Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 MA in Educational Psychology, Al-Zahra
2 Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, Al-Zahra University; e-mail: makhavan@alzahra.ac.ir
Abstract
The present descriptive research aims at studying the factors influencing satisfaction of high school students from their choice of discipline (math-physics, humanities and experimental sciences). A sample of 209 second grade high school students are selected using random clustered technique out of whom 14 students are selected randomly for an interview. A researcher-made questionnaire (r=0/89) is used as the research tool and the data are analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results show there is a positive, significant correlation between students’ satisfaction and personal interest and negative significant correlation between counseling services and selection procedure. However the relation between this variable and the view of parents is not significant. Findings show a significant relationship between students’ satisfaction and consistency of the academic and their abilities. Also, there is a significant relation between future job preference and satisfaction from the selected discipline. In this research the most influential factors on students’ satisfaction are respectively the personal interest, future job preference and counselors' recommendation. The parents’ views have the least influence. The results also indicate no significant difference between the sexes in this respect. However, the difference between the levels of satisfaction from different disciplines is significant, in a way that students of humanities have the highest satisfaction and students of math–physics are the least satisfied with their choice of discipline. Other findings show that students are satisfied with the compulsory selection of discipline in the first grade of high school.
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