The Realism and Sex Type of Four- to Five-Year-Old Children's Occupational Aspirations

Autor/inn/en	Care, Esther; Deans, Jan; Brown, Robert
Titel	The Realism and Sex Type of Four- to Five-Year-Old Children's Occupational Aspirations
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Childhood Research, 5 (2007) 2, S.155-168 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-718X
DOI	10.1177/1476718X07076681
Schlagwörter	Females; Fantasy; Occupational Aspiration; Career Development; Kindergarten; Preschool Education; Gender Differences; Sex Stereotypes; Self Concept; Child Development; Foreign Countries; Interviews; Job Satisfaction; Elementary Education; Questionnaires; Australia; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Fantasie; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Berufsentwicklung; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Selbstkonzept; Kindesentwicklung; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Elementarunterricht; Fragebogen; Australien; USA
Abstract	Research on career development has focused primarily on adolescents and adults. However, in Gottfredson's theory of circumscription and compromise (2002) it is proposed that career aspirations originate in the preschool years and that the earliest work aspirations of children are sex typed in relation to the activities of same sex adults. This article investigates young children's career development in the context of Gottfredson's stage theory. Eighty-four children attending a kindergarten/early learning centre for four- to five-year-old children exhibited sex typing of their aspirations, with the vast majority nominating real occupational roles as opposed to fantasy ones, as aspirations for adult life. The pattern of boys' and girls' aspirations differentially support Gottfredson's proposals. Questions are raised concerning the stability of patterns of aspirations in terms of sex type in a changing society. (Contains 3 tables and 1 note.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10