ERIC Number: EJ939562
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Oct
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Career-Related Success-Learning Experiences of Academically Underachieving Urban Middle School Students
Jackson, Margo A.; Perolini, Claudia M.; Fietzer, Alexander W.; Altschuler, Elizabeth; Woerner, Scott; Hashimoto, Naoko
Counseling Psychologist, v39 n7 p1024-1060 Oct 2011
Evidence has supported the effectiveness of educational and psychosocial interventions that include strengths and promote the competence enhancement of schoolchildren. Nevertheless, students in low-income, culturally diverse urban schools who are academically underachieving may be the least likely but most in need to experience feedback about their strengths and potential competence for academic and career development. In the context of providing a preventative career exploration intervention, this instrumental case study of eight low-income Hispanic and Black urban middle school students identified as academically underachieving explored how four theoretically based types of success-learning experiences were associated with their evolving career-related interests and ability beliefs. Results include analyses of qualitative and quantitative data, themes (including those not captured by theoretical constructs), and narrative summaries of the accomplishment stories of these youth, as derived from interviews. Implications for theory, research, and practice are discussed. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Urban Schools, Career Exploration, Underachievement, Low Income Groups, Student Diversity, At Risk Students, Prevention, Intervention, Case Studies, Hispanic American Students, African American Students, Success, Student Attitudes, Qualitative Research, Data Analysis, Questionnaires, Interviews, Personal Narratives
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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