ATTITUDES TOWARDS VOCATIONAL TEACHING AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH VOCATIONAL INTERESTS AND AWARENESS FOR 10 GRADE STUDENTS IN SULTANATE OF OMAN

This quantitative study discusses the attitudes of tenth grade students in North Al Batinah governorate towards vocational education, where the problem highlights that the numbers of students enrolled in vocational training are very few, compared to the numbers of students enrolled in general and basic education, the specializations in the professional branches are very few, which do not meet the needs and requirements of the labor market. This is in addition to the lack of awareness among students and their parents of vocational education. Therefore, the aim of the study is to reveal the level of students' attitudes towards vocational education. Knowing their attitudes towards vocational education and its relationship to professional awareness. And reveal the responses of male and female students according to the scale of attitudes towards vocational education. The study adopted the descriptive, relational approach. A random sample of 393 students was chosen from the study population, and 387 students from all six states. Three measures were used: the measure of the trend towards vocational education (30) statements, the scale of occupational awareness (30) statements, the scale of occupational interests (24) statements. The results indicated that students ’attitudes toward vocational education were positive to a low degree, a statistically significant correlation at level (0.01) between the trend towards vocational education, and vocational awareness among the study sample individuals in the vocational awareness scale, and a statistically significant correlation at level (0.01) between the trend towards vocational education , And professional interests of the study sample, and finally, there are no differences between male and female students in the direction towards vocational education.