The Investigation of Future Expectations of Individuals Graduated from the Department of Child Development

Yıl 2022, Cilt: 28 , 69 - 82, 23.12.2022

Ibrahim Benek

https://doi.org/10.55549/epess.1223260

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The purpose of this study is to identify the future expectations of graduates who have graduated
from the child development undergraduate department and who are not currently assigned to their profession.
Phenomenological pattern, a qualitative research method, was utilized in the study. The study was conducted
with 14 graduated from the department of child development, 13 of whom were female and 1 male, who were
preparing for the Public Personnel Selection Examination (KPSS) in a private teaching institution located in the
Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Participants were chosen using criterion sampling, one of the purposive
sampling methods. The research data was collected through semi-structured interviews. Descriptive and content
analysis methods were used to analyze the data. The gathered data were coded, categorized into themes, and
evaluated. When the opinions of the individuals who graduated from the child development department about
their future expectations are examined; it is detected that the participants chose to study in this department for
various reasons, including a fondness for children, the ease of getting a job, and having studied the same subject
in their previous educational life, they have fears for the future, they want to be in a positive social environment
in the future, they have professional and career objectives for their field, desire a prosperous economic future,
question the criteria for appointment or finding a job in their field, have a tendency to come up with alternate
solutions for getting hired or finding a job, place importance on personal growth in order to live a good life, and
have various plans for their personal life.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Future expectation, Child development, Finding a job, Good life, Fondness for children