Research on the Relationship between Adolescents’ School Adaptation and Career Development

Abstract: Attitudes toward career development are indicators for presenting the level of individual career development, which also reflects the preparatory status of career choices. The better the attitudes for career development are, the higher the level of career development is. In addition, wise and adequate career choices can only be made by a better preparatory status. This study discusses the relationship between vocational school students ’ school adaptation and career development, which includes two dependent variables—an attitude toward Career Preparation and Career Exploration--and five independent variables, that is, the status of students ’ relationship with classmates and teachers, their satisfaction with school curriculum, adaptation to teachers ’ teaching methods, and to the school environment. In addition, the research uses "Career Development Index " (CDI) form as the evaluation tool for the career development attitude, which is in accordance with Super’s theoretic structure. The following results are obtained: (1)How well junior high school students ’ getting along with teachers is closely related to students ’ career development. (2)How well they accept the curriculum has close relations with students ’ attitude toward career development. (3)Students ’ identification with the environment has significant relations with Career Planning.(4) Students ’ identification with the environment has significant relations with Career Planning. Furthermore, some suggestions are stated as follows: (1) Teachers’ roles have been changed- growing with their students. (2) Innovation of curriculum design and teachin