The culture of futility and its impact on study culture in technical/vocational schools in Belgium

摘要: Starting from the present knowledge society with its social overvaluing of cognition and white‐collar jobs at expense manual labour, this article examines whether school type—academic versus technical/vocational schools—relates to students’ sense futility. It assesses schools’ culture futility investigates explanatory value in relation type study involvement culture. Multilevel analyses data 6,373 students 44 Flemish schools (2004–2005) show that share higher feelings futility, suggesting existence cultures The relates their affects independent Finally, explains association between involvement, is responsible for less study‐oriented techni...