PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION AND CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT SKILLS AS DETERMINANTS OF CAREER INTEREST OF BUSINESS STUDIES TEACHERS OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN IJEBU NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENTÂ Â (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the study.
Webster’s Dictionary of English Language defines career as progress through life with respect to ones work, a means of earning a living, a profession. This is synonymous with occupation, which is seen as an activity by which one earns ones living or fills ones time. According  to Juntunen, Barraclough and Broneck (2001), the term career, as revealed in their studies findings, is conceptualize as: a lifelong endeavour a representation of lifelong goals, planning or activity, it included a commitment, generally beyond what was necessary for a given job or type of work sometimes, this commitment seemed to be part of the individual’s self-identity. It emphasizes planning, goal setting and looking to the future it is perceived as something you choose to pursue, something you enjoy or can specialize in. Therefore career is something with a future in it.
Career can be considered as the way the individual expresses himself and relates to society through life. Popoola (2004) sees it as a job, or profession for which one undergoes regulated education and training over a period of time and which one intends to follow for the whole of ones life. It is thus a chosen pursuit, life work and success in one’s profession. It is the sequence of major positions occupied by a person throughout his/her lifetime. It is the totality of work one does in one’s lifetime and it is person centred. It is a meaningful progression on a person’s working life or a course pursued over a period of time (Oyetade, 2001). Choosing a career path or course of action essentially boils down to a career decision-making process. The effectiveness of an individual’s career decision-making relies heavily on the available information at the decision making point. Information is power and the more it is at one’s disposal, the easier it is to make well-informed decisions. Often times, inability to choose a career path over another tend to indicate that of is lacking in sufficient information. Although work has different meanings for human beings, essentially, it is the backbone of an individual’s life (Paulter, 1995). The presence or absence of work is perhaps the most important pivotal point in a human’s life. Generally, individuals spend their early years preparing for work, the major section of life doing chosen work and the last part of life retired from work (Powlette,2006).
