Personal Characteristics and Occupational Preferences of Secondary School Leavers in Kano

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dc.contributor.authorUdo, Isaac Anwana
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-28T10:55:27Z
dc.date.available2014-03-28T10:55:27Z
dc.date.issued1979-04
dc.descriptionSubmitted to the Faculty of Education, Bayero University, Kano. In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award- of Master of Education Degree of Ahmadu Bello University. Bayero University, Kano. APRIL 1979en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study was aimed at investigating the relationship between personal characteristics (Interest, Sex, Personality and Intelligence) and the occupational preferences of secondary sen leavers in Kano, and knowing how their expressed occup tional interests relate to tested occupational preferences. One hundred and forty Form Five students (eighty boys and sixty girls) drawn randomly from six secondary schools in Kano, formed the total sample for the study. The Rothwell-Miller Interest Blank (RMBI), the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) and the Raven Standard Progressive Matrices (RPM) were used to me sure trie subjects1 occupational ests, interest of introversion and extroversion and the 1evels non-verbal intelligence respectively. A short questionnaire was also used to find out the subjects'' expressed occupation irences. In order to see the relationship between the subjects' expressed and tested occupational preferences, the Rothwell-Miller Interest Blank and the short questionnaire were administered.No signficant relationships were found in their expressed and tested . occupationa1 preferences. 1t wa s f ound that sex differences existed in some of the occupational preferences of the subjects. Eysenck and Cookson (1969) claimed that Introverts aspire toward scientific occupations and extroverts towards linguistic vii achievements. To put the claim to test, the subjects on the basis of their scores on the Esyenck Personality Inventory (RPI) were classified into less extroverts and more extroverts. The more extraverts occupational preferencies as shown by the Rothwell-Miller Interest Blank (RMBI) were compared with those of the less extroverts and no significant differences were found between the two groups. Also, no significant differences in non-verbal intelligence were found between the subjects who selected scientific and those who selected persuasive occupations. The study has further revealed the subjects' rather low occupational awareness and e lack of realistic touch with the world of work. The need to re-examine and reshape the existing secondary school curriculum in this respect and also the crucial role school counsellors could play to enhance a meaningful occupationa1 development of secondary school students,have been stressed.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4404
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectPersonal Characteristics,en_US
dc.subjectOccupational Preferences,en_US
dc.subjectSecondary School Leavers,en_US
dc.subjectKano.en_US
dc.titlePersonal Characteristics and Occupational Preferences of Secondary School Leavers in Kanoen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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