충남지역 사회복지전공 대학생들의 진로방향에 관한 연구 = A Study on Career Planning of Students Majoring in Social Welfare: the Case of Three Universities in Chungnam Province

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study was to establish a foundation for an effective career planning counseling for students majoring in social welfare. Social welfare is a unique discipline which has many subdivisions and field. Students who are majoring in social welfare needs more delicate career planning counseling where each person can explore and find a career that is suitable and enjoyable for him/her.
In this study, the authors conducted an exploratory study of college students on their attitudes on the major and career planning after graduation in Chungnam province. Total of 237 students from three universities which have social welfare major have participated in this study. Since all three universities let students decide their major in the beginning of the second year, freshmen were excluded from this study.
The study was done with survey method in which questionnaires were delivered to social welfare departments of participating universities and asked to send the completed ones back to the authors. The students were asked to complete the questionnaire during the class period, The questionnaire was consisted of three major part: demographic information, questions on social welfare major, questions on career planning. After data were collected, 14 cases which didn't answer the third part were omitted from the career planning analysis. Those 14 cases, however, were included in the analysis of sample characteristics.
The result of the study was as follows: 1. Students' motivation to choose social welfare as their major was that it seemed to fit with their aptitude and/or interest. When students choose their major, three most influential persons were students themselves, parents, and their senior-year teacher.
2. The general satisfaction regarding their major was fairly high. The reported reason for that was the same as their motivation for choosing social welfare as their major.
3. More than half of the sample has reported that they are interested in direct social work practice. In addition to that welfare for children/adolescents, welfare for infants and toddlers were the most interested social welfare practice fields.
4. Most students wanted careers that are related to their major. The percentage of students who want major-related careers increase as they advance in the academic year. However, career planning of male students was different from that of female students. Male students have tendency to look for careers that are not related to their major Those include entering careers in different fields and starting own businesses.
5. In career planning maturity index, 'Planning' and 'Independence' didn't show statistically significant difference among subgroups. In 'Decisiveness', however, male and seniors reported higher scores than female and sophomore/junior students.
This study was concluded with underlying assumption that college career guidance should be done within particular major, so that students can find their career interest and prepare for the future as soon as they learn their aptitude and interest. When they learn about themselves regarding their interest, they can plan their coursework, field instructions, volunteer works according to that. The authors wish that this kind of study would be done with bigger sample size including universities in other areas, so that career planning counselors of major professors could have extensive data to effectively guide the students when they need them.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 서론
• Ⅱ. 연구방법
• 1. 조사대상
• 2. 조사도구 및 내용
• 3. 자료분석
• Ⅲ. 연구결과 및 해석
• 1. 설문 응답자의 일반적 특성
• 2. 전공에 관한 사항
• 3. 진로에 관한 사항
• 4. 진로성숙도 조사 결과
• Ⅳ. 결론 및 제언
• 참고문헌
• 영문요약