The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the career-guidance program on career-maturity and career self-efficacy of elementary school students. The following hypotheses were stated and utilized for the purpose of the study.
There is no...
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the career-guidance program on career-maturity and career self-efficacy of elementary school students. The following hypotheses were stated and utilized for the purpose of the study.
There is no signigicant difference between the experimental group that participates in the career-guidance program and the control group that doesn't in terms of career-attitude and career-ability which are the sub-domains of career-maturity, and career-skills which are the sub-domains of career self-efficacy.
To verify the hypotheses of the study, a post-test was applied to 64 students in their sixth year of elementary school including both the experimental group and the control group. The career-guidance program was applied only to the experimental group, not to the control group.
The data was collected and interpreted statistically by t-test using SPSS(ver. 12) at the .05 level of significance. The results of this study were as follows:
First, the career-guidance program was effective in improving career-maturity of elementary school students. That is, the experimental group students who took part in the career-guidance program showed more improvement in the attitude and ability domain of career maturity than the control group students who did not participate in the career-guidance program.
Second, the career-guidance program had little effect on the improvement of career self-efficacy. That is, the experimental group students made a difference in the average of career self-efficacy and skills when compared to the average of the control group students. But there was no significant difference in the statistics between the two groups.
The results of this study show the career-guidance program for elementary school students is effective in improving their career-maturity.