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Career maturity and career guidance needs of Malay secondary school students
Author
Jamaliah Abdul Rahim
Supervisor
Tan, Esther
Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to assess the career maturity levels and career guidance needs of Malay secondary students in Singapore schools. This study also aimed to investigate the influence of age/grade level, gender, academic ability (stream of study), socioeconomic status (SES) and parental influence on the career maturity and career guidance needs of the students.
The subjects for this study were 144 boys and 160 girls from seven secondary schools, two of which were girls' schools, two were boys' schools and three co-educational schools. The pupils came from the Special, Express and Normal streams.
The Australian version of the Career Development Inventory (CDI-A) was used to measure career maturity. An adapted version of the Career Problem Checklist (CPCL), originally used by Chew (1990), was used to measure students' career guidance needs.
A one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to compare differences in career maturity scores and scores on career guidance needs across different age/grade levels, and between the gender, stream, SES and "parental influence" subgroups. A Scheffe test was used to check for statistically significant differences between career maturity means for the stream variable and CDI-A and CPCL scales. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation (r) was used to study the relationship between career maturity and career guidance needs.
The results showed that there were significant differences between overall career maturity and grade level, academic ability, SES as well as parental influence. Results also revealed that academic ability and parental influence significantly affect overall career guidance needs. Finally, the study also found that students who were more career mature had less career guidance needs.
The subjects for this study were 144 boys and 160 girls from seven secondary schools, two of which were girls' schools, two were boys' schools and three co-educational schools. The pupils came from the Special, Express and Normal streams.
The Australian version of the Career Development Inventory (CDI-A) was used to measure career maturity. An adapted version of the Career Problem Checklist (CPCL), originally used by Chew (1990), was used to measure students' career guidance needs.
A one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to compare differences in career maturity scores and scores on career guidance needs across different age/grade levels, and between the gender, stream, SES and "parental influence" subgroups. A Scheffe test was used to check for statistically significant differences between career maturity means for the stream variable and CDI-A and CPCL scales. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation (r) was used to study the relationship between career maturity and career guidance needs.
The results showed that there were significant differences between overall career maturity and grade level, academic ability, SES as well as parental influence. Results also revealed that academic ability and parental influence significantly affect overall career guidance needs. Finally, the study also found that students who were more career mature had less career guidance needs.
Date Issued
1996
Call Number
HF5382.5.S55 Jam
Date Submitted
1996