The literature review reports a converging consensus that middle school is the ideal time to begin career exploration¶
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q1 i? The report's review of established knowledge finds a converging consensus that middle school is the ideal time to begin career exploration, and that disengagement from learning begins in middle school. → Torre Gibney 2024
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Torre Gibney 2024¶
Torre Gibney, T., Fong, P., Lewis, J., Maduli, D., & Castellano, M. (2024). The landscape of middle school career and technical education in Nebraska. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED673552
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Narrative review section attributing this consensus to AdvanceCTE & ACTE (2020), ASA & ESG (2024), Godbey & Gordon (2019), and Virtue (n.d.); the review reports, citing these sources, that middle school is the ideal time to begin career exploration. The reviewed studies' designs were not read for this report.
"Indeed, there is a converging consensus that middle school is the ideal time to begin career exploration (AdvanceCTE & ACTE, 2020; American Student Assistance [ASA] & Education Strategy Group [ESG], 2024; Godbey & Gordon, 2019; Virtue, n.d.)."
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Related Claims¶
- The state-developed Middle School Engage! Career Exploration and Readiness course was underutilized, accounting for just 0.4 percent of statewide enrollments — related
- Literature and expert opinion converge on a limited number of key noncognitive attributes that matter for student success, with multiple available instruments — related
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The literature review reports a converging consensus that middle school is the ideal time to begin career exploration |
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The literature review reports a converging consensus that middle school is the ideal time to begin career exploration |
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