과학 관련 진로 선택 과정의 구조 방정식 모형 = A Structural Equation Modeling of the Process of Science Related Career Choice

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The purpose of this study is to find out a model to explain the process of students` science-related career choice by identifying the causal relationships between science career choice and related factors. Important factors of science-related career choice were identified through factor analysis. `Perception about career related to science`, `preference for science learning` and `participation in science related activity` were three main factors of science-related career choice. A questionnaire was developed to know the factors of students` science-related career choice, and so as to make it possible to be analysed by structural equation modeling. The subject were 947 grade 6, 9, and 11 students in Seoul. Numbers of boys and girls in each grade was almost same. According to the structural equation modeling, 4 corrected models were obtained. In all 4 corrected models, `perception about career related to science` had direct influence, and `preference for science learning` and `participation in science related activity` had indirect influence on science-related career choice. In the most fitting model, `perception about career related to science` had an effect on science-related career choice with standardized total effect coefficient 1.03(direct effect 0.82, indirect effect 0.21). `Preference for science learning`, which influence `participation in science related activity`, had an effect on science-related career choice with standardized indirect effect coefficient 0.65. `Participation in science related activity`, which influence `perception about career related to science`, had an effect on science-related career choice with standardized indirect effect coefficient 0.79. The implication to school science education is that it is most effective to raise the `perception about career related to science` in order to make more students choose science related career. It is also effective to have more students participate in science related activity and enhance the preference for science learning. To explain the process of science related career choice more fully, it is necessary to build a more comprehensive model containing more factors influencing science-related career choice. It if necessary to test and complement the structural equation model by enlarging the subject to science high school students and science related college students.