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Running head: VOCATIONAL EDUCATION GRADUATES 1
Vocational Education Graduates: A Mixed Methods Analysis On Beliefs And Influences Of Career Choice And Persistence
Michael Todd Greene
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Object Description
| Title | Vocational education graduates: a mixed methods analysis on beliefs and influences of career choice and persistence |
| Author | Greene, Michael Todd |
| Author email | mtgreene@usc.edu;michael_t_greene@hotmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2013-09-05 |
| Date submitted | 2013-10-11 |
| Date approved | 2013-10-11 |
| Restricted until | 2013-10-11 |
| Date published | 2013-10-11 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Hirabayashi, Kimberly |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hentschke, Guilbert Seli, Helena |
| Abstract | The aim and scope of this study can be stated in the form of a question as to whether students are influenced and motivated by vocational education programs? This study examines how vocational education may affect students’ motivation over time. There is a need for research to answer the question: what is the influence of vocational programs on participant’s career choice and persistence? Does belief about the program’s influence predict job persistence after controlling for demographic data? How do past students feel the program influenced their professional goals? Participants of this study are graduates of various vocational education programs. This study used a mixed methods approach. Quantitative and qualitative methodology was employed. To acquire data that helps answer the research questions, some demographic information was collected by means of the survey along with both quantitative and qualitative questions. This study found that persistence was not related to any of the four motivational constructs of self-efficacy, intrinsic motivation, expectancy value or interest. As this researcher would have liked our connections and influence for success to have come from the vocational education program, it is more likely that their success comes from a strong sense of self and the skills acquired that helped over their life experiences that drive these graduates. The study cannot say for certain that these motivations and persistence resulted from vocational education. |
| Keyword | motivation; persistence; expectancy value; self-efficacy; intrinsic and extrinsic motivation; interest; vocational education |
| Language | English |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Greene, Michael Todd |
| Physical access | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-GreeneMich-2094.pdf |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume8/etd-GreeneMich-2094.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | Running head: VOCATIONAL EDUCATION GRADUATES 1 Vocational Education Graduates: A Mixed Methods Analysis On Beliefs And Influences Of Career Choice And Persistence Michael Todd Greene UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |
