Author: Daiva Pugevičienė Subject: The influence of family to youth’s professional self-determination Location: Lithuanian University of Agriculture The department of Professional Pedagogy and Psychology, Akademija, 2006 m. Size of the project: 64 pages The project includes: 6 tables, 27 figures, 4 appendices Literature sources : 43 Object of the research: Youth’s professional self-determination Methods of the research: 1. Analysis of scientific sources. 2. Questionnaires. 3. Statistic data analysis. Results of the research: • After establishing of the personality type, it became evident that the respondents with objective, social and normal orientation of personality’s type have dominated. After evaluation of personality’s type conformity with chosen profession it was established that profession of only one third of the respondents conforms the orientation of they personality type. • It was determined that the main factor influencing the decision regarding particular profession is that respondents regard the vocation as promising. • It was determined that parents of every fifth student-respondent who take part in the research, did not tried to exhibit the natural abilities of their children. It was established that attention to the natural abilities of children in families are directly related on the education of the respondents’ mothers: the higher the education of the mother, more attention is paid to the natural abilities of children. • Parents have talked to... [to full text]

We spend at work about one third of our life. That’s why the profession we have chosen reflects not only our duties, but the style of our life, abilities and talent. The main subject of this research work is the vocational inclination and vocational trend. The economical and political situation in our country is changing very quickly and, of course, it has influenced on the way of life in a family, children including. There are too many orphans in the country, they have no parents, they live in poverty, they are pressed by different situations, at last they get in to children’s homes. The aim of this work is to examine the vocational aptitude of the children living in Foster Homes. The following tasks are discussed: 1. To compare the vocational inclinations of the children living in Foster Homes and the children living at home. 2. To compare vocational inclination and orientation of a personality in test groups. 3. To compare vocational aptitude and inclination of girls and boys. 4. To find the linking between vocational trend, personal orientation & age. After getting the results of the research, we see the children who live in Foster Home take the decisions much more difficult. They are not sure in their decisions, they can’t come to final conclusion. This psychological stress greatly influence on their vocational aptitude.

Decision Making Characteristic of Older Gymnasium Pupils It was searched in this work decision making peculiarities of older gymnasium pupils. Determinant of professional purposefulness and revealed subjective and objective conditions: sex, age, academic progress, decision making conditions, dominating valuable orientations were investigated. 508 pupils from Utena Adolfas Šapoka Gymnasium were observed using S. Kregždė questionnaire of professional interests and H. J. Eysenck personality test. ( extraversion- intraversion, neurotisme and lie scales ). The aim of the work was investigate decision making of pupils from X, XI, XII forms. This aim was realized solving such tasks: 1. Compare decision making decisive circumstances of pupils from X, XI, XII forms. 2. Compare decision making peculiarities of pupils in different levels of professional purposefulness ( decided and non-decided) groups. 3. Investigate the relation between pupils’ personal characteristics ( extraversion, introversion and neurotisme ) and decision making. 4. Establish the relation between pupils’ academic progress and decision making. 5. Compare decision making peculiarities of pupils from X – XII forms in ladies and lasses groups. Decision making differences were found in different professional purposefulness level ( decided and non-decided) groups. The hypothesis was confirmed partly that characteristics of personality (extraversion, introversion and neurotisme) are connected with decision making of... [to full text]

Profesijos pasirinkimas yra viena aktualiausia problema, nuo kurios tinkamo sprendimo priklauso žmogaus asmeninės gerovės augimas. Todėl labai svarbu, kad jau pats pirmasis moksleivio apsisprendimas būtų sąmoningas, tikslingas, kad jaunuolis suprastų, jog pasitenkinimas darbu gali būti tik tuomet, jei bus tinkamai pasirinkta profesija ar specialybė. / Choosing a profession is one of the most topical problems, as the growth of personal well-being depends on its successful solution. It is very important that students would take their first decision deliberately, purposeful in order the young man would understand, the satisfaction with the work is possible only when a profession or specialty is chosen properly.

Šiame magistro darbe išnagrinėtas Vilniaus miesto ir Vilniaus rajono mokyklų 9-12 klasių moksleivių profesinis apsisprendimas. Magistro darbo tikslas – remiantis naujausiais tyrimo rezultatais sudaryti Vilniaus miesto ir Vilniaus rajono mokyklų 9-12 klasių moksleivių profesinio apsisprendimo lyginamąją charakteristiką. Iškelti tyrimo uždaviniai: nustatyti, kokios profesijos pačios populiariausios tarp Vilniaus miesto ir Vilniaus rajono moksleivių, išsiaiškinti, ar moksleiviai pakankamai susipažino su pasirenkama profesija, palyginti profesinio apsisprendimo motyvus, sužinoti mokinių požiūrį į išsimokslinimą, išsiaiškinti, ar tėvų išsilavinimas daro įtaką moksleivių profesiniam apsisprendimui.Atlikto tyrimo išvados: miesto moksleiviai labiau linkę mokytis aukštojo mokslo įtaigose, jiems svarbu pasirinkti pelningą profesiją, susikurti tvirtą materialinį pagrindą, tapti savarankiškais, didesnė dalis Vilniaus rajono mokinių labiau orientuojasi į kolegijas ar profesines mokyklas, jiems renkantis profesiją padeda apsispręsti individo sugebėjimai, polinkiai ir interesai. Lyginant respondentų grupes pastebėta, kad tėvų išsilavinimas turi didelę įtaką mokinių požiūriui į mokslą ir profesinį pasirinkimą. / In this MA thesis career determination of 9-12 form students in Vilnius city and Vilnius region‘s secondary schools is researched. The aim of this MA thesis is to conduct a comparative study of 9-12 form students‘ career determination in Vilnius city and Vilnius region‘s secondary schools. The goals of the study are as follows: to identify the most popular professions among the students of Vilnius city and Vilnius region‘s secondary schools; to find out whether the students are sufficiently acquainted with the chosen future professions; to compare the students‘ motives for career choices; to find out the students‘ attitude towards education; to discover whether parents‘education has any influence on the students‘career choice. The findings of the study are as follows: students from the city schools are more inclined to study in the institutions of higher education; for them it is important to choose a financially rewarding profession, to establish a sound material base and to become independent; whereas a major part of students from Vilnius region secondary schools are more oriented towards colleges and vocational schools; individual abilities, dispositions and interests help them to make career choices. The comparison of the two respondent groups makes it explicit that parents‘education has a great influence on students‘attitude towards education and career choices.