Skill learning attitudes, satisfaction of curriculum, and vocational self-concept among junior high school students of technical education programs

In Taiwan, an increasing number of junior high school students have been studying in technical education programs rather than general programs. Thus, this study aims to investigate the skill learning attitudes, satisfaction of curriculum, and vocational self-concept among junior high school students of technical education programs as well as the relationships between these variables. In this study, data were collected from a questionnaire survey of 270 Taiwanese junior high school students who study in the technical education programs. Data were analyzed by statistical methods, including t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's product-moment correlation, and multiple stepwise regression analysis. The following are the results of this study: 1. The junior high school students of technical education programs held positive skill learning attitudes while their skill learning motivation was not strong. 2. Most of the junior high school students of technical education programs were satisfied with the curriculum of technical education programs. 3. The junior high school students of technical education programs had moderately high level of vocational self-concept. 4. Skill learning attitudes and satisfaction of curriculum significantly predicted vocational self-concept. (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd.