The role of family and their academic level in final year students’ curricular choice
Abstract
The curricular choice which students make in their last year at High School and Vocational Training is a priority issue in the educational context, since it is going to determine the students’ inclusion in the university or employment contexts. Family backgrounds also play an important role in this respect. Bearing this in mind, this study aims to know the curricular choice of final year students (A Level and Vocational Training) in Granada, for the purpose of describing their family, economic and demographic characteristics, and to evaluate the influence of these aspects on the curricular choice they made. A total of 1,164 students, were analyzed in terms of academic success, family and employability. Results show that families had a similar level in terms of academic background and spending power with a slight imbalance between the employment of mothers and fathers. A level students tend to go to
university while this proves to be true only with half of Vocational Training students—the other half wants to join the workforce. It was demonstrated that curricular choice is determined by family factors. Therefore, more attention needs to be paid to these students through the implementation of programmes aimed at highlighting the different options and at making the choice more personal.
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