Factors affecting the institutionalisation of career and vocational programs In Western Australian government secondary schools
Date of Award
1999
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
School
School of Education
Faculty
Faculty of Community Services, Education and Social Sciences
First Supervisor
Dr Len Vlahov
Second Supervisor
Associate Professor Dr S. B. Jongeling
Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate the institutionalisation of career and vocational programs in Western Australian government secondary schools. Five specific objectives form the basis of the study. First, the study aims to determine the meanings which teachers construct for Career Education programs in schools. Second, the study examines the direct effects of personal construction of meaning, individual assimilation and organisational assimilation on the institutionalisation of Career Education. Third, the study determines the relationships between the personal construction of meaning, individual assimilation, organisational assimilation and institutionalisation of Career Education. Fourth, the study investigates the effectiveness of a causal model based on prior theoretical assumptions and factors identified by the sample and the literature as being influential in the institutionalisation of Career Education, using the method of path analysis. Fifth, the study develops an instrument to measure the institutionalisation of Career Education in secondary schools.
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Recommended Citation
Dixon, K. C. (1999). Factors affecting the institutionalisation of career and vocational programs In Western Australian government secondary schools. Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1479