| Abstract [eng] |
The purpose of this work is to survey needs and goals of young people, aspects and motives which are related with the main future decisions. The principal object of this research was to find out young people‘s future orientations content and factors whitch cause it. Establish how economical situation, family situation, achievements in school or personal characteristics influence these contents and also to compare pupil‘s from city and small town future orientations. For this research 68 pupils of 11-12 forms from Vilnius Virsuliskiu secondary school and Giedraiciu Antonas Jarosevicius secondary school were interrogated. This survey was done using anonim questionnaire with 31 question. Such conclusions were made from results analysis: 1) young people think optimisticly about their futher future, they believe that they will create own prosperity: more than half respondents hope that in future they will have higher education degree and a spouse, favourite well paid job, a car, they will be confident about themselves and already reached goals whitch they are planed now. 2) Bigger half of young people straight after school are planning to continue studying in Lithuania, less than half to leave their native town, one third start to work and only little number to go work and study abroad. 3) the main motive to leave native town is education aspiration; to continue studies in Lithuania – wish to find well paid job in the future; to study in foreign countries – the aim of a better education ; to start working – financial independence from parents; to go working abroad – a bigger financial opportunities and relatives living there. 4) research didn‘t find that parents education degree and family‘s material situation affect young people‘s decisions about their future. Though relation between family‘s income and factors to move out from native town, to continue studies and one of parents education degree and higher eduacion aspiration was revealed. 5) real academical achievements and pupils‘ opinion about their success in school didn‘t match: pupils estimate their achievements independently from last term‘s average mark. 6) young people‘s decisions about future don‘t depend on curent success in school. 7) survey didn‘t revealed that some appropriate personal characteristics are related with decisions about the future. Although it was found that characteristics like optimism, self-confidence, activity and etc. are connected with oneself‘s imagination in futher future. 8) majority parents‘ reaction to their children future plans are positive. Children trust their parents, talk with them about future plans and so do parents, who stimulate children to achieve their goals and support them. |
