Dr Jae Yup Jared Jung

Overview

Dr Jung is a lecturer in the School of Education. His research focus is on the decision-making of adolescents (including gifted adolescents) on topics such as careers, university entrance and friendships, usually incorporating motivational and cultural perspectives. He is currently supervising PhD, masters by research and honours students in the areas of gifted education and university entrance decision-making.

Teaching

Undergraduate
EDST4096 Responding to Gifted and Talented Students

Postgraduate
EDST5103 Multivariate Research Design and Analysis
EDST5800 Current Issues in the Education of Intellectually Gifted Children

Publications

Journals
Jung, J.Y., McCormick, J. & Gross, M.U.M. (in press). The forced choice dilemma: A model incorporating idiocentric/allocentric cultural orientation. Gifted Child Quarterly.

Jung, J.Y. & McCormick, J. (2011). The occupational decision: A cultural and motivational perspective. Journal of Career Assessment, 19, 75-91.

Jung, J.Y. & McCormick, J. (2011). Occupational decision-related processes for amotivated adolescents: Confirmation of a model. Journal of Career Development, 38, 275-292.

Jung, J.Y., Barnett, K., Gross, M.U.M., & McCormick, J. (2011). Levels of intellectual giftedness, culture and the forced choice dilemma. Roeper Review, 33, 182–197.

Jung, J.Y., McCormick, J., Gregory, G., & Barnett, K. (2011). Culture, motivation and vocational decision-making of Australian senior high school students in private schools. Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 21, 85-106.

Jung, J.Y. & McCormick, J. (2010). Amotivation and the occupational decision: An investigation of Australian senior high school students. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 38, 441-458.

Work in Progress
Jung, J.Y. Adolescent decision-making processes relating to university entry: A model incorporating cultural orientation, motivation, and occupational variables. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Jung, J.Y. Amotivation and indecision in the decision-making processes associated with university entry. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Jung, J.Y. Attitudes to gifted programs/provisions: The role of cultural orientation, socio-demographic, academic achievement, and personal/personal experience variables. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Conferences
Jung, J.Y. (2011, November). Predictors of attitudes toward special gifted programs: Support vs. Perceptions of elitism among pre-service teachers. Paper to be presented at the National Association for Gifted Children Annual Convention, New Orleans, USA.

Jung, J.Y. (2010, July). Reasons for the experience and non-experience of the forced choice dilemma: The case of Asian and Anglo-Saxon/Celtic background students in Australia. Paper presented at the Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness, Sydney, Australia.

Jung, J.Y. & McCormick, J. (2010, July). Culture, motivation and occupational decisions. Paper presented at the International Congress of Applied Psychology, Melbourne, Australia.

Jung, J. Y. & McCormick, J. (2009, August). The roles of culture and motivation on vocational choice. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Jung, J. Y., McCormick, J., Gregory, G., & Barnett, K. (2009, June). A new model of amotivation with the occupational decision. Paper presented at the Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Jung, J. Y., McCormick, J., Gregory, G., & Barnett, K. (2009, April). Culture, motivation and vocational choice: A mixed method investigation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, USA.

Jung, J. Y., McCormick, J., Gregory, G., & Barnett, K. (2009, April). Amotivation and the Occupational Decision: An Investigation Using Structural Equation Modeling. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, USA.

Jung, J. Y., McCormick, J., Gregory, G., & Barnett, K. (2008, September). Culture, motivation and vocational decision-making of senior high school students. Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Jung, J.Y., Barnett, K., Gross, M., & McCormick, J. (2006, August). Attitudes of academically gifted students toward friends and school. Poster presented at the NSW Institute for Educational Research Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Contributions

Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Employment Counseling
Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Career Development
Ad hoc reviewer, British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
Ad hoc reviewer, Roeper Review
Ad hoc reviewer, International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
Ad hoc reviewer, Education Review

Other Information

Grants
Early Career Researcher Grant, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSW (2011)
Research Promotion Grant, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSW (2010)

Awards
Outstanding Dissertation Award in Counseling, American Educational Research Association (2011)
Beth Southwell Award (2010)
Graduate Student Research Award, Society for Vocational Psychology (American Psychological Association) (2009)
Neil Johnson Award (2009)
Australian Postgraduate Award (2007-2009)
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences APA Top Up Scholarship, UNSW (2007-2009)