The Seventh School Curriculum Reform in Korea was introduced in 2000 to prepare school-aged Koreans for an information and knowledge-based society. The reform effort emphasises information and communication technology (ICT) in the K-12 curriculum and a learner-centred pedagogy. This study examines the contributions of ICT, specifically,…

Students completed a two-page questionnaire assessing the following: (1) perceived computer self-efficacy; (2) plans to take a computer science course; (3) perceived importance of computing skills; and (4) interest in learning about computers. Perceived self-efficacy may be an important consideration when examining gender differences in computer…

In 2000 and again in 2001, the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) conducted an audit of course-taking patterns by a total of 4,244 graduating seniors from 51 rural high schools in 12 states. Each school provided data on a random sample of 100 seniors, including special needs students unless they required accommodation for participation in…

While gender differences in mathematics achievement and attitudes overall have been declining during the past two decades, there still exists a disparity in advanced mathematics achievement and upper-level mathematics course-taking patterns that contributes to fewer females than males choosing professions in math, science, and technology fields.…

The key to understanding the history of the comprehensive high school in the United States necessitates understanding that the comprehensive model has not been implemented as its inventors intended. Moreover, since the mid-20th century most scholarship on the comprehensive high school model has effectively dismissed the model as an antidemocratic…

The educational system is a reflection of the society in which it functions. Curriculum and Instructional philosophies are tied to public concerns and problems. For example, concern over technological superiority was expressed in the mathematics and science curricula of the late fifties and early sixties, and concern for the education of the whole…

Nurses from 37 universities (n=1,596) were asked about course experiences in relation to 28 specialties. Experiences in eldercare, outpatients, and surgery left many discouraged. Certain specialties appeared to have features that encouraged or discouraged aspirations regardless of course experience. Experiences had more effect on long-term career…

A brochure was sent to all eligible students as a method for increasing enrollment in high school physics. Presents a number of arguments for encouraging students to take physics. (MVL)

A wide latitude of student course selection in high school magnifies the social stratification of educational outcomes. Following a demanding academic curriculum is associated with higher academic achievement. Less advantaged students generally choose a less demanding study program than their more advantaged counterparts. Less advantaged families…

Investigates student learning experiences in courses with multicultural and diversity content and finds that community college students desire this kind of course content. Students want to learn more about diversity than what frequently is associated with "culture." Information concerning gender, sexual orientation, ageism, classism, and…

It has become increasingly possible for mathematics students to include a limited number of approved optional, non-traditional modules in their programs. Surveys coursework in four non-specialist modules over a seven-year period, and examines work in the area of mathematical cognition. (Contains 16 references.) (Author/ASK)

This study, by questionnaire, of a cohort of university students, has clarified factors influencing course choice, particularly those relating to the role of schools. In-school experiences provided the earliest source of interest in science for the majority. Interest and success in previous studies were the most popular reasons given as the main…

Carries out a study into the choice of physics in secondary education against a background of disappointing percentages of students choosing exact and technical studies and the academic choice research tradition. Focuses on the predictive value of certain characteristics of the curriculum, the differences between schools, and the stability of the…

Australian (n=332) and British (n=234) students were asked what influenced their choice of academic or vocational education before they were employed, during employment, and for the future. Internal factors influenced academic choices; employers and funding influenced vocational choices. Some between-country and gender differences were found.…

Australian vocational students (n=18) read 120 scenarios and indicated their interest in the vocational subjects described. Multiple regression analyses indicated that personal judgments of interest are based first on career interests rather than contextual or extraneous factors. Results confirmed the idiosyncrasy of interest perceptions.…