Educational Aspirations and Factors of Educational Aspirations”

  • Unique Paper ID: 169713
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 6
  • PageNo: 1859-1862
  • Abstract:
  • Educational aspiration reflects educational goals an individual sets for himself/herself. It is important as it encourages and energizes the individual to achieve them. The purpose of this essay is to explore the influence of three sets of predictors (background, parental involvement, and personal or educational self-schema of students) as proposed by Farmer (1985) on educational aspiration of adolescents. Research shows that educational self-schema of students is the most important factor it explains over 50% of the variance. Students whose academic self-schema is positive are more likely to have confidence in their ability to achieve; they tend to value education, and see the process of education attainment as more positive and rewarding. The factors that characterize educational self-schema are academic achievement, adolescents’ perception of school and courses, importance attributed to school and homework, and extracurricular activities. There are various factors that influence the educational aspiration of students at different school levels and from the related studies, the factors that influence educational aspirations can be understood. The degree of their influence in this regard can also be figured out. So, this is essential to know about the studies which have already been done in this area. In this study, data have been analyzed year-wise, continent-wise, country-wise and area-wise for their systematic review. It also describes the degree of the supremacy of these selected influencing factors, out of many. Hereby, this systematic review identifies the existing research gaps in the area of educational aspirations of school level students.

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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 6
  • PageNo: 1859-1862

Educational Aspirations and Factors of Educational Aspirations”

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