General or Vocational Education? The Role of Vocational Interests in Educational Decisions at the End of Compulsory School in Switzerland

dc.accessRightsAnonymous*
dc.audienceScienceen_US
dc.contributor.authorJüttler, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorSchumann, Stephan
dc.contributor.authorNeuenschwander, Markus
dc.contributor.authorHofmann, Jan
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-25T16:18:43Z
dc.date.available2020-11-25T16:18:43Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractMany educational systems are characterized by segregation between a general and vocational educational track. When adolescents must decide on their postcompulsory education at the end of lower secondary school, the different programs are typically embedded in one of these two main tracks. Prior career choice theories postulate that vocational interests, as structured by the six-dimensional RIASEC model of Holland (1997), play a crucial role in educational and vocational transition processes. However, regarding the question of general versus vocational education, previous studies have mainly focused on the effects of social background. Therefore, this paper examines the impact of vocational interests on the choice of Baccalaureate School (BAC, general track), Vocational Education and Training (VET, vocational track) or the Federal Vocational Baccalaureate (FVB), a hybrid qualification that links elements of both tracks. The sample consists of N = 609 students at the end of lower secondary school in Switzerland. The results of multinomial logistic regression analyses show that all six dimensions of Holland’s interest model are significant predictors for the three postcompulsory tracks, even when controlling for school variables (e.g., grades) and variables of social background. While the realistic and social dimensions are positively interrelated with the choice of VET, the artistic, investigative and enterprising dimensions predict the choice of BAC. The conventional dimension is the only one positively linked to the choice of FVB. The results are discussed with special attention to segregation between more practical and more theoretical types of interests.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12186-020-09256-y
dc.identifier.issn1874-7868
dc.identifier.issn1874-785X
dc.identifier.urihttps://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/31841
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.relationIndividuelle und kontextuelle Bedingungen der Berufsfindung und des Eintritts in die berufliche Grundbildung, 2015-11-01
dc.relation.ispartofVocations & Learningen_US
dc.subjectVocational interestsen_US
dc.subjectRIASECen_US
dc.subjectCareer decisionsen_US
dc.subjectVocational trainingen_US
dc.subjectUpper secondary educationen_US
dc.subjectGeneral educationen_US
dc.subject.ddc370 - Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesenen_US
dc.titleGeneral or Vocational Education? The Role of Vocational Interests in Educational Decisions at the End of Compulsory School in Switzerlanden_US
dc.type01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
dc.volume14
dspace.entity.typePublication
fhnw.InventedHereNoen_US
fhnw.IsStudentsWorknoen_US
fhnw.PublishedSwitzerlandNoen_US
fhnw.ReviewTypeAnonymous ex ante peer review of a complete publicationen_US
fhnw.affiliation.hochschulePädagogische Hochschulede_CH
fhnw.affiliation.institutInstitut Forschung und Entwicklungde_CH
fhnw.publicationOnlineJaen_US
fhnw.publicationStatePublisheden_US
relation.isAuthorOfPublication17feae64-0176-41cc-929c-790e3c419cd8
relation.isAuthorOfPublicatione8d19582-c22c-4d8b-a59c-23e5503f5fe6
relation.isAuthorOfPublication.latestForDiscovery17feae64-0176-41cc-929c-790e3c419cd8
relation.isProjectOfPublicationa36a08a2-42c6-4c41-be00-b53246500b62
relation.isProjectOfPublication.latestForDiscoverya36a08a2-42c6-4c41-be00-b53246500b62
Dateien