THE INFLUENCE OF HOME BACKGROUND ON THE CAREER CHOICE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ESAN CENTRAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
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INFLUENCE OF HOME BACKGROUND ON THE CAREER CHOICE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
IN ESAN CENTRAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this research is to find out the
influence of home background on the career choice of secondary school students
ion Egor. The research was aimed at the influence a child’s family background
would have on his choice of career. In carrying out this research there was a
review of related literatures, questionnaires were administered to respondents
the students in there schools to collect relevant data. The data collected from
respondents were analyzed and interpreted. The findings revealed that good
communication between parents and children can have positive influence on the
children’s choice of career. Findings also revealed that the family economic
status determines a child’s choice of career. It was also gathered that parents
lack of early rural instructions and training can have a negative effect on a
child’s choice of career. Emphasis was laid on early training, effective
guidance and counseling to be given to students to help them make wise choice
of career, which will enable them become good citizens. It was also gathered
that provision of affordable education, educational facilities, peaceful home
atmosphere and other recommendations will help improve a child’s ability and
willingness to make a reasonable choice of career.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter
One
Introduction
Statement of the problem
Purpose of the study
Research question
Scope of the study
Limitation of the study
Significance of the study
Definition of terms
Chapter Two
Literature review
Chapter
Three
Methodology
Research methodology
Research instrument
Chapter
Four
Data analysis and interpretation
Chapter Five
Summary and findings
Recommendations
Conclusion
Questionnaire
Reference
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Home is a place in which children
learn to interpret realities (Wary and Passman, 1996) parents serve as
significant interpreters to children for information about the world and
children ability (Hall, Kelly, Hansen and Vulwein, 1996) home influence is an
important force in preparing students for their role as workers. Young people
form their attitude about work and career as a result of interaction with the
home. Home background provides the basis on which a student’s career planning
and decision making evolves. However, within each home, the level of
involvement can very positively or negatively.
Home background factor found to
be associated with career choice includes parents socio-economic status (SES),
their level of education and biogenetics factor such as physical size, gender,
ability and temperament, Panic and Jepson (1992), in a study on adolescent
vocational development reported that had the most effect on education plans and
occupational aspiration was education. Mortime et al (1992) also reported that
parents with post secondary education tend to pass along its importance in
their children a finding reported by other studies. Montgomery (1992) votes
that students talented in mathematics viewed their career choice as reflective
on the interest that stem from early home influence and educational
opportunities.
De Piddeo (1990) however, points
out that the lower level of parents education can retard adolescents career
choice. Being born to parents with limited education and income reduces the
likelihood of going to college or achieving a professionally and occupational
goals and essentially predetermined the child’s likely career choice. Home
income is another aspect of home background that influences the career choice
of a student. Mortimer et al (1992) one reason for this may be that home with
limited economic resources may tend to direct children first the older children
in the home giving less hope and encouragement to the younger children in the
home. It is therefore understandable that the self efficacy of students with
respect to career opportunities is linked to the economic support they can
expect from their parents. Another home background factor found to be
associated with career choice include the parents spiritual/health parents who
love Jesus and want the best for their children will urge their children to
pursue a career that will bring them joy in the future. Thus proverbs 22:6
admonished parents to pay attention to their children while the children in
turn should prove themselves obedient (Ephesians 6:13).
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
The standard of education in Nigeria today is gradually falling thus leading to
lots of arrangements amongst scholars civil servants, educational planners etc
as to what is the immediate and remote causes of the failure and the factors
hindering high standard of education, while we may blame governments, teachers,
and children, the home which students comes from leave much to be desired. It
is important to note that we cannot exonerate the home that a child came from
when talking about the students choice of career in secondary school. Home background
factors found to have influence the students choice of career is based on
parents socio-economic status, parents educational level, parents love for
Jesus and family size and parents temperament.
RESEARCH QUESTION
In order to deal with the influence of home background on the career choice of
secondary school students the following questions were asked:
1.
To what
degree does the socio-economic status of parents influence the career choice of
students in secondary school?
2.
Is there
any relationship between the level of education of parents and the career
choice of students in secondary schools?
3.
Does the
size of a home have any influence on the choice of career of secondary school
students?
4.
Is there
any relationship between living condition at home and choice of career of
students?
5.
To what
extend does the ability and temperament of parents affect the choice of career
of students?
Home is the bedrock of the
child’s socialization processes. A child starts to learn even right from its
mother womb and as such as it is born to this world (2 Timothy 2:15) as Gods
creature, made in God’s image, the child does not learn in vacuum but rather is
active by learning, in a society of humans who influence his guess such society
embodies the home which the family belongs to and school source of western
education. It is observed that the choice of career of students in secondary
school can be denied by their parent’s socio-economic status, level of
educational, family size of the parent ability. It is therefore the
purpose of this study to investigate the impact of home background on the
choice of career of students in secondary schools.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
STUDY
Students succeed in school when certain factors are put in place or put under
control, some of these includes ensuring that the child feeds well at home, get
enough rest, does his home work has his work checked by both his teachers and
parents, has his school materials, gets adequate encouragement from their
parents, useful information should be given the child to guide futures
generation of choice of career. In the light of the above, the students will
assist parents to have insight into the behavior and needs of their children.
The study intends to reveal the factors that impedes or enhance the choice of
students in secondary schools.
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This study is restricted to secondary schools in Esan Central local government
area of Edo State. In the realization of similar condition facing most students
in other secondary schools in Edo State the survey shall focus on students in
their first year and final year of studies.
SCHOOLS SELECTED
Usi-Mart Academy, Iki
Opoji Grammar School Eguare
Opoji Commercial Secondary School, Oki
DEFINITION OF TERMS
1.
Involvement:
Willingness to show consideration and gentleness and also contribute to a
child’s choice of career.
2.
Temperament:
The parent’s nature shown in the way they react to their children choice of
career.
3.
Potluck:
A meal to which each quest brings food.
4.
Missionary:
Something sent to foreign land to teach people the goodness of Gods kingdom
5.
Exonerate:
We cannot say that the home is not responsible in a students choice of career.
6.
Impede:
Factors that delay or stop students in secondary school from choosing a career.
7.
Biogenetic:
The genes of the parents such as height, size, etc.
8.
Admonish:
The bible advice and urge parents seriously to pay attention to their children.
9.
Detest:
To dislike or hate something.
10.
Socialization:
The process of being socialized in been open to the world.
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