Stockard, Jean2023-06-142023-06-141986https://hdl.handle.net/1794/2840035 pagesThe Study of Occupational Learning began in the 1980-81 academic year under the direction of Dr. Jeanne McGee, a member of the faculty of the Department of Sociology at the University of Oregon. The long-range purpose of the study is to follow students occupational and educational aspirations over a long period of time, to see how the aspirations change, and to determine variables which influence the nature of these aspirations and their changes. In 1980-81 all fourth graders in the Springfield district who received parental permission were interviewed by trained interviewers and filled out a questionnaire in their classroom under the guidance of the researchers. The interviews focused on the students occupational plans, their views of a variety of occupations, and their perceptions of their parents jobs. The questionnaire focused more on the students educational attitudes, aspirations, and expectations and their self-concepts. During the summer of 1981 mothers of the fourth graders were sent a questionnaire through the mail. This questionnaire asked about their educational and occupational aspirations. for their children, their views about various curricular areas, and their own work history. In addition, information on the students academic achievement and school attendance was obtained from school records.enCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USchild aspirationslongitudinal studyeducational attitudesTechnical Report