Familial, Societal and Situational Factors Influencing Career Choice among Adult Learners in Ghana
Familial, Societal and Situational Factors Influencing Career Choice
Keywords:
adult learner, career choice, familial, pre-service teachers, situational, societal, socio-culturalAbstract
This study delved into uncharted grounds in the Ghanaian context as it sought to determine the familial, societal and situational factors influencing career choice among adult learners. A sample of 350 respondents was selected through multi-stage sampling and engaged in this quantitative cross-sectional survey. Analysis of the data showed that there were statistically significant relationships between specific familial, societal and situational factors and the career choices of the respondents of this study. As a result, putting in place school counsellors to orient parents and guardians on career opportunities, teachers living exemplary lives and orienting trainee teachers to develop a positive attitude towards teaching were seen as imperatives in avoiding high turnover rate among professional teachers.
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Bandura, A., Barbaranelli, C., Caprara, G. V., & Pastorelli, C. (2001). Self-efficacy beliefs as shapers of children's aspirations and career trajectories. Child Development, 72, 187-206.
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Bennell, P. and Akyeampong, K., (2007).Teacher motivation in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Education Paper prepared for DFID, Brighton: Knowledge and Skills for Development.
Buku, D. K. (2006). Foundations of guidance and counselling. Kumasi: Benjoy Enterprise
Creamer, E. G., & Laughlin, A. (2005). Self-authorship and women’s career decision making. Journal of College Student Development, 46(1), 13–27.
Cobbold, C. (2007). Induction for teacher retention: A missing link in teacher education policy in Ghana. Post-Script: Postgraduate Journal of Education Research, 8(1), 7-18.
Cruz, C. (2013). High school students' perceptions of teaching and their intention to choose teaching as a profession. Arizona State University.
Cummings, E. (2012). “A Stepping-stone to do something else” exploring why Jamaican student teachers enter and complete teacher education. [PhD Dissertation], University of Toronto
Felsman, D. E. Blustein & David, L. (1999). The role of peer relatedness in late adolescent career development. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 54(2):279-295.
Hooley, T. and Watts, A.G. & Andrews, D. (2015). Teachers and careers the role of school teachers in delivering career and employability learning. Derby: International Centre for Guidance Studies.
Jablin, F. M. (2001). Organizational entry, assimilation, and exit. In F. M. Jablin & L. L. Putnam (Eds.). The new handbook of organizational communication: Advances in theory, research, and methods (pp. 732-818). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Kerka, S. (2003). Health literacy beyond basic skills. ERIC Digest 245. ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education.
Korb, K. A. (2010). Do students in the faculty of education choose teaching as a last resort career? Implications for teacher preparation programmes. International Journal of Educational Studies, 1, 117-121.
Kniveton, B. H. (2004). The influences and motivations on which students base their choice of career. Research in Education, 72, 47-57
Kramer, W. M (2010). Organisations socialisation: Joining and leaving organisations. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Krejcie, R. V. and Morgan, D. W. (1970). Determining sample size for research activities. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 30, 607-610
Launikari, M. & Puukari, S. (2004). Multicultural counselling skills – a necessity for the future. Paper presented at the Conference “Promoting New Forms of Work Organisation, and other Cooperative Arrangements for Competitiveness and Employability”, Athens, Greece, 23–25, 2004.
Mawutor, C. J. W. (2012). Making the decision to become a teacher: a case study of Trainee-teachers at E. P. College of Education, Amedzofe, [Doctoral Dissertation] University of Education, Winneba.
Mohd F. & Salleh A. Mustapha. (2010). The influence of personal and contextual aspects on career decision making of Malaysian technical students. Proceedings of the 1st UPI International Conference on Technical and Vocational Education and Training Bandung, Indonesia, 10-11 November 2010.
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http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTAFRREGTOPSEIA/Resources/No.4Teachers.pdf
OECD. (2005). Teachers matter: Attracting, developing and retaining effective teachers. Paris: OECD Publishing
Richardson, P.W., & Watt, H.M.G. (2006). Who chooses teaching and why? Profiling characteristics and motivations across three Australian universities. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 34, 27–56.
Rodermund, E. S., & Silbereisen, R. K. (1998). Career maturity determinants: Individual development, social context, and historical time. The Career Development Quarterly, 47, 16-31.
Salifu, I., Alagbela, A. A. & Ofori C. G. (2018). Factors influencing teaching as a career choice (FIT-Choice) in Ghana, Teaching Education, 29(2), 111-134
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Familial, Societal and Situational Factors Influencing Career Choice among Adult Learners in Ghana: Familial, Societal and Situational Factors Influencing Career Choice. (2021). Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 10(SI), 125-145. https://www.ojed.org/jise/article/view/2783
