The Relationship of Ethnic Identity, Career Decision-making Self-efficacy and Outcome Expectations Among Latino/a High School Students Reflection Social cognitive career theory is a theory created by Steven Brown, Gail Hackett, and Robert Lent, based on the concepts of Albert Bandura’s social cognitive theory. In social cognitive career theory takes beliefs about one’s abilities, self-efficacy, and outcomes are part of some concepts examined in this theory. The Gushue (2006) study examined explored the relation of ethnic identity to two determinants of career interests identified by social-cognitive career theory (SCCT): self-efficacy and outcome expectations. The writer will take the results of the study and discuss the process of cultural competent counseling and recommend how career counselors can become culturally competent in order to counsel a population such as this. Culture is an important factor in the social-cognitive career theory as it contributes to beliefs. The Gushue (2006) findings were that “students’ identification with their ethnic group directly influenced their beliefs about ability to engage in career exploration and that self-efficacy mediated the influence of ethnic identity on outcome expectations.” …show more content…
Hispanic students have been considered persona non-grata as politicians have advocated for the deportation of undocumented Hispanic individuals. For example, a group of Hispanic and African American students competed in a robotics competition won first place and were told to go back to their country by others observing the competition. A counselor would need be to cognizant of how this type of climate may impact these student’s identity and self-efficacy. One may internalize these less than feelings and may not identify with their culture fully. This may perhaps contribute to students not showing interest in certain academic areas and
Tara Yosso’s is a motivational, informational book that gives us an insight and awareness of how the Chicana/o students struggles throughout their education in the American society. Critical Race Counterstories Along the Chicana/Chicano Educational Pipeline, portrays how Latino students have been marginalized in the educational system. Yosso addresses the problems that might be hindering students of color to drop out of school to continue to higher education. She does this research by analyzing various situations that still happen in the K-12 educational system, as in high school, and higher education. Yosso also addresses counterstories to better understand the experiences and struggles Chicanas/os go through in their schooling. Counterstories are important to be able to know what Chicanas/os struggles go through. Also tells about the outcomes that Chicanas/os have overcome when they are in a situation were they ate being underrepresented and how they have been dealing with these unequal educational opportunities. Her book addresses, awareness of how the Chicana/o culture is being underrepresented in the American educational system. It gives an understanding of why the Chicana/o students are leaking out of the educational pipeline. It also shows the obstacles this Latino students have to face to be able to make it through the educational pipeline. Chicana/o students want to continue to higher education they have to transform the educational system and acknowledge this culture to be successful instead of setting them to failure. Furthermore, this critique will analyze the strengths and the weaknesses of Tara Y...
Latino grassroots politics in the academic realm has been considered as predominantly Chicano in nature. However, the geometry of this academic sector is no longer one dimensional, due to the formation of a Chicana feminist consciousness; the rise of an identified gay community within the Chicana/o student populace; and the emergence of “Latinos” in era of Chicanismo, The abrupt growth of Latinos (e.g. Spanish speaking of Mexican, Central or Latin American decent) in the United State’s educational system led the general population to characterize them as subjects on the cusps of political power and influence. But this widespread depiction of Latinos as an untapped potential is intrinsically linked to an impression of civic cohesion within the Latino student population. Although there is a correspondence between these parties in terms of the alienation they have felt and the discrimination they have endured throughout their academic careers, there is a minimal collective effort in confronting against their oppressive status. This is mainly a result of conflicting ideologies and social agendas within the Latino student community, as well as the relegation of Hispanic subgroups into the lower echelons. Latino students, nevertheless, have demonstrated their capacity, when both Chicanos and the marginalized Hispanic subgroups join efforts to reach a communal objective. This debunks the historical notion that Chicano students are the only group of Hispanics in the academic sphere that have been actively challenging the processes of social exclusion, and also displays the capacity of a collaborative effort.
The theme of education and undocumented students has been a key issue for many decades. Undocumented students are often deprived from higher education because of their migratory status. They not only have to face discrimination and fear of deportation, but also after high school, they have to face the crude reality that their dreams of success and educational achievement are far from becoming a reality due to their lack of opportunities. Many personal stories shared in William Perez and Douglas Richard’s book “Undocumented Latino College Students: Their Socioemotional and Academic Experiences.” Relate to their fears, difficult conditions, emotional challenges, limitations, and other circumstances that multiple undocumented students live daily
Allison showed lack of awareness about Carmen’s cultural values. Allison should seek training about counseling Latinos. Allison’s practicum is in an agency located in a predominately Latino neighborhood. Carmen might not return to counseling with Allison, but Allison is likely to have another Latino client. Thus, receiving appropriate training about counseling Latinos would prepare Allison for future clients that she would encounter. The four dimensions of training that Corey et al. (2011) recommended are: self-exploration, didactic course work, internship, and experiential approaches (p. 145). There are various options that Allison has to educate herself around providing effective and ethically appropriate counseling with Latinos.
Students were grouped by IQ, those who had an above average or higher were helped to go to college and those who had a low IQ’s were not given the support or the push needed to get them into college. Educators allowed low education standards and refused to see students as equals. The advisors set students sights low for the future by encouraging how service jobs were a practical choice for us Mexicans. Cleaning houses were the normal thing to do for Mexican-American females. Students were tired of the inadequate staff and the staff's lack of concern for their students. The students sent out a survey among the other students to see if they were satisfied with what they were getting from their education. The result was that the schools and instructors were not meeting the needs of the students’ more so of the Chicano students.
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Undocumented students are becoming a growing outrage in the United States. It has been a constant battle amongst the students, the schools, and the Government. According to collegeboard.com, statistics shows that 65,000 undocumented students graduate from U.S. high schools each year (collegeboard.com).After graduating high school they face legal and financial barriers to higher education. This paper will address the importance of this growing outrage and discuss the following that corresponds to it.
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2. “Mexican Americans as a group fail to achieve well on standard tests of academic achievement, and they do not do as well as their Anglo counterparts in the more subjective evaluations of achievement.” (Carter, 17).
improving men’s perceptions of career counseling. When it comes to work, men put greater value on having a successful career than do women. Men have been taught from the time they are children that their life should be connected to work. A career creates a sense of self-identity and self-worth for a man; whereas for a woman, it is means to support her own self, socialize, and possibly support a family. According to this article, research has shown that men do not seek career counseling and that when they do seek help, it tends to focus on the concern that is occurring at that moment only. By using role induction and holistic career counseling, the authors of this article seek to find out if men would be more receptive to career counseling if those methods were involved. Role induction involves preparing the clients for counseling by informing them of what is going on, why the treatment is happening, the process of the counseling program, and their role in the counseling process. The purpose of holistic counseling is to deal with areas involving the complete person, physically and psychologically. It combines career and personal concerns. Since men have more negative attitudes towards career counseling, the hope of this research is to show that with role induction and a holistic approach, men will be more willing to engage in career counseling.
Latino immigrants in the U.S. tend to have the highest dropout rates within the school system. Though, the aggregate statistics goes beyond students’ poor performance, there are many factors that can influence students to make the choice to quit school; for this essay, I will use Critical Race Theory and labeling theory to help me deconstruct the reasons behind this phenomenon, using example 1 of section I.
The findings and recommendations point to the conclusion that social and structural support for immigrant students should be embedded in curricula where appropriate and systematically included in school and university processes starting before the school experience, continuing through the university and extending up to higher level of education from it.
The Latino population in the United States plays a significant role in U.S society by contributing to the social, political and economical sectors of the U.S. However, these contributions are overlooked due to negative cultural beliefs and stigmas attached to the Latino identity. One common cultural stigma attached to Latino identity is the stereotype that Latinos have low education levels because of Latino culture. These “claims” are backed up by data that indicates Latinos in the U.S do have low school completion rates, high dropout rates, low college enrollment/completion rates and low academic testing scores. However, upon closer inspection we can see that the educational disparities within the Latino population do not stem from cultural
According to the study of this course, I have learned many useful management skills and I feel like these skills will be applied to my future career development. When working on the self- assessment tests, I found myself fall into the category of the ISTJ personality types, which as illustrated by Myers Briggs, is the type of personality that is conscientious, considerate, and helpful. Personality traits such as honest, dutiful, practical and responsible are my strengths; personality traits such as stubborn, insensitive and poor communication skill are my weaknesses. Related to the knowledge I have learned in the course I believe both strengths and weakness will have influence to my future career development. In this reflection paper, I will demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses that may place the most influence on my way of success.