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Career maturity study of secondary four madrasah students in Singapore
Author
Zulkifli Md. Isa
Supervisor
Tan, Soo Yin
Abstract
The current study examined the level of career maturity of secondary four madrasah students in Singapore as well as the level of madrasah and parental involvement in the process of career maturity. 176 participants were randomly selected from secondary four students of three different madrasahs. A correlational design was used and the theoretical framework of the study was based on Super’s (1980) Life-Span theory. The perceptions of respondents was measured with the Career Maturity Inventory – Madrasah (CMI-Madrasah) developed by the researcher, from the original reference and adaptation of Career Maturity Inventory-Attitude Scale (CMI-A) by John O. Crites (1978). The research instrument’s 31 items questionnaires were designed to measure respondents’ degrees of agreement or disagreement to the statements presented in the questionnaires through 5 different levels of Likert-scale format. The questionnaires demonstrated Alpha Cronbach of 0.765. Data collected from the study were statistically analysed using the Independent T-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to examine the existence of significant relationships between the hypothesised independent variables such as gender, parental income and educational level and respondents’ types of housings; to that of the dependent variable which is the students’ career maturity. Pearson’s ‘r’ test was also used to examine the correlational relationship between career maturity and madrasah as well as parental involvement. The descriptive analysis of data showed that most respondents were found to have a moderate of career maturity whereas majority of the respondents reported moderate level of madrasah and parental involvement. The study also found that the respondents were aware of their career goals amidst the glaring of absence or minimum existence of career guidance from the individual madrasahs and their parents, in the process of career planning. In the inferential analyses, significant relationships were found between career maturity and mother’s educational level as well as types of housing. Similar significance was also found between career maturity and madrasah’s as well as parental involvement but no significant influence on career maturity were posed by gender difference, father’s income and educational level. The study also found that holistically, mother’s income was found to be statistically significant to career maturity but further Post-hoc test failed to identify significant differences between the income levels due to the limited sample number. The main implication of the study was for madrasahs and parents to be more actively involved in students’ career development with the setting up of career guidance department in every madrasah. The teachers should be trained and appointed to provide on-the-job support and assistance to the counsellors. The findings from this study were anticipated to assist the madrasahs in their on-going improvements in meeting the Compulsory Education (CE). Suggestions and recommendations for future study were discussed.
Date Issued
2008
Call Number
HF5382.5.S55 Zul
Date Submitted
2008