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Journal of Education and Practice ISSN 2222-1735 (Paper) ISSN 2222-288X (Online) Vol.5, No.13, 2014 www.iiste.org 165 chance, mass media, it would also be that the pressures, on h i m were mainly internal s u c h as interest, ability, utilization, attractive reasons, values system, p hysique a n d sex (Denga, 1986:29-33). In N i g e ri a , many inappropriate career choices are been made because of ignorance and illiteracy of parents. They have a fixed idea of the vocation that their chil dre n should follow irrespective of the child's intelligence, interest and other capabilities. Innumerable instances can be cited of poor choice of courses in relation to the student's ability combined with high ambition. Thus, sometimes, high ability coupled w i t h low level of aspiration creates equally serious problems. Wrong choices have led to a great number of y o u t h s into u nt ol d psychological problems a r i si n g from series of academic failure or absence of job satisfaction for those in employment already. A b i l i t i e s and interest for making vocation of c hoic e change w i t h time, especially in t he contemporary societies. Ipaye (1978) believes that vocational choices made by young persons between ages 11 & 17 are tentative, Super and H a l l (1978) ma i n ta i ne d that choices of career of most adolescents are more stable at about age 17 and 18. It is also believed by Ipaye (1978) that most adolescent begin lo t h i n k about t he ir career p la n s early in adolescence a nd b e c o me more realistic as the time is moving into the world of work get closer. S t u d i e s reveal t h a t young people are weak enough to be influenced w i t h respect to t h e i r choice of career than the older people. Shertzer and Stone (1981), Okpara, (1983), Nwezeh, (1988) among others cite the family and social influences as the p r i m a r y factors influencing vocational choice. Ipaye (1982), states that in the early sta ge of the young person, the family exercises the most influence but when the yo u n g person becomes more independent, he lea ns towards friends for vocational a dvice and eventual choice. The choice satisfaction develops out of an ind ivid ua ls total life experience, a large part being his perception of significant people in his environment. In developing choice satisfaction, one might incorporate the behaviour and ideas of others coupled with the practical ideas of experience during the course. The researcher m a i nta i ne d that personal aspiration to implement self-concept can be very strong mo tiva tio na l ind ic e s to attaining life's goal. The problem which the present study sought to investigate is whether the student s’ perception in professional areas influence their after choice satisfaction? Research Hypotheses The following null hypotheses were tested in the study. Ho 1 : There is no significant difference between gender choice of career of males and females students'. Ho 2 : There is no significant difference between the students of different age groups in their career choice. Ho 3 : There is no significant difference between students of Faculty of Technical and Science Education and Sciences in t he ir career choice. Method: Survey technique was utilized. The population comprised of a ll t h e third year undergraduates of Faculty of Sciences and fi n a l year of Faculty of Technical and Science Education, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt for the 2011/2012 academic session. A sample o f 260 students randomly drawn from t he Faculty of Sciences 130, and Faculty Technical and Science Education 130 through a ta b le of random numbers was used. The instrument used to collect d a t a for t h i s study was a research questionnaire. The questionnaire which was a four-point Likert type r a ti n g scale was designed to e l i c i t responses on students' career choice. In the q ue stionna ir e item number 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10 were statements of career c hoice w h i l e the rest of the items w e r e statements of career sa tisfac tio n. There are two m a i n sections: Section A conta ined questions on biographic d ata such as faculty, age, sex, etc. Section B is made up of 20 statements i n d i c a t i v e of career choice and satisfaction. The va lid ity of the instrument was established by giving the instrument to some experts in counselling psychology to scrutinize. Their comments and observations were utilized thereby restructuring some items of the instrument. A test-retest reliability was adopted to establish the reliability of the instrument. The instrument was a d mi n i st e r e d on a sample of 50 final year students randomly selected from Faculty of Sciences and Technical and Science Education, University College of Education. A r e l i a b i l i t y coefficient of 0.75 was established. The questionnaire was administered and retrieved by the researcher on the spot. The t-test statistics was utilized to test the three n u l l hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Results: The various results of the three n u l l hypothesis of the study are presented below: Hypothesis 1: There is no significant difference between male and female students' choices of career.
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