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The purpose of this research is to reveal the perceptions of the students of the seventh class about the professions and some other professions referred to in the Social Information curricula on the subject of professions. The research method is used as a method of quality research method of fact science (fenomenology). The study group, 2016-2017 educational year, constitutes 7th-class students studying in a total of 8 state schools, including 6 secondary schools and 2 rural secondary schools connected to the central district, located in the Niğde district. In the study, the word association test (KIT) was used as a data collection tool. The test has been reflected as the key concept of 10 professions. The test was applied to 610 7th-class students from 8 schools. In the analysis of data, the word association test (KIT) used conceptual networks and frequency-percent tables formed with certain cutting-point intervals. The results of the analysis show that students have sufficient knowledge about the professions given. There is no mistake in the concepts of the assigned professions and it has taken its place from distant connections. According to the findings of the study, the priority of the professions that have distant relationships between the concepts associated with it, the information of the students related to the various professional groups, the enrichment of the books on this subject and the increased promotion of the professions are presented as the recommendations of this study. Keywords: Career, Career Perception, Social Information, Word Relationship Test.

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