Soft Skills, Character, and Executive Function of Young Men

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Exploring the Academic Performance of Adolescent Males

ISBN: 3659697222
ISBN 13: 9783659697227
Autor: Tierney, Patrick
Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Umfang: 264 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.06.2015
Auflage: 1/2015
Format: 1.6 x 22 x 15
Gewicht: 411 g
Produktform: Kartoniert
Einband: KT
Artikelnummer: 8268778 Kategorie:

Beschreibung

Postsecondary enrolments of young males has been declining since the mid-1980s. The decline can be attributed, at least in part, to boys and young men being unable to compete for a fixed number of available places in institutions of higher learning. This inability to compete stems from their academic performance in secondary school. This study interviewed adolescent males and their parents as to their perceptions of a number of factors that may contribute to their academic performance. Those factors included noncognitive skills, character, perceptions of teachers, general attitudes towards school, and likes and dislikes on a range of course subjects. One of the most important findings was that only one of the seven adolescent male participants was considering a future career that would require a university degree. Other findings showed the young men's noncognitive skills were weak, particularly in relation to time management skills and their unwillingness to ask for help with schoolwork and homework. Most of the young men expressed a dislike for mathematics, a subject key to the study of the natural sciences, engineering, technology, and business beyond high school.

Autorenporträt

Patrick Tierney received his Ph.D. in Educational Studies from Brock University in St Catherines, Ontario, Canada in 2015. He also holds research-based advanced degrees in Distance Education and Software Engineering. Patrick has extensive experience in the practice and teaching of project management.

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