Carreer Decision Making Self-Efficacy among High School Students in Selected Public and Private Schools in Bangkok, Thailand

Abstract

This study focuses on evaluation of high school students’ opinions on their future plans through examining their decision-making self-efficacy. The purpose is to make secondary education clearer and more effective to the students as well as to the administrators.The high school students from public and private sectors are evaluated on career awareness through an evaluation of their future plans, attitudes, and current opinions on exploring careers and acquire basic knowledge and skills that can foster confidence in making job-oriented decisions after high school graduation. The study shows the needs for professional training as a part of Thailand’s school curricula where the current job demand is the key factor in creation of outlines for Career Training courses.