Abstract
The purpose of this research was to assess the role of career development services in developing student’s lifelong learning self-efficacy as perceived by vocational and adult education lecturers. A survey design was employed for the research. A sample of 99 vocational and adult education lecturers from universities and colleges of education in Edo State participated in the research. A structured questionnaire, validated by two experts was used for the collection of data. The Cronbach alpha was used to determine the reliability of instrument, which yielded a coefficient value of .78. Thirty items questionnaire was administered to the respondents by the researchers, with the help of two trained research assistants. The data were analysed using mean, standard deviations and t-test statistics. The findings of the research showed that career development services have a role to play in developing student’s lifelong learning self-efficacy. It showed that there was no significant difference between the mean ratings of vocational and adult education lecturers on the role of career development services in developing student’s lifelong learning self-efficacy. These findings showed that vocational and adult education lecturers have the same perception on the role of career development services in developing student’s lifelong learning self-efficacy. It was therefore recommended, among others, that government through curriculum designers should integrate career development services into vocational and adult education programmes. This would help to instil confidence and positive attitude on students and working adults so that they can continuously learn new skills that would stimulate them for lifelong learning activities. Keywords: career development services, lifelong learning, work environment, student’s self-efficacy.
Highlights
It is generally agreed that vocational and adult education have become the most viable education programmes for the development of human resources and national economy
Survey design was appropriate for this research in that it helps the researchers to collect data from vocational and adult education lecturers in order to determine their perceptions on the role of career development services in developing student’s lifelong learning self-efficacy
Hypothesis 1: There is no significant difference between the perceptions of vocational and adult education lecturers on the role of career information services in developing student’s lifelong learning self-efficacy
Summary
It is generally agreed that vocational and adult education have become the most viable education programmes for the development of human resources and national economy. Productive, and satisfying life in any society, one should be involved in vocational and adult education throughout life. This is because vocational and adult education has been seen as a crucial tool to help in adjusting to a constantly changing environment and overcoming socio-economic problems, Vol 5, No 1 BJCEM http://www.scientiasocialis.lt/bjcem. Role of career development services in developing students lifelong learning selfefficacy: Vocational and adult education lecturers’ perceptions. Vocational and adult education, does mean learning through formal education alone, but falls within the scope of formal, non-formal, and informal education; and the learning process that helps to combine these three forms of education can be regarded as lifelong learning
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