Career maturity of learning disabled adolescents

The career maturity of a private school group of adolescents with learning disabilities was assessed. Significant differences emerged in the affective dimensions but not in the cognitive variables. The implications for career decision making were discussed.     

Skills needed for teaching hearing-impaired adolescents. The perceptions of teachers.

To date, very little research has focused on the preparation of teachers who work with hearing-impaired adolescents. In this study, a survey was developed to glean information on what secondary level teachers judge to be the essential competencies for working with hearing-impaired adolescents. In addition, the questionnaire asked teachers to indicate the degree of training they had received in the competency areas. The surveys were returned by 487 teachers. They indicated that 18 competencies should be considered essential for teaching adolescent students. For 15 of those 18 competencies, however, they indicated that there was a significant difference between the importance of the competency and the degree of training that they had received in the area. Implications for teacher preparation programs and state certification agencies are discussed.     

Family systems as predictors of career attitude maturity for Korean high school students

This study examined the relationships between family systems and high school students’ career development. Family adaptability and family cohesion were considered as indicators of family function, and career attitude maturity was conceptualized as a representative factor explaining adolescents’ career development. A total of 634 high school students participated in this study. Overall, the results showed that family adaptability and family cohesion were both significant predictors of tenth graders’ career attitude maturity. The effects of parents’ educational backgrounds on career attitude maturity were negligible. However, the relationships were inconsistent across gender. For female students, family cohesion was a more influential predictor of career attitude maturity than family adaptability, while the opposite pattern was observed for the male students.     

五年制高职护生职业成熟度发展趋势研究

【目的】比较不同年级五年制高职护生的职业成熟度有无差异,为进行针对性职业辅导提供依据。【方法】主要采用高职生职业成熟度量表对我校1250名学生进行调查。结果:发现高职护生职业成熟度总体处于中等水平(3.25±0.74),其中职业价值维度远低于低于中等水平(2.48±0.81);不同年级职业成熟度各维度上均存在差异(P<0.05),整个发展趋势呈"U"型曲线。【结论】应针对不同年级护生职业成熟度特点,进行相应的职业辅导,以提高职业适应力。     

Taking account of time lags in causal models

Although it takes time for a cause to exert an effect, causal models often fail to allow adequately for time lags. In particular, causal models that contain cross-sectional relations (i.e., relations between values of 2 variables at the same time) are unsatisfactory because they omit the values of variables at prior times, they omit effects that variables can have on themselves, and they fail to specify the length of the causal interval that is being studied. These omissions can produce severe biases in estimates of the size of causal effects. Longitudinal models also can fail to take account of time lags properly, and this too can lead to severely biased estimates. The discussion illustrates the biases that can occur in both cross-sectional and longitudinal models, introduces the latent longitudinal approach to causal modeling, and shows how latent longitudinal models can be used to reduce bias by taking account of time lags even when data are available for only 1 point in time.     

Participation patterns of Korean adolescents in school-based career exploration activities

Variations in the school-based career exploration activities of Korean high school students were examined. Data represented 5,227 Korean adolescents in Grade 11 contained in the Korean Education Longitudinal Study of 2005, a nationally representative longitudinal database administered by the Korean Educational Development Institute. Latent class analysis identified four classes or approaches reflecting some combination of school availability and student use of career-related activities, including minimal-, limited-, moderate-, and high-activity groups. Multiple-group analysis revealed that curriculum track (i.e., vocational or academic emphasis) was an important determinant in classification.     

Effects of social constraints on career maturity: the mediating effect of the time perspective

Previous studies have provided mixed results for the effects of social constraints on career maturity. However, there has been growing interest in these effects from the time perspective. Few studies have examined the effects of social constraints on the time perspective which in turn influences career maturity. This study examines the mediating effect of the present-oriented perspective on the relation between social constraints and career maturity. The results based on a panel survey of middle and high school students in Korea indicate that the time perspective mediates the relation between socioeconomic status (SES) and career maturity regardless of the level of academic achievement. The results have important implications for intervention programs for low-SES children’s time perspective, which may mitigate the transmission of social constraints, thereby raising the bar for their academic and career goals: Such programs may be useful for enhancing low-SES children’s career readiness.     

Reading retardation or linguistic deficit? I: interpreting reading test performances of hearing-impaired adolescents

The performances of 120 children – 60 hearing and 60 hearing-impaired – on the Brimer Wide-span Reading Test were compared. These children fell into three groups of 40 (20 hearing-impaired, 20 hearing) and were matched for reading ages at 7:0-7:10, 8:0-8:10 and 9:0-9:10 years respectively. Their reading test performances were analysed in detail to reveal marked differences both in frequency of errors and error types between the deaf and hearing children at all reading ages. The hearing-impaired children attempted significantly more test items than the hearing children of matched reading age. They made more errors and significantly more of their errors were classified as‘non-linguistic’in nature. The implications of these results both for the nature of reading processes in the hearing-impaired and the value of tests in measuring their reading abilities are discussed.     

Increasing the career choice readiness of young adolescents: an evaluation study

A career workshop that applies models of the Cognitive Information Processing Approach (Sampson, Reardon, Peterson, &; Lenz, 2004) and incorporates critical ingredients (Brown and Ryan Krane, 2000) to promote the career choice readiness of young adolescents was developed and evaluated with 334 Swiss students in seventh grade applying a Solomon four group design with a three-month follow-up. Participants significantly increased their performance in terms of career decidedness, career planning, career exploration, and vocational identity. Implications for evaluation research and counselling practice are presented.     

The analysis of causal models: Some remarks on new techniques

The theme of this article is the convergence between sociological reflection and technical developments in quantitative analysis. The author shows how the use of techniques based upon the general model of regression forces further reflection on phenomena studied, each of the techniques presented implying postulates about the dynamics of the variables measured or about the influence of variables that are not measured. Taking ecological analysis and contextual analysis as a starting point, the author introduces path analysis showing a progression from the former to the latter models in the convergence between techniques and sociological reflection.     

事故因果模型分析瓦斯爆炸原因分析

通过对某矿瓦斯爆炸事故原因分析,提出了瓦斯爆炸事故是由多原因交叉的因果类的复合模型,并从六个 方面阐明了预防瓦斯爆炸事故的对策。     

Needed: new models for linking the two cultures

Summaries

English

In recent years problems facing humankind have become more complex and challenging and have increasingly involved science and technology. While the public, generally, has been inadequately informed about such scientific and technical issues, public understanding of issues at the interface of science, society, and technology are an essential part of the resolution of societal problems. This paper outlines specific ways to promote understanding enabling individuals to participate more responsibly in enlightened democratic decision‐making responsive to societal needs. A systematic scheme is outlined with examples from two science education centres at tertiary institutions through activities including teaching, outreach, curriculum development, and research.