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Research on the effect of career counselling on career decision making of young adolescents

A long thirty years of experience as a teacher and career counsellor for the high school and higher secondary students was the inspiration behind this research. Adolescent stage is a stressful period as it is a transition from childhood to adulthood. In addition to this, education is found to be very stressful to many, even to a bright one. Egbo(2013) stated that " the total development of a child can only take place in an environment conducive for teaching and learning". Students need guidance at this time not only for their personal and emotional issues but also for making decisions on selecting future courses and career.This paper aims to explore the gender differences in making career decisions among young adolescents.

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Professor Adebayo D . Oluwole

This study examined the contributory impact of spirituality, parental involvement and locus of control to the prediction of career decision-making among school going adolescents. A multiple regression statistical method was used in analyzing the data collected from 150 final year secondary school students. They were randomly selected from three coeducational secondary schools in Katsina, Katsina state, Nigeria. Results obtained indicated that the three variables when put together contribute significantly to career decision making. There is significant relative effect of parental involvement and locus of control to career decision making. However, spirituality factor is not a strong predictor of career decision making in this study. Hence, counselling psychologist should consider these factors when making plans to boost career decision making skills among the adolescent. It was also suggested that parents should encourage their adolescent children to make explorations of occupational choices. INTRODUCTION The social and economic stability of any nation always depend on the quality of information on career choice available to school-going adolescents who are leaders of tomorrow. Career choice is viewed as lifelong experiences, occurring in stages and contributing to an individual's values and belief, hence career development process addresses an individual's need and goals, thus mold ones character, determine his social status, and provides means of personality, expression and condition one's life styles at different stages of life. Decision making regarding a career is an important task which occurs among school going adolescents in early years of high school and it is always associated with watershed. This is the stage the adolescents actively explore their interest and aptitudes and, develop career-related goals and aspiration. The skills for making appropriate career decisions is very central to the psychological adjustment of the school going adolescents. According to Asuquo (2007), the choice of occupations becomes more difficult as new ones develop in ever increasingly complex contemporary society of the 21 st century in which the range of career opportunities becomes greater. Projecting this view, Olayinka (1993) contends that in Nigeria, the choice of career are sometimes made at an age when most of the school going adolescent are too young and immature to be fully aware of the consequences of some of the choices they may make. Also researches by (Salami 1997) , Onivehu(1991) reveal that the problems of career indecision, indecisiveness and unrealistic career decision are still prevalent among school going adolescents, despite the few career guidance programmes designed by some researchers, Adeyemo (1998), Salami and Onyeacho (1999) to foster career decision making , self efficacy and career maturity among school going adolescents. As indicated by Aziude and Iwundu (1995), career occupational choices information is required to facilitate this process of career choice as it leaves the school going adolescents with a better understanding of the deeper implication of the job he may want to take up. However, a great deal of researches exist that has frequently describes the goal of career counselling as

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Loucia Demetriou

The purpose of the present study is to examine the career decision-making profile of the adolescent students of the public high schools of Cyprus by applying the Career Decision-Making Profiles (CDMP) questionnaire of Gati, Landman, Davidovitch, Peretz-Asulin, & Gadassi (2010). The development of the CDMP suggests that an individual’s career decision making process can be better described by a multidimensional profile instead of a single decision-making style or a dominant characteristic. Using the data of 421 students, who were about to make a career choice, the results of the survey revealed eight dimensions for the Greek-Cypriot version of CDMP scale. The findings construct a multidimensional profile characterization of an individual’s career decision making processes: (1) “Information gathering and processing-Effort invested in the process”, (2) “Desire to please others-Dependence on others”, (3) “Speed of making the final decision”, (4) “Consulting with others”, (5) “Aspiration for an ideal occupation”, (6) “Locus of control”, (7) “Willingness to compromise”, (8) “Procrastination”. Using the T-test, we will discuss significant gender differences in the eight dimensions of the CDMP. Keywords: Career Assessment, Career Counseling, Career Decision-making process, Secondary Education.

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Horizon Research Publishing(HRPUB) Kevin Nelson

Career decision is a process that secondary school students must undergo. Many students find it difficult due to the obstacles that they may encounter. The problem of this study, therefore, is what these difficulties are and whether they differ on gender basis. Two research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The sample size was 341 students made up of 161 males and 180 females. The instrument for data collection was the Career Decision Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ), developed by Gati et al (1996). The reliability of the instrument was ascertained with Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient and a coefficient of 0.90 was obtained for the whole instrument. Data were analysed using mean, standard deviation and independent samples t-test. The results revealed that secondary school students are confronted with career decision-making difficulties in nine out of the ten levels used for the study. Moreover, gender was not significant except for one out of the ten distinct levels. The conclusion was drawn that students are faced with career decision-making difficulties and that there were no gender differences in all the difficulty levels.

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James Agboola

Stefan Vendel

Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies

Mubashir Zafar

Career choice is one of the key decisions among student's life. Correct decision will give success in their professional life. The study objective is to determine role of career guidance in professional career choice among secondary school students in Karachi, Pakistan. It's a Cross sectional study and 489 participants were selected through simple random sampling. Structured and Validated questionnaire were used. Chi square test and logistic regression were used to determine the association of career guidance in career planning. Mean age and standard deviation of participants were 17.13 ±1.29. Most of males (46% and 27%) seeking assistant for education related and career counseling respectively and after adjusting covariates revealed that male's gender, students scored high grades and high education level of parents were more likely OR 2.33 OR 2.05 and OR 1.99 respectively) to seeking assistance from counselors in career guidance, while students with lower educational aspirations were least likely (OR 0.78) to seek counselors for career planning. Study found that male students and parent's education level were important role in career guidance seeking. There is need for awareness of career guidance through workshops, seminars and media for promoting career guidance among students.

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OIRC JOURNALS , Prisca Tarus

Career decision making among secondary school students is an important step towards preparation for the world of work. The purpose of this study was to find out teacher counsellors role in facilitating students’ career decision making in Eldoret town. The study utilised a descriptive survey research design. The target population consisted of 2832 students and 30 teacher counsellors. A sample size of 284 students (Form 3 and Form Four) was selected. Data collection was done using a questionnaire for the participants. The results showed that despite the existence of guidance and counselling departments in secondary schools, teacher counsellors did not provide career guidance sessions to students. Teacher counsellors’ capacity to deliver on career guidance counselling was found to be inadequate thereby resulting to minimal effect on assisting of student career decisions and choice. The study established that students’ attitude, inadequate resources, and time were the challenges facing effective application of guidance and counselling towards assisting student in career decision making process. The study recommends that schools should invest more in the acquisition of materials on students’ career development and the guidance and counselling department needs to increases student sensitization on requirements for career choice. The findings of the study will be significant to guidance and counselling teachers in secondary schools, school administration, students and future researchers in the field of student career choice and development.

JPAIR Institutional Research

JAYSON S . DIGAMON

Choosing the best career is vital and needs a long process and serious planning for the students to make the right decision. This descriptive study investigated the attitude towards career decision-making of the 302 senior high school students of Gingoog City Comprehensive National High School, Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental. Factors such as sex, grade level, and socioeconomic status were focused on determine their influence on students’ career decisions. The researchers utilized mean, frequency, and percentage, T-test, and F-test/ANOVA, Scheffe Post Hoc Testing, and Multiple Comparisons to organize the data in the study. The results reveal that parents stand as the most prominent factor in students’ career decisions. Likewise, males and females vary in their career choice such that males are more decisive in their career decision-making than females. Further, students who have lower family incomes tend to be more fixed in their career choice than those whose families earn high salaries. It was recommended that school guidance counselors provide counseling for students to be more aware of the possible courses they pursue and the factors that influence them as delineated in this study. Moreover, the parents let their children decide on the courses they desire to pursue in their tertiary education and the profession they carry out in the future.

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