OCCUPATIONAL PREFERENCES, COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE FACTORS IN FEMALE STUDENTS IN NIGERIA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
OCCUPATIONAL PREFERENCES, COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE FACTORS IN FEMALE STUDENTS IN NIGERIA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
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1979-07
Authors
Grace, Inyang Masha
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Abstract
The broad aim of the study is to identify the
vocational preferences and interest patterns of Nigerian
secondary school girls in Cross River and Kano States.
Enquiries were undertaken to establish firstly, the various
factors which influence students' preferences; secondly,
the relationship between expressed interest and preferred
occupations and, thirdly, the vocational needs of secondary
school girls in Nigeria.
The methodology includes an extensive survey of
related literature; an analysis of the main features and
roles of women in the Islamic community of Kano and the
Christian community of the Cross River State; an overview
of the three complementary and perhaps conflicting systems
of education operating in Nigeria; an administration of
two standardized test batteries, the M.O.P.S. and the V.I.I.,
developed by Professor C.G.M.Bakare of Ibadan University;
and an analysis of data based on tabulated frequencies,
Chi-Square and t-test statistical techniques.
The results show that, despite modern social
trends, Nigerian girls prefer sex-typed jobs. Teaching,
medical services and business or trade were the three most
preferred jobs. Catering, stenography and jobs in the
forces were the least desired. Mothers' occupational
background influenced students' choices in teaching and
nursing. Types of school attended, external factors,
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extrinsic reward oriented values, people oriented values and
self expression values significantly influenced students'
occupational preferences. Girls are more interested in
computational, scientific and clerical activities and less
interested in outdoor, musical and mechanical activities,
yet their choice of occupation did not indicate these
interest patterns.
Based on the findings, it was concluded that
Nigerian girls have vocational problems, that their choice
of occupations is extremely limited; that they are not
sufficiently knowledgeable about the various existing
occupations in the country and that a need exists for the
provision of vocational guidance services organized by
qualified guidance staff in Nigerian secondary schools
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Thesis submitted to the University of Wales
in candidature for the Degree of
Philosophiae Doctor.
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OCCUPATIONAL PREFERENCES, COGNITIVE, AFFECTIVE FACTORS, FEMALE, STUDENTS, NIGERIA: