PT Journal AU FRIEDMANN, Z TI FACTORS OF PROFESSIONAL ASPIRATIONS IN SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED PUPILS OF BASIC SCHOOLS SO Trends in education PY 2012 BP 86 EP 89 VL 5 IS 1 DE pupils with a social disadvantage; children´s interests; professional aspirations; preparation for professional choice. AB The paper presents selected results of a qualitative investigation (semi-structured interviews), conducted at the beginning of 2012 in selected pupils with a social disadvantage. 98 pupils were addressed in the investigation to reveal some of the factors with a significant influence on pupils´ own professional aspirations and consequently on the choice of school or profession. The research was conducted within a research project of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports MSM 0021622443 called Special needs of pupils in the context of the Framework Education Programme for basic education. ER