TEACHER'S INFLUENCE ON INDIVIDUAL'S POSTGRADUATE EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS
Published In: 2ND INTERNATIONAL E-CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
Author(s): MEECHAI ORSUWAN
Abstract: This paper hypothesizes that positive attitude towards education can be nurtured and developed during the childhood period. Hence, the research employs longitudinal data to examine the impact of high school teacher characteristics on the postgraduate educational aspirations of their former students 12 years after they were first interviewed. The results indicate that individual's postgraduate educational aspirations are positively related to student's perceptions of their former high school teachers. Individuals who believe their teachers were good are likely to pursue postgraduate education
- Publication Date: 26-Jul-2020
- DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-189-4-05
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INTERRACIAL INTERACTION AND SOCIAL SELF-COINTERRACIAL INTERACTION AND SOCIAL SELF-CONCEPTNCEPT
Published In: 2ND INTERNATIONAL E-CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
Author(s): MEECHAI ORSUWAN
Abstract: This study examines the impact of interracial interactions on student's social self-concept across racial/ethnic groups four years after they enter college. Our study finds significant changes in the social self-concepts of White, Native American, African American, Latino/a, and Asian American students from 1999, when they entered college, to 2003. As expected, the social self-concepts of students who engage in interracial interactions tend to improve over time
- Publication Date: 26-Jul-2020
- DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-189-4-06
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