Development of Career Maturity Measurement Scale for Primary School Students

Recently, as technology and job-related terms have emerged and become more diverse due to the development of the 4th industry, the need for change has also emerged in the terminology of test tools that measure the concept of career maturity.Therefore, this study reflects job-related terms according to recent changes in the technological environment.This study aims to develop a career maturity measurement scale suitable for the emotions of elementary school students based on the direction and purpose of career education, which is important in the 2022 revised curriculum.The study subjects were 300 upper-grade students attending five rural and five urban elementary schools in Y-city, Gyeonggi-do.The factor domain was divided into attitude and ability dimensions, and the measurement scale was simplified by converging the actions considered as preparation for career exploration into the attitude dimension.This study used a 4-stage development process: construction, questionnaire drafting, preliminary survey, and main survey.The collected data were analyzed using SPSS Amos 21.0.The analysis results showed reliability values of .87 to .92, and the validity of the item was confirmed through convergent and discriminant validity verification.As a result, this study will help meassure the performance of career education related to real life presented in the 2022 revised curriculum.