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http://dx.doi.org/10.21796/jse.2020.44.1.50

Elementary Students' and Teachers' Perception on Science-Related Career and Career Education  

Lee, Hyunyi (Incheon Yonghyunnam Elementary School)
Lim, Heejun (Gyeongin National University of Education)
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Journal of Science Education / v.44, no.1, 2020 , pp. 50-60 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate elementary students' perception on science-related career and teachers' perception on science-related career education. The subjects of this study were 196 5th and 6th elementary students and 100 elementary teachers. The results show that 28% of the students desire to have science-related career. More Boys desire science-related careers than girls, and more students with higher level of perception in their science achievement also do than lower level students. The reason students did not desired science-related career were that they were not interested in science and did not have fun in science. Students' perceptions in the factors of science-related career choice were mostly negative except socio-cultural factors. The results of teacher's perception show that 42% of the teachers conducted science-related career education. A lot of teacher did not conduct science-related career education since they perceived the career education were not necessary or important. Students' negative perception on the factors of science-related career choice and the teachers' low perception on necessity of science-related career education can negatively influence students' science-related career choice. The more efforts were required in order to increase positive perception on science-related career.
Keywords
science-related career choice; science-related career education; elementary students' perception; teachers' perception;
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