering were found. It is suggested that informal learning of cultural knowledge is a more powerful mediator of future preparation than formal education.

Structural reform in secondary school education-tendencies and strategies

Since the virtual abolition of the double-track system, secondary school education worldwide has carried a double task: to continue to provide general education for qualified students after they finish elementary schooling and to train mid-level professional personnel and technically skilled workers. These will continue to be the tasks of secondary school education until the realization of universalization of higher education. Secondary school education is the intermediate link in the whole school system. The state of secondary school education influences the quality of higher education and affects the development of the national economy and the co-ordination of social life. Therefore, we should pay special attention to the reform of secondary school education in order to make it suitable to the rapid development of scientific technology and the national economy and to the changes in social life. The reform of secondary school education concerns many areas, but the key point is to set up a proper structure. How, then, can the structure of secondary school education be made effective? First, let us look at the present state of structural reform in secondary school education in various countries. In Bulgaria, vocational education takes precedence in the various schools at the secondary level. After finishing a compulsory eightyear education, 90 percent of the students go on studying in one of the following three types of secondary schools: 48.3 percent in secondary vocational-technical school (three years); 27.3 percent in general comprehensive technical school, that is, general high school (four years); 16.1 percent in secondary vocational school (four years). Thus the students in secondary technical schools and secondary vocational schools represent 64.4 percent of all the students in secondary schools. In Romania, measures were taken in 1977 to reform the structure of secondary school education. Vocational-technical education in the high school was strengthened and the high school program was divided into many vocational courses including industry, agriculture, law, administration, mathematics, teacher training, history, medicine, art, and language. Besides learning a basic knowledge of culture and science according to a study plan, students are now required to master some skills in a profession. Research has shown the variation in some developed countries in the proportion of students in vocational schools to those in general middle schools: in the United States of America, the ratio is 4:6; in Japan, 4:6; in the Federal Republic of Germany, 6:4; in Italy, 3:1; and in the USSR, 4:6 (Li, L., 1984).