Do Students Know What It Takes To Be Successful
Do Students Know What It Takes To Be Successful?
Natasha V. Dinsmore
The University of Mississippi
Literature Review
According to Mann, Harmoni and Power, individuals characteristically make their preliminary career-related decisions mainly during adolescence. This time in a young adult’s life can be very influential yet detrimental and such decisions regarding a career may have lifelong consequences for the individual’s vocational future, psychological well-being, health, and social acceptance (1989). Juvenile students often make decisions about their choice of high school and their high school elective courses. Such choices affect the students’ educational and vocational opportunities down the road. Do these children truly know the implications from their decisions? How …show more content…
The goal of this study is to characterize and categorize the different types of career-related decision-making difficulties faced by students as well as pinpoint the areas students are lacking in education and provide appropriate supplemental reading, materials and counseling to adequately prepare them regardless of the path they choose. The location of this study will be conducted in an area that is lacking greatly in adults understanding education and its importance. The aim of this study is to identify the areas students need to understand in order to adequately prepare for their futures after high school.
It is my expectation to commence to link the gap between these thoughts and results to better meet the needs of students across all grades and schools internationally. Student achievement after secondary education should be the aim of all educators and parents globally, otherwise students cannot further their lives after the confines of
Natasha V. Dinsmore
The University of Mississippi
Literature Review
According to Mann, Harmoni and Power, individuals characteristically make their preliminary career-related decisions mainly during adolescence. This time in a young adult’s life can be very influential yet detrimental and such decisions regarding a career may have lifelong consequences for the individual’s vocational future, psychological well-being, health, and social acceptance (1989). Juvenile students often make decisions about their choice of high school and their high school elective courses. Such choices affect the students’ educational and vocational opportunities down the road. Do these children truly know the implications from their decisions? How …show more content…
The goal of this study is to characterize and categorize the different types of career-related decision-making difficulties faced by students as well as pinpoint the areas students are lacking in education and provide appropriate supplemental reading, materials and counseling to adequately prepare them regardless of the path they choose. The location of this study will be conducted in an area that is lacking greatly in adults understanding education and its importance. The aim of this study is to identify the areas students need to understand in order to adequately prepare for their futures after high school.
It is my expectation to commence to link the gap between these thoughts and results to better meet the needs of students across all grades and schools internationally. Student achievement after secondary education should be the aim of all educators and parents globally, otherwise students cannot further their lives after the confines of