INVESTIGATION OF TURKISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CAREER DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES

Yıl 2010, Sayı: 19, 10 - 29, 09.05.2013

Abdullah Isıklar Hasan Bozgeyđklđ

Öz

Career development theorists indicate that career development is a dynamic process which starts in childhood embeds in the following development stages and continues during life span. Every individual differs in having some attitudes and behaviors related to development phase in which they are present. When an assessment is made from this angle, elementary school years are the periods in which the students’ the attitudes about career decision making and behaviors about this concept are developed. The theoretical model about career development in childhood period in career psychology was developed by Super (1990). This model is constituted of nine dimensions namely; curiosity, research, information, key figures, interests, locus of control, time perspective, self concept and planning. According to Super (1990) children’s gaining the behaviors in these nine dimensions in a successful way causes learning problem solving and decision making behaviors in a successful way. The aim of this research is to determine 8th grade elementary school students’ career development according their demographic features (gender, parent education level, socio economic status etc.). This research was carried out with 357 (175 female, 182 male) an elementary school student whose ages 13 and survey method was used. In order to gain research data “Childhood Career Development Scale” and “Personal Information Form” were used. Demographic features were very critical in career development of students in this study. Especially there was a significant difference in students’ career development according to gender. This difference was in the favor of male elementary school students. Recommendations were made according to research findings. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

Career Development, Demographic Factors, Primary school students

İLKÖĞRETİM ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN KARİYER GELİSİMLERİNİN DEMOGRAFİK FAKTÖRLER AÇISINDAN İNCELENMESİ

Öz

Kariyer gelisim kuramcılarına göre kariyer gelisimi çocuklukta baslayan ve
sonraki gelisim dönemlerine kadar uzanan yani yasam boyu devam eden
dinamik bir süreçtir. Her birey içinde bulunduğu gelisim dönemi açısından
birbirinden farklı tutum ve davranıslara sahiptir. Bu açıdan bakıldığında
ilköğretim yılları, bireylerin kariyer kararı ile ilgili tutum ve davranısları
kazandıkları bir dönemdir. Çocuklukta kariyer gelisimiyle ilgili ilk teorik model
yine Super (1990) tarafından gelistirilmistir. Bu model; merak, arastırma, bilgi,
anahtar figürler, ilgiler denetim odağı, zaman perspektifi, benlik kavramı ve
planlılık adları verilen dokuz boyuttan olusmaktadır. Super’göre (1990) bu dokuz
boyutun içeriğini olusturan davranısları kazanmak çocukların etkili problem
çözme ve karar verme davranıslarını öğrenmelerine yol açar. Bu arastırmanın
amacı ilköğretim 8. Sınıf öğrencilerinin kariyer gelisimlerinin demografik
faktörler (cinsiyet, anne-baba eğitim düzeyi, sosyo ekonomik durum) açısından
incelenmesidir. Genel tarama modelinin kullanıldığı bu arastırma 175’i kız,
182’si erkek toplam 357 ilköğretim 8. Sınıf öğrencisi ile yürütülmüstür.
Öğrencilerin yas ortalamaları 13’tür. Arastırmada verileri toplamak amacıyla
Çocuklar için Kariyer Gelisimi Ölçeği ve Kisisel Bilgi formu kullanılmıstır.
Arastırma bulguları öğrencilerin kariyer gelisimlerinde demografik faktörlerin
önemli bir etken olduğunu ortaya çıkarmıstır. Özellikle cinsiyet değiskeni
açısından öğrencilerin kariyer gelisim düzeylerinde erkek öğrenciler lehine
anlamlı farklılıklar bulunmustur. Arastırma bulguları ısığında önerilerde
bulunulmustur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kariyer Gelişimi, Demografik Faktörler, Đlköğretim Öğrencileri

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