Perceived influences in vocational preference of Turkish high school students

Meslek tercihi öğrencilerin hayatında önemli rol oynadıklarından, birçok araştırmacıöğrencilerin mesleki karar verme süreçlerini etkileyen araştırmalar yapmıştır. Buçerçevede bu çalımada Türkiyedeki lise öğrencilerinin meslek seçiminin arkasındakinedenler araştırılmıştır. Araştırmaya 71i kız 50si erkek olmak üzere toplam 121 öğrencikatılmıştır. Görüşmeler içerik analizi yapılarak analiz edilmiştir. Öğrencilerin meslektercihi ile bu tercihi etkileyen faktörler arasındaki ilişkiyi ortaya koymak içinKi-karetesti yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın sonucunda, öğrencilerin meslek tercihini ilgileri, ilgiduydukları dersler, aile ve prestij faktörleri cinsiyet bağlamında da etkili olurken, örneğ ineğitim daha çok kızlar tarafından seçilen bir melek olurken, mühendislik daha çokerkekler tarafından seçilmiştir. Diğer taraftan, iş ve gelir imkanı, rehber öğretmen ve okultürü öğrencilerin meslek seçiminden bağımsız olduğu bulunmuştur.

Türkiye deki lise öğrencilerinin meslek tercihlerini etkileyen faktörler

Various researchers investigated the influential factors in students vocational decision -making as vocational preference plays a vital role in the life of students. In this context,this study has investigated the motives behind high school students vocational preferencein Turkish high schools. In this regard, 121 high school students, 71 girls and 50 boys,were participated in this research. Content analysis is used for analyzing the interviews.Chi-square test is conducted for presenting the relations between the vocationalpreference and perceived factors. The findings reveal that availability of jobs, pay,guidance teacher and school type are c onsidered independent of students vocationalpreference while genuine interest, favorite subject, parents, prestige are influential instudents vocational preference in terms of gender as well for example, education ispreferred by girls as vocation mostly but engineering for boys.

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