Students' motivational orientations and career choice in science and technology : A comparative investiga tion in Finland and Latvia

Journal of Baltic Science Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 86-102

  Lavonen, Jari ^a   Gedrovics, Janis ^b   Byman, Reijo ^a   Meisalo, Veijo ^a   Juuti, Kalle ^a   Uitto, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Educational Management Academy   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Career choice; Comparative study; Motivation; Science and technology education

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649724570     PISSN: 16483898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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