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  • Factors influencing the engineering career aspirations of 15-year-old students
    Košak, Igor ; Šorgo, Andrej, 1957- ; Ploj Virtič, Mateja
    This article presents the outcomes of an investigation to identify factors that inspire young people to pursue careers in engineering. In order to increase interest in engineering careers, it is ... necessary to know the factors on the basis of which young people decide to continue their education after completing elementary school. The study started from the existing social cognitive career theory (SCCT), which was developed further. Based on a sample of 779 students in the last grade of elementary school, the most important factors influencing career choice were identified as: enjoyment of work and ability to work in a group. Using regression analysis, it was found that the factor: I will enter the profession as soon as possible has a statistically significant influence on the choice of engineering professions, regardless of the level of education required, while the choice of an engineering profession requiring higher education is most strongly influenced by the factor: the work takes place in a clean environment and factors related to mentally demanding work and challenges. The results obtained revealed false stereotypes about engineering professions that need to be broken.
    Vir: World transactions on engineering and technology education. - ISSN 1446-2257 (Vol. 20, no. 4, 2022, str. 246-250)
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del ; neleposlovje za odrasle
    Leto - 2022
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 131290115

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    http://www.wiete.com.au/journals/WTE&TE/Pages/Vol.%2020,%20No.4%20(2002)/02-Ploj%20Virtic-M.pdf

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