Vocational Interests of Intellectually Gifted and Highly

Achieving Young Adults

Vock, Miriam; Koller, Olaf; Nagy, Gabriel
British Journal of Educational Psychology, v83 n2 p305-328 Jun 2013
Background: Vocational interests play a central role in the vocational decisionmaking process and are decisive for the later job satisfaction and vocational
success. Based on Ackerman's (1996) notion of "trait complexes," specific interest
profiles of gifted high-school graduates can be expected. Aims: Vocational interests
of gifted and highly achieving adolescents were compared to those of their less
intelligent/achieving peers according to Holland's (1997) RIASEC model. Further, the
impact of intelligence and achievement on interests were analysed while
statistically controlling for potentially influencing variables. Changes in interests
over time were investigated. Sample: "N" = 4,694 German students (age: "M" =
19.5, "SD" = 0.80; 54.6% females) participated in the study (TOSCA; Koller,
Watermann, Trautwein, & Ludtke, 2004). Method: Interests were assessed in
participants' final year at school and again 2 years later ("N" = 2,318). Results:
Gifted participants reported stronger investigative and realistic interests, but lower
social interests than less intelligent participants. Highly achieving participants
reported higher investigative and (in wave 2) higher artistic interests. Considerable
gender differences were found: gifted girls had a flat interest profile, while gifted
boys had pronounced realistic and investigative and low social interests. Multilevel
multiple regression analyses predicting interests by intelligence and school
achievement revealed stable interest profiles. Beyond a strong gender effect,
intelligence and school achievement each contributed substantially to the prediction
of vocational interests. Conclusions: At the time around graduation from high
school, gifted young adults show stable interest profiles, which strongly differ
between gender and intelligence groups. These differences are relevant for
programmes for the gifted and for vocational counselling. (Contains 5 tables and 4
figures.

Career Development of Upper Primary School Students in

Turkey
Nazli, Serap
Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, v24 n1 p49-61 Jun 2014
The purpose of this exploratory-descriptive study was to determine the career
development of upper primary school students in Turkey. The Revised Career
Awareness Survey (RCAS) was completed by 644 Turkish upper primary school
students. Results indicated that the students were able to associate their own

personal characteristics with particular careers and knew the characteristics of

careers. They were less knowledgeable about life/career implications and life/career
management tasks. The implications of the findings for career guidance and
counselling practice are considered.

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Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Oct-23
Pages: 12
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Primary School Teachers' Inspection in Turkey: Primary School

Teachers' Expectations about Inspectors' Guidance Roles and
the Realisation Level of These Expectations
Polat, Soner; Ugurlu, Celal Teyyar
Online Submission, Paper presented at the International Conference on "Further
Education in the Balkan Countries" (10th, Konya-Turkey, Oct 23-26, 2008)
The aim of this research is to point out primary school teachers' expectations about
inspectors' guidance roles and the realisation level of these expectations. The data
used in this research that will be done in descriptive scanning model is collected
from the views of primary school teachers selected randomly from Balikesir, Batman
and Hatay. When selecting data for the research, a scale developed by the
researchers leaning against the Guidance and Inspection Directives of Ministry of
Education, Directorate of Primary School Inspectors. At the end of the research, it is
discovered that inspectors could not meet the expectations of primary school
teachers. While the expectations of primary school teachers center mostly around
guidance on professional development and issues about educational environment, it
is revealed that inspectors, couldn't generally meet primary school teachers'
expectations in all fields. (Contains 8 tables.

Counselling for Occupational Development

Nwamuo, P. A.; Ugonna, C. E.

Journal of Education and Practice, v6 n35 p98-102 2015
The aim of the study was to ascertain the general attitude which senior secondary
school students display towards counselling for occupational development while
determining gender difference in students' attitude towards occupational
information. It is also aimed at discovering whether these students seek vocational
guidance in their choice of vocation. Three research questions guided the study. A
descriptive survey research design was adopted. One hundred and twenty (120)
students comprising sixty (60) males and sixty (60) females were selected out of six
hundred (600) students using a stratified random sampling technique. A twenty-four
(24) item-questionnaire was used as the instrument to collect relevant data. The
validity of the instrument was ascertained by experts in vocational guidance in the
Department of Educational Psychology/Guidance and Counselling of Alvan Ikoku
University of Education, Owerri. Copies of the questionnaire were then administered
to the subjects of study and were retrieved on the spot. Simple percentages were
used to analyse the three research questions. Findings of the study revealed that
senior secondary school students had a positive attitude towards counselling for
occupational development; gender had no significant influence on the attitude of
students towards occupational information, and senior secondary school students
do not seek vocational guidance in their choice of vocation. Among others, it was
recommended that the school authority encourages counsellors who should
emphasise the relationship between school subjects and future career of the
students to enable them make appropriate choice while providing students with job
analysis and occupational information in newspapers, magazines, and other
publications.