STUDENTS’ OPINIONS ABOUT PROFESSIONS THAT THEY WANT TO CHOOSE IN THE FUTURE

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The purpose of this study is to find out about the professions which the secondary school students who are in the critical period of choosing a profession want to choose in the future and determine their thoughts on the personal characteristics of the people within these professions, the professions they are in and the professionals they are sympathizing with. In the study, the phenomenology model from the qualitative research models was used. The study group of this research consist of 53 6th grade students studying in a secondary school located in the Adilcevaz District of Bitlis Province during the academic year of 2016-2017. In the determination of the study group, convenience sampling method was used. A form including 4 open ended questions was used as a data collection tool. The data obtained was evaluated with the content analysis. The result of the research shows that students mostly tend to choose professions that they encounter in their daily lives and they have inadequate knowledge about other professions. As another result, it was determined that they have misconception between some similar professions groups and they have accurate but simple knowledge about the personal characterictics of people in these professions.

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Secondary school students , career choosing , professional characteristics

Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi

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Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi