The Effectiveness of Career Guidance Program to Develop Career Awareness among Grade Nine Students in South Al Batinah

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a career guidance program to develop career awareness among grade nine students in South Al Batina. The sample of the study consisted of 103 female and male students and was divided into two groups: the experimental group consisted of 56 male and female students and the control group consisted of 47 female and male students. The experimental group undertoo; a career guidance program while the control group was given normal activities in career guidance. This study adopted a quasi-experimental method. The results of t-test analysis showed a statistically significant difference between the means of the two groups in favor of the experimental group. The results also showed a statistically significant difference between the means of the experimental group in pre- and post implementation of the career awareness scale in favor of the post- implementation, two-way ANOVA showed statistically significance differences among the average responses in the experimental group in career awareness without being affected by student gender or group interaction and gender.

Keywords

• Career guidance program, career awareness, developing career awareness, career guidance, grade nine students.