Career information processing strategies of secondary school students in Osun State (Nigeria)
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2014-01
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University of Zululand
Abstract
This study examined the strategies commonly adopted by Osun state secondary school students in processing career
information. It specifically examined the sources of career information available to the students, the uses to which the
students put the information collected and how their career decision making skills can be improved, leading to more
appropriate career choices. Two hundred students selected by proportionate stratified random sampling from four
secondary schools which were randomly selected from the three senatorial district of Osun state participated in the study.
Data were collected using a self-constructed questionnaire titled “Questionnaire for exploring career information
processing (QEIP)”. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, chi-square analysis, Kruskal wallis H test
and Analysis of Variance. The results indicated that the largest percentage of the students chose accounting/banking,
closely followed by medicine, engineering, law and nursing. The most prevalent means by which the students gather career
information is through role models, information they obtain from school and parents. Socio-demographic variables of age
and sex did not affect students’ patronage of these sources. The study also shows that only information collected from
parents and their school counsellor bore any positive relationship with their choice of career. The study recommends
career guidance collaboration between school counsellors and parents. It also recommends that more frequent career
development programmes like career days and/or talks, job shadowing, role modeling and the like should be included in
secondary school curriculum
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Peer reviewed article published under Inkanyiso, Volume 6, Issue 1, Jan 2014, p. 66 - 76
Keywords
career guidance,, Information processing, secondary school student
Citation
Adebowale, O., 2014. Career information processing strategies of secondary school students in Osun State (Nigeria). Inkanyiso: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 6(1), pp.66-76.