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ERIC Number: ED503421
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2008-May
Pages: 51
Abstractor: ERIC
Reference Count: 27
ISBN: ISBN-978-0-86431-889-3
ISSN: N/A
Career Advice in Australian Secondary Schools: Use and Usefulness. Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth. Research Report 53
Rothman, Sheldon; Hillman, Kylie
Australian Council for Educational Research
This report examines young people's participation in career advice activities while at school and their perceptions of the usefulness of the advice they receive. The data are from the 2003 15 year-old cohort of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY). Most members of this LSAY Y03 cohort were in Year 10 in 2003. The present report examines how much career advice students accessed in Years 10, 11 and 12 across three years of data collection (2003-2005). A smaller group of the cohort is followed each year; this group was in Year 10 in 2003, Year 11 in 2004, and Year 12 in 2005. For this group of more than 5000 young people, analyses were conducted to determine what influences their perceptions of the usefulness of career advice while at school. Four major questions guide this report: (1) How widespread is the provision of career advice in Australian schools? (2) How useful do students in Australian schools find this advice, and what types of advice appear to be most useful? (3) Are there some types of student who find career advice more useful? and (4) Is there a relationship between perceptions of career advice and school-based measures? Appended are: (A) The 2003 15 Year Old LSAY Consort; (B) Variables Used; and (C) Multiple Regression Results. (Contains 16 tables, 5 figures, and 1 footnote.) [This report forms part of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth analytical program conducted by ACER under contract to the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST).]
Australian Council for Educational Research. Available from: ACER Press. 347 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia. Tel: +61-3-9835-7447; Fax: +61-3-9835-7499; e-mail: sales@acer.edu; Web site: http://www.acer.edu.au
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Australian Council for Educational Research
Identifiers: Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth; Australia