本研究旨在探討中投考區高職學生在類科選擇時的自我決定情形。研究目的包括:1.探討高職學生類科選擇自我決定的程度、2.探討高職學生類科選擇動機之內涵及其與自我決定的關係、3.探討高職學生類科選擇自主支持與類科選擇動機的關係、4.比較不同背景變項的高職學生在類科選擇自我決定的差異。 根據問卷分析與討論,提出本研究之結論與建議,俾利學校及父母親等教育有關單位對學生在類科選擇時之輔導與推行適性教育之參考。本研究採用問卷調查法,以中投考區高職學生為研究對象,抽取中投考區13所高職學校,共計520份問卷,有效問卷為473份,有效問卷回收率90.9%。以自編「高職學生類科選擇自我決定問卷」,採用統計方法為次數分配、平均數、標準差、t檢定、單因子變異數、皮爾森積差相關及Scheff’e事後比較法。 本研究獲得主要結論如下:一、高職學生類科選擇動機與自我決定程度呈高度正相關,且類科選擇自主支持程度與類科選擇動機呈高度正相關,與自我決定理論符合。二、整體而言,中投考區高職一年級學生在類科選擇時的自我決定程度屬於中等程度,其中約有五成一的學生認為自己選擇自己想要的類科,但仍有四成三的學生認為自己無法念自己所想要的類科。三、高職學生在類科選擇時,家人為最主要的自主支持來源,其次為師長,最後為同儕或朋友。四、中投考區高職一年級學生在類科選擇時的自我決定程度,女生顯著高於男生;私立學校的學生顯著公立高於學校;申請入學的學生顯著高於登記分發;父親教育程度為大學的學生顯著高於研究所;母親教育程度為專科的學生顯著高於高職。
The objectives of this study include: 1.To discuss the degree of self-determination for choosing vocational fields in Taichung-Nantou area. 2.To discuss the relationship between choosing motivations and the degree of self-determination. 3.To discuss the relationship between autonomous support and choosing motivations. 4.To compare the degree of self-determination between senior vocational students who come from different backgrounds. According to the analysis and discussion of questionnaires, this study will provide some suggestions for education related staffs (i.e. parents, school and so forth) to guide students to choosing the vocational fields. The questionnaires are conducted by sampling 520 senior vocation students from 13 vocational high schools in Taichung-Nantou area. The efficacious fill-in rate is 90.9%. The analysis methods involve descriptive statistic (i.e. frequency distribution, mean and standard deviation), t-test, One-Way ANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlation, and Scheffe multiple comparison. The results were as follows: 1.There is a high positive correlation between students’ motivations for choosing vocational fields and degree of self-determination. Furthermore, the relationship between the degree of support and motivation for choosing fields are also high positive correlated. This result confirms to the theory of self-determination. 2.In general, vocational freshmen from Taichung-Nantou Area possess medium degree to self-determine the vocational fields. About 51% students select fields which they really wanted. Oppositely, about 43% students can not choose his interesting fields. 3.The family plays the most important role for vocational students to select field, the next is teacher and finally is the classmate or friend. 4.To compare the degree of self-determination by different backgrounds, results ndicate that schoolgirls are higher than schoolboys, private schools are higher than public schools, entrance application is higher than registration and assignment, given the situation of father with educational background of undergraduate is higher than graduate, whereas mother with educational background of college is higher than vocational education.