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School of Education
Teacher Education Department
Estancia, Iloilo
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
the first time they are away from home, living away from their
most important life decisions they make (Ramirez & Dizon, 2014).
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education institutions to offer quality services that will suit
about what to study over the course of one’s college career, but
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Theoretical and Conceptual Framework
time.
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of specialization that consequently will become their line of
work or career.
hold.
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Statement of the Problem
questions:
specialization when they are taken as a whole and when they are
Hypothesis
was formulated:
attainment.
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College/University Administrators the information gathered
students.
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School of Education
Teacher Education Department
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Future Researchers. The findings of this study served as an
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were subjected to statistical treatment utilizing the frequency
Definition of Terms
Dictionary, 2018).
2017).
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In this study, it refers to the highest educational level
2018-2019.
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Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College (NIPSC) is the
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In this study, this refers to the freshmen students taking
study.
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CHAPTER II
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development. These include employment opportunities, job
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need to the maximum. The counselling and advising services
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their younger siblings and may impress them to go for that
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university, all these considerations are very important.
But they need to explore the priorities of the students and then
knowledge about the needs and wants of the students and their
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the least or negligible amount of influence on the student’s
four years of your life studying something you are not going to
use. But what influences one’s choice of major these days? How
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percentage in, for example, business economics, computer
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Career Prospects. The antithesis of passion-based choice is the
etc.
no idea what they want from their lives even after they reach
the age when they are supposed to choose their major. That is
of their parents who believe that they, from the height of their
this imposed choice works out, but more often than not, it
her parents.
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at, irrespectively of any particular feeling of passion towards
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Bachelor of Elementary Education (BEED) students of
and the reasons. From all the year levels for their
subject are not among the reasons for choosing their major
friends who are study partners and those who have similar
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stronger influence on the choice than nonreciprocal ones. Also,
choice.
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School of Education
Teacher Education Department
Estancia, Iloilo
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CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
Research Design
NIPSC, Estancia.
2018-2019.
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Table 1
DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESPONDENTS
Sex:
Male 24 20.3
Female 94 79.7
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Figure 1
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Data Gathering Instruments
into two parts. Part I (1) asked for the personal information of
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Data Gathering Procedures
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Cronbach’s coefficient Alpha was used to establish the
instrument.
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CHAPTER IV
deviation.
Peers was (M=1.96, SD= 0.51) among the factors that influence
influence”; for the Interest the score was (M=2.90, SD= 0.62)
influence”.
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considerations of the respondents and were considered as the
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Table 2 shows the data.
Table 2
Note: The mean and its description are as follows; (3.51 - 4.00
- Strongly Influence); (2.51 – 3.50 - Almost Influence), (1.51 –
2.50 - Indirect Influence), (1.00 – 1.50 - Never Influence)
Table 3
A. As to Sex
Peers
Male 2.04 0.60 Indirect Influence
Female 1.94 0.49 Indirect Influence
Interest
Male 2.85 0.78 Almost Influence
Female 2.92 0.57 Almost Influence
Job Opportunities
Male 2.66 0.53 Almost Influence
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Female 2.70 0.53 Almost Influence
Peers
Elementary Level 2.07 0.64 Indirect Influence
Secondary Level 1.96 0.51 Indirect Influence
Tertiary Level 1.89 0.45 Indirect Influence
Interest
Elementary Level 2.81 0.75 Almost Influence
Secondary Level 2.92 0.60 Almost Influence
Tertiary Level 2.90 0.61 Almost Influence
Job Opportunities
Elementary Level 2.70 0.48 Almost Influence
Secondary Level 2.70 0.55 Almost Influence
Tertiary Level 2.70 0.51 Almost Influence
Note: The mean and its description are as follows; (3.51 - 4.00
- Strongly Influence); (2.51 – 3.50 - Almost Influence), (1.51 –
2.50 - Indirect Influence), (1.00 – 1.50 - Never Influence)
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no significant difference in the influence of peers for both
means (Md = 0.11, 95% CI: -0.48) was very small (eta-squared=
0.0072).
Women who had more female peers at the start of their university
contrast, men who had more female peers become more likely to
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peers has significant and lasting effects on woman’s but not
men’s labor market outcomes. Women who had more female peers end
up in jobs where they work fewer hours and their wages grow more
the means (Md= -.07), 95% of CI: –.35 to 0.22) was very small
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needs and interest, his/her mental ability level, his goals and
(2010) believe that passion drive students’ life, and tastes for
students.
the differences in the means (Md = -.04) 95% CI: –.28 to 0.20)
the rest of their adult lives, in terms of the career they will
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School of Education
Teacher Education Department
Estancia, Iloilo
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have and their expected earnings. Many college majors that lead
Table 4
lower upper
Peers
Male 2.04 .60 .11 -.12 .34 .92 116 .36 .005
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Interest
Male 2.85 .78 -.07 -.35 .22 -.46 116 .65 .001
Job Opportunities
Male 2.66 .53 -.04 -.28 .20 -.33 116 .74 .0006
significant difference at the p < .05 level for the three groups
difference in mean scores between the groups was very small. The
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According to the study of Khan (2015), high level educated
significant difference at the p < .05 level for the three groups
scores between the groups was very small. The effect size,
powerful system to which human beings can belong and that the
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young adulthood, may give rise to a more confident career search
possible occupations.
p < .05 level for the three groups when job opportunities as a
difference in mean scores between the groups was very small. The
attainment.
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role models for their future career. Because backgrounds vary to
Table 4
CATEGORIES M SD df F p Eta2
Peers
Interest
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Job Opportunities
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CHAPTER V
questions:
specialization when they are taken as a whole and when they are
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coefficient Alpha, Mean, Standard deviation, Independent-samples
CONCLUSIONS
were drawn:
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opportunities that will come along with the specialization. This
especially their parents. And this showed that peers have less
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for both sex and parents’ educational attainment were greater
Recommendation
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they need to support whatever major their children will be
in this investigation.