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Title: Educational/Occupational Expectations and Aspirations: Mothers' Views of Their Children's Futures.
Language: English
Authors: Powell, Douglas R., Peet, Susan H.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 20
Publication Date: 1996
Document Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Careers, Employment, Evaluation, Expectation, Grades (Scholastic), Low Income, Lower Class, Mothers, Occupational Aspiration, Occupational Clusters, Occupations, Parent Aspiration, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation, Parents, Performance, Poverty, Questionnaires, Standardized Tests, Success
Abstract: This study explored mothers' beliefs about their children's educational and occupational futures, and it examined relationships between mothers' beliefs and children's academic achievement and between mothers' beliefs and maternal perceptions of parental responsibilities. A sample of 141 mothers and their first- or fourth-grade child participated in the study. The mothers had relatively low levels of formal education and annual household incomes. During interviews, mothers answered questions about the type of job they expected their child would hold as an adult and the type of job they believed would be ideal for their child. Mothers also completed a questionnaire designed to measure ideas about parental responsibilities. In addition, report card grades and standardized achievement scores were obtained from the child's school. The study found that the children of mothers who believed their child would attain the amount of education needed for the ideal and expected job had significantly higher report card grades and standardized achievement scores than did the children of mothers who thought the ideal job required more education than the child would receive. Mothers who believed their child would attain the amount of education needed for the ideal and the expected job had significantly higher parental responsibility scores than did mothers who believed their child would not attain the amount of education necessary for the ideal job. (Author/BGC)
Entry Date: 1996
Accession Number: ED397983
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