The Role of Teachers in Influencing the Development of Adolescents' Possible Selves
- Degree Grantor:
- University of California, Santa Barbara. Education
- Degree Supervisor:
- Cynthia Hudley
- Place of Publication:
- [Santa Barbara, Calif.]
- Publisher:
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Creation Date:
- 2012
- Issued Date:
- 2012
- Topics:
- Education, Educational Psychology, Psychology, Developmental, and Education, Teacher Training
- Keywords:
- Motivation,
Adolescent Development,
Achievement,
Teacher Support, and
Possible Selves - Genres:
- Online resources and Dissertations, Academic
- Dissertation:
- Ph.D.--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2012
- Description:
During late childhood and early adolescence, there is a dramatic increase in cognitive skills (Keating, 1980) which influences how young people begin to think about their futures. The construct of possible selves has been used to help understand adolescents' views of their future plans and goals by exploring their social perceptions to gain insight as to how they think about the world and themselves. This study examined the role of perceived teacher support on adolescents' development of possible selves. Results suggest that the four groups (White males, Latinos, White females, and Latinas) in this study think about their future possible selves of graduating from a four year university in different ways. This study provides both important theoretical as wells as practical implications.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (77 pages)
- Format:
- Text
- Collection(s):
- UCSB electronic theses and dissertations
- Other Versions:
- http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqm&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3545086
- ARK:
- ark:/48907/f33f4mjb
- ISBN:
- 9781267767851
- Catalog System Number:
- 990039148070203776
- Copyright:
- Shadi Roshandel, 2012
- Rights:
- In Copyright
- Copyright Holder:
- Shadi Roshandel
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