Investigating career-related teacher support for Chinese secondary school students in Hong Kong

• Published in: International journal for educational and vocational guidance Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 719 - 740
• Main Authors: Wong, Lawrence P. W., Chen, Gaowei, Yuen, Mantak
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01-10-2023; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Academic Advising; Career Planning; Career preparation; Careers; Education; Employment; Foreign Countries; International and Comparative Education; Professional and Vocational Education; Secondary School Students; Secondary Schools; Social support; Teacher Influence; Teachers; Hong Kong; Hong Kong China; China; Career guidance; Secondary schools; Social support
• ISSN: 1873-0388; 0251-2513; 1573-1782
• DOI: 10.1007/s10775-022-09525-3

Teachers play a critical role in facilitating the career and life planning of secondary school students. This paper describes the development of the Career-Related Teacher Support Scale (Hong Kong Secondary Students Form). Based on data obtained from 493 students in Hong Kong, five types of career-related teacher support were identified with the most important form of support being teachers’ knowledge about the world of work and study path requirements. A correlation model yielded the best fit to the data. No variance in response pattern appeared across genders, and the new scale was found to have good validity and reliability.