CHOOSING AN ACADEMIC PATH, A TRUE ACT OF RESPOSIBILITY
CHOOSING AN ACADEMIC PATH, A TRUE ACT OF RESPOSIBILITY
Author(s): Daciana LupuSubject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Higher Education
Published by: Editura Universității Aurel Vlaicu
Keywords: students; competences; skills; degree of satisfaction; reasons involved in choosing the faculty; academic path; people who influenced the choice of the academic path;
Summary/Abstract: This paper aimes to investigate the degree of satisfaction with the training offered by the academic path, the main reasons why young people choose a certain faculty and the impact of people with authority over young people, when it comes to choosing the academic path. The research group included 221 students ( 1st, 2nd, 3rd year of university study- undergraduate level). A very large number of students, 215 (97.3%) say they are satisfied with the professional skills formed by the study program they attend. A percentage of 50.7% students say they are satisfied, 25.8% are very satisfied and 20.8% are relatively satisfied. The main reason why young people turned to college were personal passions and inclinations (26.2% - 58 subjects), and most young people, almost half, said they made the choice on their own (41.18% - 91 subjects). Concerning those who influenced the young people in choosing the academic path, it was observed that: 32.58% - 72 subjects stated that "someone in the family (parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts)" were the people who had an influence on their decission maiking.
Journal: Educația Plus
- Issue Year: XXVII/2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 200-210
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English