TY  - JOUR
T1  - Motivated Behavioral Choices of Young Technological Talents - From Adolescence to Career Success
AU  - Autıo, Ossi
PY  - 2018
DA  - December
JF  - The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational and Social Sciences
JO  - EPESS
PB  - ISRES Publishing
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2587-1730
SP  - 1
EP  - 9
VL  - 11
LA  - en
AB  - Technical abilities are fundamentalto human existence. At each stage within the cycle of life, humans continuouslystrive to acquire new skills or to refine existing ones in the hope thatproductivity and quality of life are enhanced. Despite the fact that skilledbehavior underlines nearly every human activity, our understanding about thefactors that contribute to the attainment of expertise in technology educationis far from complete. Not to mention, that we do not really know what is neededin career success for technological professions. This article builds on earlierresearch that defined and assessed technical abilities among adolescents. Theaim of the study was to examine determinants of technological competence andtry to predict student potential for career success. It tracks the studentswhose technical abilities were assessed in a study twenty five years ago. Thefollow-up study was carried out as a qualitative case study. Although, we mustbe cautious about final conclusions because of the limited number of researchsubjects, the study shows that it is possible to predict student potential forcareer success in the technical professions. However, the process in makingmotivated behavioral choices in the area of technology seems to be much morecomplicated for technologically talented females than for males.
KW  - Motivated behavioral choices
KW  - Technological talent
KW  - Career success
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