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parents were doubtful of its utility. Many said that it is just a waste of
really for.
interests, and school capacity. The choice of career track will define the
content of the subjects students took in Grade 11 and 12. Senior High
School students fall under either core curriculum or special tracks. And
decision on what course to take in college. Yet, there are several factors
plus character –that is the goal of the education. This only means that
attaining knowledge is not only about how easy or how difficult the
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academic subjects are. It is about how they are taught. As today’s
may not have solid decision on what course to take and where to go to
college. They are planning to enter college without clear idea of what career
to pursue for their future (Ramirez & Dizon, 2014). They may
sometimes consider the people and the information they received within
coming up with the right decision what profession to take; students can
Zainal, and Ibrahim (2012) noted that some studies show that not all
students who enter university have the intention to obtain a degree. The
decision on good career choice and school sometimes depend on how the
Education in College. Due to some factors, she wasn’t able to take the
course aligned to the strand she took up in Senior High. In her case, the
primary factor was her family. She needed to study near her family because
of some matter.
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There are several factors that may affect the decision of the
private higher education institutions to offer quality services that will suit
may not have enough knowledge and consciousness about how they
1. What are the frequency levels of the factors that affect the
a. Family/Relative Factor
b. Personality Factor
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2. Is there any significance of the factors stated to the
3. What factor has the highest frequency level that affects the
This study aims to determine the factors that affect the track
knowledge that results from practice and experience that sought for quality
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stakeholders, government agencies (Department of Education) , and
future researchers.
Definition of Terms
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2. Personality- it refers to the desired careers that the children want to be
upon becoming adults. This may be a base for his/her preferred courses.
or pursuing a career.
4. Interests- are the qualities or things that attract one’s attentions and
involved/engaged in something.
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Chapter 2
readings of materials, both printed and online, all of which has a great
significance to the problem during the course of thesis writing. Most of the
literature gathered talks about the factors that affect career preferences /
Family/Relatives
Respect for family is one of the most influential factors that impact
loyalty may not be appropriate to express personal desires; rather, one may
children want to do well for the sake of family, follow parents’ advice about
choosing a job or major in college and lastly, make sacrifices for the
parents usually encourage careers that will of cost much money, but at
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accounting, and engineering are highly popular for Filipino families (Saysay,
2011).
major factors to examine for those who seek career guidance. When talking
about “family background” issues, the extent of the influence of the parents
and the extended family has on the person is at focus – both at positive and
negative ways. This includes the place where he grew up, the economic realities
facing the family, illness, the countries of origin, among others (Angerman,
2009)
Personality
There has been a lot of talk whether or not passion is the sole way for
choosing an individual’s career path. But there are other significant factors
that can influence the career path, not just passion. Several recent studies
shows that understanding the personality the individual’s own traits and
success.
that it is worth finding out what type of worker an individual is with the
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procedures to analyze the employee’s attributes beyond qualifications. It
inherently suited-rather than just able to convince the interviewer that he/she
employee.”
There are many methods for assessing personality type, and the most
1973), which is developed from his theory which postulates that people project
self- and world-of-work views onto occupational titles and make career
and Conventional. From the 6, the model provides the possibility of a 720
and how it affects their career. From interviews of over 1,000 working
people , their study shows that the degree of positive experiences increases
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strengths”, applied at work. This would imply that understanding what roles
a person are best suited to based on his/her personality is what will make
Interests
social cognitive theory, and explores how career and academic interests
mature, how career choices are developed, and how these choices turned
into action. This is achieved through a focus of three primary tenets: self-
the steps required for a give task), outcome expectations (beliefs related to
The SCCT interest model shows that career interests are regulated by self-
efficacy and an outcome expectation, which means people, will form lasting
When they anticipate that performing it will produce valued outcomes. It can
also be seen from the figure that emergent interests (along with self-efficacy
they feel efficacious and expect positive outcomes, they form goals for
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Job Opportunities
There are many opportunities that wait for every career that one wants
thanks to the strategies and steps that they follow. Investigating for
career opportunities is well worth taking time (Mind Tools, 2014). By doing
his/her interests or skills, find out about promotions and job openings
before anyone else, and identify ways of expanding the knowledge and skills
Opportunities exist for school to take greater advantage of the fact that
can play a key role in spearheading such efforts. Many youth do not see their
jobs as connected to their future work lives or as having any influence on their
shadowing, for example. Through such programs, youth are exposed to the
about the requirements to fill certain kinds of jobs and do particular types of
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guidance, job placement, and industry contacts. Super (Super, 1957) stated,
closely meets the desired qualifications for a job is a critical factor. Likewise
shop skills are essential for some jobs in that they would benefit someone
groups. The careers most suited for someone with many extracurricular
educational career. Work experience has been seen as the way a student
position to have the best contacts are students with parents who hold
supervisory or executive position. Super stated that can be a hard fact to face,
sometimes it is not what one does know, but who does he know (Super 1957).
Schools and employment services have played a huge role, therefore, in the
agencies have matched the qualifications of the job to the education level of the
easily.
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Vocational guidance is a final factor in getting a job. Vocational
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CHAPTER 3
Methodology
This chapter contains the research design and the methodology used
source of data, the research subjects, population of the study, the instrument
utilize the gather data, as well as the statistical tools employed in processing
the data. This chapter is showing how the researcher came to the necessary
data for this study, and how these data were analyzed, interpreted and
Research Design
factors that affect the senior high school track preferences of the STEM
interests and job opportunities were significant factors influencing the track
the students, their choice of field of study to specialize, their track preference
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and the factors that affect their preference. The process portion includes
determining their track preferences and determining the leading factors that
affect their preference. And at the end, the Output portion would have the
track preferences of the STEM students of Bayog National High School and the
factors that affect them which can be used as basis for a career guidance
program of the said school and for certain institution that would like to design
OUTPUT
PROCESS
Leading
INPUT Tallying of
Factor/s
data
Track Weighting
Preferences the extent
Factors of influence
that Affect of the
their factors.
Preferences
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under by the Division of Zamboanga del Sur. It occupies a nine-hectare school
considered as the second biggest school at the province of Zamboanga del Sur.
Aside from the six main buildings, the school also has an on-going 4-floor
building, gymnasium, and TVL workplace. Also a wide oval field and outdoor
basketball court. The school also has workshops and laboratories for
electronics, electrical, computer, and science courses. The students of the said
institution, which offers Grade 7 to Grade 12 has boys and girls; whereas, the
Research Respondents
The research respondents in this study are all of the Grade 11 and 12
STEM students of the Senior High School Department – Academic Year 2018-
Research Instrument
For this study, a survey rating scale/questionnaire was used to gather the
rating scale/questionnaire for the respondents regarding the factors that affect
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It asks the respondents of their preferred responses in a 16-item rating
scale, wherein, they would rate each item on a scale from 1to 5, with 1 as “not
Rating:
Appendix A
Personality 5 4 3 2 1
Family/Relatives
Interests
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9. I am particularly interested in this career that I’ll
pursue from this track.
10. I like doing things related to the career that I
would specialize in this track.
11. An experience piqued my interest for this career.
12. I see myself as competent at this career that I’ll
pursue from this track.
Job Opportunities
secured from the school administrator. The researchers then distributed the
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E. Socioeconomic
Status
Part II: Career Preferences
A. Track Preferences
Part III: Factors Affecting
Senior High School Track
Preference for Students
A. Family/Relatives 1-4 4
B. Personality 5-8 4
C. Personal Interests 9-12 4
D. Job Opportunities 13-16 4
Total: 16
For Part I and II, which covers the profiling of the respondents,
For Part III, weighted mean was used with the following formula:
Part III comprises a 5-point Liker scale, with 1 for the lowest and 5 for
the highest. The following describes the weight and the mean range of the
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2 1.80 – 2.59 Less Influenced, slightly
concerned.
1 1.00 – 1.79 Not Influenced, no concern.
Graphs are used to illustrate the summarized findings from the survey.
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CHAPTER 4
In this chapter, the statistical results of the study are divided into two
parts and each have a corresponding table for every topic/matter at focus. The
first part consists the socioeconomic profile of the statistical results is the fields
of study they want to pursue. The second is the results of the factors affecting
their choices.
Field of Study
The following table shows the frequency of the fields of study of Grades
Graph 1: Fields of Study that the Students would pursue after Senior
High School.
Total Percentage
Medicine
30.77
38.46 Engineering
Education
Others
12.82 17.95
The graph above shows the fields of the respondents. Majority of the
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population. 30.77% of the population would pursue other fields like
While looking at the table above, we could conclude that most of the
respondents are really taking up courses related to the STEM strand they have
chosen to specialize. It would make sense that the students that would pursue
Engineering and Medicine are compatible, relevant and essential to what they
took up to know whether the field they chose will be the right one or wrong.
order to reflect any changes in the self- analysis or in goals. It is vital that
options be open to prepare the students for a broad range of possible careers.
This study explores factors that influenced students’ selection of specific track
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Personality
suited in (Adecco UK, 2015). As his characteristics define his behavior at work,
Legend:
D- Description S- Somewhat Influenced
VI- Very Much Influenced L- Less Influenced
I- Influenced N- Not Influenced
questions under the Personality factor. The traits and understanding of the
STEM students to pursue in this career has the biggest rank with 3.89
weighted mean. After this, comes their personality with 3.66 weighted mean.
The student’s attributes for the career that they’ll pursue came next with 3.64
weighted mean. The factor with the least rank is their productivity due to their
traits with 3.58 weighted mean. Therefore, the student’s traits and
understanding has the highest rank in the Personality factor. This means that
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they have decided to take a course basing on their traits and understandings
on what possible advantages will it give him if he would pursue the preferred
course he wants.
most of them didn’t let it influence their decisions that much, on a possibility
that they can adjust to the occupation or career that they will be focusing on.
Family/Relatives
they should specialize when they grow up. Sometimes they suggest careers that
wouldn’t cost that much, and at the same time, are stable sources of income.
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Legend:
D- Description S- Somewhat Influenced
VI- Very Much Influenced L- Less Influenced
I- Influenced N- Not Influenced
under the Family/Relatives factor. The student’s family giving their support on
their chosen career has the biggest rank with 4.05 weighted mean. After this,
their belief that it is their parents’ responsibility for their career preference
came next with 2.92 weighted mean. The student’s relative preferences came
next with 2.74 weighted mean. The factor with the least rank is their parent’s
relativity with the career that they’ll pursue with a weighted mean of 2.38.
Therefore, the student’s family giving their support on their chosen career has
the highest rank in this factor. This brings a conclusion that some of the
students think that he would take his preferred course knowing that his
Influenced the preferred course of the students. The results from the
being college graduates, and the parents’ occupations which the majority
having Blue-Collar jobs aren’t the reason why they took up the STEM Strand,
but because it is their own choice. It would imply that the students can think
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Interests
Most students, when making career choices, will say, “I want something
interesting”. The interests have already influenced many choices that person
has made, from the choice of breakfast in the morning to the late-night movie
to watch before going to bed. And those are likely to have similar influence to
Shown on the table 4 above are the different ranks and descriptions of
the questions in the Interest factor. The interest that the students have in
taking up the Stand ranked first with a weighted mean of 3.95. On the second
rank is he/she likes doing things related to the career that he would specialize
within the track with a weighted mean of 3.89. Next in the list is that he/she
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sees himself/herself competent at the career that he’ll pursue from the track
with a weighted mean of 3.66. And lastly, an experience piqued him/her for an
The total weighted mean of 3.72 means that Interest has Influenced the
respondents why they chose the Strand where they belong right now. This also
means that it was their choice to take up Medical and Engineering fields of
Job Opportunities
There are many opportunities that surround the career a person wants
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Shown on the Table 5 above are the different ranks and descriptions of
the questions under the Job Opportunities factor. The idea that the track
he/she had chosen is a way of selecting and obtaining suitable job for him/her
ranked first with weighted mean of 3.89. On the other hand, the three other
The totality mean of 3.79 clearly means that the Job Opportunities factor
has Influenced the respondents to choose the track for they are thinking that
it will be a great help for them to get a job easily. Especially the careers
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MEAN RANGE DESCRIPTION
influenced them to some extent and gave them direction which would guide
preference because the students can rest easy and trust on the support that
Among the four (4) factors, Job Opportunities ranked as first with the
total weighted mean of 3. 79 which means that within the four of the factors it
has influenced the students to choose the STEM track since they have
knowledge or realizations that the career of field of studies that are connected
with it are associated with in-demand, abundant jobs that fits their abilities
and interests.
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Chapter 5
This chapter deals with the summary of the findings, conclusions and
affecting the career preferences of the STEM students of Bayog National High
School Department.
Summary of findings
The highest mean score was 3.79, which is job opportunities. Second,
the students’ interests with 3.72 weighted mean, then personality with
3.69 weighted mean, and lastly, the family/relatives factor with 3.02
weighted mean.
Job opportunities has the highest mean score 3.79, which means STEM
after studying the courses they took in lined with their academic track
preferences.
The factor that has the least mean score 3.02 is the family/relative factor
which means that only some of the students considered the choice of
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Conclusions
The STEM students of Bayog National High School chose their career
The students’ interests and personality came second and third in the
rating with 3.72 and 3.69 weighted mean. This means that their career
preferences are also influenced by their likes and dislikes, their passion
The family and relative factor has the least effect on the students’ career
Recommendations
recommend that:
Since job opportunities have the highest rating among the factors,
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