Content expectations and dropout in Dutch vocational education

IF 1.6 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training Pub Date : 2020-10-12 DOI:10.1186/s40461-020-00096-7
Irene Eegdeman, Chris van Klaveren, Martijn Meeter
{"title":"Content expectations and dropout in Dutch vocational education","authors":"Irene Eegdeman, Chris van Klaveren, Martijn Meeter","doi":"10.1186/s40461-020-00096-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Unrealistic expectations with regard to one’s study program has been linked to negative consequences for future academic success. Previous studies that have shown this are often retrospective, however, and focus on performance-related expectations (e.g. expected grades), while unrealistic expectations about the required effort and the content of the program (content-related expectations) may be more relevant for explaining dropout in tertiary education. This study prospectively investigates whether the content-related expectations of 208 Dutch Sport Academy students elicited before the start of their vocational program are associated with subsequent dropout and academic performance. Our results show that dropped-out students did not differ in expected grades (even though they did differ in prevocational GPA). Moreover, their content-related expectations at the start of the program did not from successful students, nor were they any less realistic. Still, when retrospectively asked, 50% of the students answered that the concerning program did not fit. This suggests that retrospective reports of inadequate expectations may not reflect deficient expectations before starting the program. Instead, tertiary educational programs may defy expectations in both successful students and later unsuccessful students, with surprises being pleasant for successful students and unpleasant for unsuccessful ones.</p>","PeriodicalId":38550,"journal":{"name":"Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2020-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40461-020-00096-7","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 4

Abstract

Unrealistic expectations with regard to one’s study program has been linked to negative consequences for future academic success. Previous studies that have shown this are often retrospective, however, and focus on performance-related expectations (e.g. expected grades), while unrealistic expectations about the required effort and the content of the program (content-related expectations) may be more relevant for explaining dropout in tertiary education. This study prospectively investigates whether the content-related expectations of 208 Dutch Sport Academy students elicited before the start of their vocational program are associated with subsequent dropout and academic performance. Our results show that dropped-out students did not differ in expected grades (even though they did differ in prevocational GPA). Moreover, their content-related expectations at the start of the program did not from successful students, nor were they any less realistic. Still, when retrospectively asked, 50% of the students answered that the concerning program did not fit. This suggests that retrospective reports of inadequate expectations may not reflect deficient expectations before starting the program. Instead, tertiary educational programs may defy expectations in both successful students and later unsuccessful students, with surprises being pleasant for successful students and unpleasant for unsuccessful ones.

查看原文
分享 分享
微信好友 朋友圈 QQ好友 复制链接
本刊更多论文
荷兰职业教育的内容期望与辍学率
对学习计划不切实际的期望会对未来的学业成功产生负面影响。然而,先前的研究表明,这通常是回顾性的,并且关注与表现相关的期望(例如预期成绩),而对所需努力和课程内容的不切实际的期望(与内容相关的期望)可能与解释高等教育中的辍学更相关。本研究前瞻性地调查了208名荷兰体育学院学生在职业课程开始前所产生的与内容相关的期望是否与随后的退学和学业表现有关。我们的研究结果表明,辍学学生在预期成绩上没有差异(尽管他们在职业前的GPA上确实存在差异)。此外,他们在项目开始时对内容的期望并不是来自成功的学生,也不是不现实的。然而,当被回顾性地询问时,50%的学生回答说,有关的项目不适合。这表明,在项目开始之前,不充分期望的回顾性报告可能不能反映出不充分的期望。相反,高等教育项目可能会对成功的学生和后来不成功的学生产生意想不到的影响,对成功的学生来说,惊喜是愉快的,对不成功的学生来说,惊喜是不愉快的。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 去求助
来源期刊
CiteScore
3.40
自引率
7.70%
发文量
9
审稿时长
13 weeks
期刊介绍: The main focus of this journal is to provide a platform for original empirical investigations in the field of professional, vocational and technical education, comparing the effectiveness, efficiency and equity of different vocational education systems at the school, company and systemic level. The journal fills a gap in the existing literature focusing on empirically-oriented academic research and stimulating the interest in strengthening the vocational part of the educational system, both at the basic and higher education level.
期刊最新文献
Different dropout directions in vocational education and training: the role of the initiating party and trainees’ reasons for dropping out Compromises in occupational choice and premature termination of vocational education and training: gender type, prestige, and occupational interests in focus The discourse on technological literacy: exploring visual representations enabled by the visual cultures of four Swedish vocational education and training programmes A network model of stress contagion: evidence from the vocational classroom Examining career and technical education (CTE) pathways in historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs)
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
现在去查看 取消
×
提示
确定
0
微信
客服QQ
Book学术公众号 扫码关注我们
反馈
×
意见反馈
请填写您的意见或建议
请填写您的手机或邮箱
已复制链接
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
×
扫码分享
扫码分享
Book学术官方微信
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术
文献互助 智能选刊 最新文献 互助须知 联系我们:info@booksci.cn
Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。
Copyright © 2023 Book学术 All rights reserved.
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号 京ICP备2023020795号-1