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Javier, Dominic
Mirasol, Alvin
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CHAPTER 1
Introduction
Each year, Senior High School students are faced with the challenge of having to
decide on their future career paths. The decision to continue to a college education,
and choosing which institution to attend to, are two critical decisions that students make
at this time in their lives. (Fernando, et al., 2016 cited Johnson & Chapman, 1979).
Because of the increasing number of courses today, students graduating from high
school find themselves in a difficult situation. Kuehnle (2017) stated in his article, The
Difficulties of Choosing a College Course that with so many majors to decide on, it
becomes difficult to know if the major the student finally decide is actually the one right
for them.
After choosing a college course, that is not the end of the process because the
student needs to consider what can they get if they choose this course. And that can be
a thing to consider to help decide in choosing what sort of path to take. Some people
think that there is only one perfect career that exists for an individual according to
Measom (2011). She added that the more the person knows about the pitfall in
choosing their career, the more prepared they will be when faced with the process.
Sometimes, the decision on the choice of career and school depends on how the
students perceive the world and their future. Unfortunately, not all have enough
knowledge and consciousness about how they should process information from
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personal, social, economic, political, spiritual and environmental aspects of putting into
Such aspirations and preferences are formed early in life and are a product of genetics,
socioeconomic status, gender, personality, and learning history. These early hopes are
modified (positively or negatively) by forces in society that act upon individuals and
completion of some actions or successful steps, and the attainment of a career is the
Senior High School students need professional advice especially in the choice of
their careers. It is in this period where students are advised to prepare for their future
occupations. To choose a perfect career is one of the most essential and difficult
decision a person has to make. This can be one of the measures whether an individual
will be successful in the future or not, On this stage, self-realization, role try-outs,
occupational explorations in schools, and finding the first job is the tentative step.
Teenager needs guidance in the proper selection of their career. Where, they will arrive
at the right decisions with their capacities, educational privilege offered to them and
other resources that society makes available so as to be more efficient and effective.
Therefore in this study, the researchers aim to identify the factors that affects the
The study aims to determine the factors affecting the choice of a college course
following questions:
a. Gender
c. Parent’s Income
d. Preferred Course
a. Demographic Profile?
b. Motivational Factors?
3. Is there a significant difference in the way the Grade 12 SEED students choose
Hypotheses
H2: There is no significant relationship between the College Course and the
Motivational Factors
H3: There is no significant difference in the way the SEED Students choose the
Conceptual Framework
Grade 12 Students’
Demographic
Gender
Parents’ Income
Parents’
Educational
Attainment
Preferred
College Course
Motivational Factors
Peer Influence
Parents’
Decision
Job Opportunity
Self-Decision
Parent’s Income, Parent’s Educational Attainment, and the Preferred Course ; College
Course and the Motivational Factors Affecting Choice of Course. The upper left box in
Figure 1 indicates the profile of the respondents according to Gender, Parent’s Income,
Parents’ Educational Attainment and Preferred Course. The lower left box shows the
Motivational Factors affecting the choice of course such as Peer Influence, Parent’s
Decision, Job Opportunity, and Self/Personal Decision. The box on the right shows the
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College Course. The line between the Demographic Profile and the College Course
would indicate if there is a significant or no significant difference between the two. The
arrow between the Demographic Profile and the College Course indicate a relationship
between the Demographic Profile and the College Course. The line between the
Motivational Factors and the College Course would indicate if there is a significant or no
significant difference between the two. The arrow between the Motivational Factors and
High students in SEED Academy. This study will discuss the factors which mainly
affects the decision of the students in choosing their course in the future. Many
graduating high school students are challenged in choosing the career to take.
Therefore, this study will help them check the various factors to consider in their choice
of course.
This study is focused on investigating the factors that affect the graduating high
school students in SEED Academy in choosing the college course during the School
Year 2018-2019. The factors looked into were Parent’s Decision, Peer Influence, Job
Opportunity, and Self Decision. The research will be conducted to all the Grade 12
students in SEED Academy. Students who will be absent during the day of data
Career serves as the application of the totality of learning that a person acquired
Students. Students will be benefited most by this study. They are the core of the
study because they develop awareness of themselves, strength and weaknesses for
their career development by the application of the learnings from home, school and
community. This study will help students identify the factors to consider in deciding for
Parents. Parents play a big role in the life of their child. They guide them until the
child can compete and stand with other individuals in the business world. Parents will
look forward in providing their child an assurance of acquiring a quality education that
would enable them to be accepted to a job, have a better income and brighter future.
Teachers. Teachers play a vital role in contributing and molding their students.
This study will inform the teachers about the preferences of the students to further focus
on the skills needed by the students if ever would latter pursue the career they have
chosen.
SEED Academy Administrators. This research will help the SEED Academy
information that plays a very helpful role in guiding students in making the best possible
career decisions.
Definition of Terms
Factors. The things a student should consider or not in choosing a course for
college.
choosing. In the study, the term career preference refers to the basis of student in
choosing the course whether it comes from self decision, parent’s influence, peer’s
Peer Pressure. Means that one's decision is based to what a friend, classmate
CHAPTER 2
In this chapter, the researchers present the related literature and studies about
Choosing and deciding on what course to choose in college may be difficult and
sometimes an unpredictable process, but it is mainly seen from one perspective. Many
would say that the main factor or the main influence is the passion for a particular field,
but there are few who know exactly what they want to become when they graduate High
school which lead us into thinking that there are other significant motives (Procedia
Economics and Finance, 2015). Del Norte (2013) asserted that choosing a
academic endeavor. The researchers provides the information that will cover various
factors such as: family, financial, peer pressure, geography, pursuing student’s passion,
job opportunity, etc. StudyLink (n.d.) on its article entitled Top 10 tips to choosing the
right course for you mentioned that the secret to happiness is being able to love
whatever it is you do in life and finding the right course at the right university or college,
will make the student inspired to succeed. Bucherer (2018) added that selecting college
courses is the start of the binding process, where students may not realize that the
decisions they make can affect their decision four years when they are expected to
make for teens and many college students become stuck with courses they don’t like or
they are not particularly interested in. The course the student will take will have a lot of
say on the career they eventually pursue so it is important to decide on a course best
for them.
Melone(2014), said that it is important to choose the right path you want to
achieve, it is the most important thing that you can do for your family and yourself. Even
if it is your first career or begin on a second or third, finding the career where you can
enjoy and excel and where you can improve yourself. There are jobs that are not
perfect; there are some factors that you should consider that you are into right career
you want. Melone said that interest, career opportunities, and education and training,
these are the factors that the students consider in taking up course. The students
should find out the career they want to pursue soon. The author also said that students
should put their passion and skills into a career they really want, so that the student
would enjoy their college life and succeed in their future profession.
that has serious and far-reaching consequences. A student who prefers one subject or
career and the parents or friends prefer another, is simply reduced to a programmed
robot that simply does what is expected of him with disregard for the preferences and
feelings of them. Kala (2015) stated that parents and peers are the closest people that
students may confide in regarding careers. Some students may influence other to follow
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their career path. In her research entitled “Parental and Peer Influence on Career
Choice” she found out that the fact that peers influenced subject and class selection as
well as library books and co-curricular activities implies the need to sensitize students to
choose friends who are positive in life and those with a clear vision of their life goals.
Students who choose the bad company end up ruining the rest of their career life
because of the influence of peers. The study concluded that most peers tend to
Parental influence exists in career decision making amongst students and also
father’s occupation and career and mother’s occupation and career. Autonomy in
further this finding is limited to the present study area. (Kumar, 2016)
Some students think that parent’s decision matter in choosing the College
Course. They think parent’s decision is an important factor because it is their parents
that send them to school and pay for their tuition and some may say that their parents
knows what is best for them. According to Pascual (2014), family is one of the most
influential factors that the Filipino students in choosing the course. Considering the
some cases even the children who belong to low status families’ ends up entering in
high status professions despite their high cost. This is because their parents want
them to enjoy those aspects of life that they have missed out due to their
insufficient wealth.
students in the Pacific Islands. The aim of the research was to understand career
pathway development and factors influencing subject choices and career choices of
these students. They explored career aspirations and expectations of these students
and found that two-thirds of the sample were undecided about their career choice, and
were preferred more than trade careers. Structured career planning was seen to be
absent. Students reported of relying on family for advice regarding careers (Ministry of
Pacific Island Affairs, 2014). Thus it can be seen that career aspirations and
Kala (2015) found out in her research that those parents who agreed that it was
effective to influence their child’s course cited that they are responsible for paying for
their college and university thus, their influence on the career they will pick mattered. In
addition to this, the study found out that the parents who tended to entice their children
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to follow their career path limits the student’s ability to autonomously select a career for
themselves.
Limpahan (2014) stated that a college course can determined the professional
identity may on in life. Some of the students tend not to take the course seriously and
tend to shift from one course to another. There are some misconception that the student
in choosing the course. Limpahan indicate that some of the students choose the course
because of the following; taking the easiest course, taking the in demand course, taking
the course with good salary, and they also consider the jobs that they get in the field of
course.
Aside from family related factors, economic factors which includes the
employability and availability of job in the future is also considered by students choosing
their course. (Pascual, 2014) On a research conducted by Pascual (n.d.) the findings
revealed that the availability of work after college is the first consideration of students in
choosing their college course. Most students prefer to take the scientific related
Choosing a career is one of the most influential decisions in life a student make
in their life. Unlike a job that is used to solely pay bills, a career is a pursuit that is
normally requiring a lot of time and emotional investment on top of the need to provide
for student and a possible family. (Fernando et al., 2015 cited Davidson ,2009)
Choosing a career can be difficult and a number of different factors play into the
decision of what career to pursue. In addition Roach, McGaughey and Downey (2013)
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cited by Fernando et al. (2015) asserted that economic demand is more important to
Pascual (n.d.) said that students’ career success can be best attained if proper
guidance is given in choosing the right course in college, suited to students’ personality,
Penedilla and Rosaldo (2017) stated that, in choosing a career, suitability to the
interest of the students is given importance. Students must know on what degree to
pursue in college, a course that interest them that at the same time fit their abilities so
that it will not be hard for them to choose the right career path. At some point, many
students try to fit in a course or two based purely on personal interest. While their
majors may reflect their primary interest, most people are interested in more than one
The choice of university campus is also one of the factors that affects students’
decision. According to Hanna(2013), picking a college to attend to is just the half of the
decision. She stated that the other half involves choosing an actual course to pursue.
She also said that the major step in being able to attend the college of their choice is by
taking entrance exams. According to her, another factor to consider is the choice of
university campus. Choosing the college course to attend is still a major step.
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Momin and Chetry (2016) explored self- knowledge in relation to career choices
in 237 students in standalone institutions. The self- appraisal scale of the Career
between male and female participants with male participants having higher career
maturity. The results are in line with other research in this area. However, it should be
noted that only a sub-scale of the Career Maturity Inventory was used to understand
career maturity.
Adolescents are expected to have made a tentative career choice, and a body of
literature has emerged to explore the correlates of decidedness and indecision related
(Cheung, Cheung, & Wu, 2014). Osipow and Gati (as cited in Cheung et al., 2014)
have made a decision about their future. Career decidedness and indecision has been
significantly more likely to major in a field if they have an inspiring and caring faculty
member in their introduction to the field. And they are equally likely to write off a field
faculty members, although the influence can go either way. Faculty determine students'
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taste for academic fields by acting as gatekeepers, either by welcoming them into
an area of knowledge, encouraging and inspiring them to explore it, or by raising the
teachers can get students engaged in fields that they previously disliked, while other,
Students often consider the location, programs, and campus advantages when
choosing a college, but they shouldn’t forget about the financial factors involved.
Finances greatly affect student’s functions and accomplishments during and after
college.
Reading literature, obtaining information from school websites, going through the
interview process, and visiting campuses help in making the right choice. Students and
their parents, however, should also take into account the money that will be shelled out
according to Higdon(2017), location plays a major role in your college experience. The
state, the size of the city, and the local community. Things like this are crucial to
consider in order to make the right choice in choosing your perfect college. Location of
the school. Paying attention to the city and environment is a great help for your
educational experience.
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in which students delay major choice until the second year in college. Funding would be
institutions in which a total intake advising model is not currently utilized. According to
Freedman the students also considered the university campus and the facilities of the
school.
Cruz(2014) stated that the Academic Track, the Core Subjects take care of
the CRS(College Readiness Standard) and the Strand Subjects prepare students
for the particular college course that they plan to take. This is different from the other
the Strand subjects are really terminal subjects, in the sense that they are not
preparations for future studies but are meant to give students the tools to immediately
CHAPTER 3
Methods of Research
The researchers will use descriptive method for this study. It will be based on the
present situation that students consider in choosing their college course. The study is
about the “Factors Affecting the Choice of College Course of Grade 12 students in
SEED Academy”, the researchers aim to determine the factor that affects a student in
campus with the SEED Academy graduating senior high school students. The
researchers will coordinate with the Registrar to get some information of the
The researchers uses purposive sampling. The respondents of the study are the
49 Grade 12 Students of SEED Academy for the school year 2018-2019. Students who
will be absent on the day the researchers administer the survey questionnaire will not
be included.
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typewritten letter addressed to the principal of SEED Academy. The researchers will
adapt the questionnaire from a research entitled ‘Factors Affecting the College Course
Preference of the Fourth Year Students of Roosevelt College San Mateo for the School
Research Instruments
The researchers will use the adapted questionnaire in conducting the survey to
the Grade 12 students of SEED Academy. The said questionnaire is divided into 4
topics. These are Peer Influence, Parents’ Decision, Job Opportunity, and Self/Personal
Decision which consists of a total number of 16 questions; four questions for each
factors. This was made to determine the factor that most affect the students’ choice of
Statistical Tools
Mean and Percentage will be used to measure the data gathered in the Problem
Statement No. 1. It will determine the most frequent answer for each in order to interpret
extent to which two variables are linearly related. It will be used to know if there’s a
of Variance (ANOVA) will be used. It will be used in the study to test the differences
between means.