2S) ITR-1st A- Draft Proposal (17-02-2017) Gyan & Naga
“Student’s Career Aspiration of High School Students in Lachhuar (Rural Village), Jamui district, Bihar State”.
1) Introduction and Conceptual framework
Introduction:
- {Conceptual Framework & Background}
Aspirations is a strong desire or
goal, which student want to achieve in life. This aspirations will comes from
student’s self-efficacy. Student’s Self-efficacy (Efficacy- Capacity to produce
desire) will depend on his/her contextual environment of which family, Parents,
class, gender, socio-economic backgrounds, Peer groups, teachers, counsellors, etc.
are constituents
Career aspirations are a major part
of future planning and it gives strategies to step forward in life. According
to Super’s Developmental theory of Career development, High school students are
at the exploratory stage of career development. In this adolescent stage
students start to think about his future based on some choices. This stage is
crucial stage where student go to choose his/her career. High school students
started to think individually about his career in this stage, so this age group
is right group to find about our research.
Through this research we wish to
understand the student career aspiration also about his parents & teachers
acceptations about their career.
Conceptual Framework: -
In village Lachhuar, no one did
research regarding student career aspirations with High school students, that
why we are focusing on this site particularly. & also we want to know about
caste system influences on their career aspirations
Students will think about aspirations
from their early childhood onwards, but they put in praxis mainly in Adolescent
age (A Process of developing age from Childhood to Adulthood) mainly this stage
lies between 11-18 years.
“Adolescent is a period when a major
turning takes place in the life of student, because the career will depend upon
the subject selected at this level. Adolescence age is the age in which an
adolescents to make our career to damage it”
As we know in our Indian context
after the 10th class school curriculum has been diversified into
Art, Science & Commerce. That’s why
we are mainly focusing on High school student’s career aspirations.
Student career aspirations are mostly
associated with level of schooling in the educational institutions. That’s why
are focusing on Higher Schools.
Review of Literature: - (Conceptual Framework)
In Krishan Lal’s “Career maturity in
relation to level of aspiration in Adolescents” research, we found that Adolescence
is period in which children will develop & adjust their aspirations. So
it’s the correct period to do research for career aspirations in child. In his research he is saying that level of
aspirations are decided by level of performance. Level of aspirations is to
about future which is based on his/her past experiences. It gives
self-motivation to students.
They find that different ways
maturity that are high level, low level & average level maturity in vocational/career
maturities. & also find the gender career differentials in broader sense.
By this we understood that, when we
are collecting data, we need to observe the performance of the student in class
& also want to know about their past experiences in choosing that career.
Another research was done by V.R.
Rajesh & V. Chandrasekaran. In their “Aspirations of High school Students”
{Chennai & near to Chennai areas} research they found that there is
significant difference between the medium of instruction, gender, type of
family etc. which plays role in choosing the aspirations.
And they also found that Income level
& back ground of family will not play significant role in choosing
aspirations. We want to challenge this because it may not happen in rural
areas. We want to find in our research.
Here they are mainly focus in urban
setting, we want to find in Lachhuar, Bihar rural setting.
One another research done by Archana
das & Nilima Bagavati (In Department of education, ADP College, Nagaon
District, Assam) on girl’s student’s career aspiration. In that they found that
“Maximum number of girls from different caste have different level of career
aspirations and also found that girls have differences in career aspirations
according to class grade. They also found that no significance difference
between girls career aspirations in rural & urban areas, but they rejected
when formulated hypothesis.”
And we are doing our research in
rural area only & also want to find is there any difference in aspiration
according to class grade.
In another research also done by
William S Bennett & Noel P. Gist, In American society, effect of class
& family on student aspiration. They found that “based on three different
family classes that are Upper, middle & lower classes the aspirations will
changes and they also found the difference by race & class”
In Indian context race doesn’t matter,
but class matters, so we also to find socio-economic influence in student
career aspiration.
One another research also done by
Richard P. Boyle on “The Effect of High School on Student aspiration”
This research was done in St.
Francisco metropolitan area, they found that high school effect on student
aspiration because in high school the students comes from different background
& student influenced by peer group. Different family background student
influence each other by discussing parent status. Popularity of higher school as
effect on student aspirations.
So we also want to find the influence
of peer group in selecting career aspiration in Indian rural context.
Objectives of our Research:-
·
To study the Student’s career aspiration of High school students
in Lachhuar
·
To know about Career Maturity {Cognitive Development} in
adolescence students
·
To know about influences/Motivation faced by students from
Contextual environments (Class, Caste, Gender, Region, etc.)
·
To know about the expectations & acceptations of parents
on student career aspirations
Broad Question: -
What are the student career
aspirations in Bihar rural?
Specific Questions:-
·
What are the significant sources of student career aspirations?
·
Is Social stratifications {caste, class, gender} influences
the student’s in their career aspirations?
·
Are they differ according to gender?
Hypothesis of our Research: -
·
Students will choose their aspirations based on the social
stratifications that are class, caste & gender
2) Research Methodology
Design of research: - We planned to do research
in Interpretivist model, as we are interested to find out student career
aspiration & societal factors that influence the Student career aspiration.
& we will do interviewing student of high school student.
Research Site: -We are doing our research
in Lachhuar a rural village in Jamui district, Bihar state, India
Participants: - Students, Teachers &
Parents
Sources of data: - We get the data through
interviewing students, parents & teachers & also by observations
(Observing surnames, surroundings etc.)
Tools & Techniques: -
·
Tools are Semi- structured interview, questionnaire, literature
review, focus group discussion with children, etc. are the tools
·
Techniques (we need to follow is) Rapport, smile on our face,
confidentiality, etc.
Questionnaire: -
Introduction to each other {We &
Students} through rapport building {By playing small games}
1) Tell us about father &
mother?
2) What are your career
aspirations?
3) Why you want to become
this?
4) What is acceptation of your parents about your
career?
5) Is your teacher guide you
(or) you talk with teacher about your career?
6) Is being career oriented
important? Why? / Why not?
7) Do you think your
particular profession is gender basis?
Contribution & Implication: -
·
By this research we want to contribute to an understanding of
A student Career aspiration of high school students in rural Bihar.
·
What is the major factor which influence/ motives the high
school students career aspirations
Limitations:-
·
Because of less time we may not adequate data, & our
research is related to particular area, so we can’t generalize with another
part (Village, town etc.)
Ethical concerns/Issues: -
·
Going into personal life of
students may create some ethical concerns for that we need to give assurance
for them, by keeping their details confidentially.
·
We have sensitive in asking
questions, the question should not trouble the participant.
·
If they are not interested in
answering, we have to leave that question.
References: -
1)
V.R. Rajesh & V. Chandrasekaran’s “Educational
aspirations of High school Students”
2)
Krishan Lal’s “Career maturity in relation to level of
aspiration in Adolescents”
3) Richard P. Boyle on “The
Effect of High School on Student aspiration”
4)
Archana das & Nilima Bagavati “Girl’s student’s career
aspiration”
5)
William S Bennett & Noel P. Gist ”The effect of class
& family on student aspiration”
All literature is found on J Store
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