the realism and sex type of four- to five-year-old children's occupational aspirations  

Oleh:

Care, Esther ; Deans, Jan

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal Of Early Childhood Research vol. 05 no. 02 (Jun. 2007), page 155–168.
Topik: aspiration; career; children; development; gender; occupation
Fulltext: 155.pdf (121.91KB)

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Research on career development has focused primarily on adolescents and adults. However, in Gottfredson’s theory of circumscription and compromise (2002) it is proposed that career aspirations originate in the preschool years and that the earliest work aspirations of children are sex typed in relation to the activities of same sex adults. This article investigates young children’s career development in the context of Gottfredson’s stage theory. Eighty-four children attending a kindergarten/early learning centre for four- to fi ve-year-old children exhibited sex typing of their aspirations, with the vast majority nominating real occupational roles as opposed to fantasy ones, as aspirations for adult life. The pattern of boys’ and girls’ aspirations differentially support Gottfredson’s proposals. Questions are raised concerning the stability of patterns of aspirations in terms of sex type in a changing society.

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