Opinions of Pupils and Parents on Importance of Education and Profession for Life Success and Satisfaction Cover Image

Názory žáků a rodičů na význam vzdělání a profese pro životní úspěch a spokojenost
Opinions of Pupils and Parents on Importance of Education and Profession for Life Success and Satisfaction

Author(s): Petr Hlaďo
Subject(s): Education
Published by: Slovenská pedagogická spoločnosť pri SAV
Keywords: education; profession; life success; career; career decision making; choice of secondary schools; choice of university; academic aspiration; life satisfaction

Summary/Abstract: The empirical study focuses on examining opinions of graduates of primary school, secondary technical schools and secondary vocational schools as well as their parents on education, its effect on employment chances, life satisfaction and life success. In addition, subjectively conceived importance of congruence between the chosen educational and professional careers with the interest of pupils was explored. Questionnaires were administered to primary school graduates (n = 779), secondary technical school and secondary vocational school graduates (n = 442) and to their parents. Data were gathered in 2011 in 40 primary and 20 secondary schools. The analyses showed that respondents attribute relatively high importance to the investigated domains. These findings are found satisfactory because the variables that were investigated affect the decision on educational and professional careers of pupils.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 213-231
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Czech