The purpose of this research is to utilize both the career-subject class and the career group counselling approach to revitalize the career guidance in college. During this particular research study process, I tried to verify the effectiveness of the ...
The purpose of this research is to utilize both the career-subject class and the career group counselling approach to revitalize the career guidance in college. During this particular research study process, I tried to verify the effectiveness of the in-class learning and the counselling. Based upon the study results, I'd like to present the career-guidance plans for college students in order for them to adopt and achieve the lifetime career-maturity and career-guidance plan of the college students.
The subjects of this particular study were make up total population of 199 people; 169 were attending at S university in Seoul(activity class group consists of 60 persons, lecture class group were 42 persons and control group members were total of 45 people); Among additional 30 participants makes up the group already graduated and the student group that took career subject class more than one year ago.
The measuring instruments used that My vocation situation(MVS) by Holland(1980), career decision-making self-efficacy short form developed by Betz(1983), career decision scale develope by Osipow(1986), career decision making level by Harren(1984) and career preparation behavior test developed by Bonghwan Kim(1997).
Through the career-subject class and the career group counselling, as career-guidance plan of the college students, I studied the possibility to build the career plans, the management ability, understanding and search of the job, and self-understanding, Since there were not any standardized methods to verify the system whether to reach the objective of the career-guidance goal, I tried to verify it with following subordinate factors such as 'career identity', 'career decision-making', 'career decision-making level', 'career decision-making level type' and 'career preparation behavior'. Based upon proven outcome of this research, I laid out the plans and the models of the career-guidance for college students.
The study results are as follows.
First, among students, who were trained in career-guidance class related to the career-subject curriculum courses were improved in 'career identity', 'career decision-making', 'career decision-making level', 'career decision-making level type' and 'career preparation behavior' categories than other students who were not taking this class. Especially, the students group who took 'career preparation behavior' class showed mostly improved with class participation. The students, who actively searched for the jobs and prepared the resume and wrote the self-introduction letter for themselves, were highly improved in career preparation behavior, whereas, this particular behavior was not effective to build rational decision-making ability.
Second, students, who took career-subject class with active participation class, were much improved in 'career identity', 'career decision-making', 'career decision-making level' and 'career decision-making level type' than those of who took just lecture class with no participation. The students with the activity-driven class showed the most improved score in 'career preparation activity class
Third, the outcome of the career-guidance kept improving for the student group who took the career subject course one year ago, specially, the 'career decision' and 'self-identity' were the most improved categories. It assumes that previous educational background during college years on career-guidance and social experience in real world after graduation resulted in their maturity development and enhancement on self-confidence level as well.
Fourth, students who took 'career group counselling' class were remarkably improved in all the career-maturity factors ('career identity', 'career decision-making', 'career decision-making level', 'career decision-making level type' and 'career preparation behavior') except 'career preparation behavior'.
Since this counselling course enables the small number of students to access the personal career issue or insightful agendas, it turned out that this specific method proved to be the most effective in all the areas.
This course yet to handle all the students' personal problems or internal issues, however, via pushing many students for mandatory participation, the systematic career-guidance can be achieved. The 'career preparation behavior' was boosted when students are fairly evaluated and received grades and get credits while taking this course.
Fifth, the first objective of the career-guidance was 'self-understanding', which can be achieved through the career-subject class and career counselling. But, class with teaching method prevent students to reach their class objective.
Although counselling was the most helpful factor to understand oneself, yet a small number of student group were preferred when it comes to bring out the most profound conversation, which led them to understand them better with more precision and objectivity.
Sixth, in regarding to the second objective of the career-guidance was to whether students could understand the job and its information. I learned that career-subject classes with active in-class activity and counselling were very effective.
By encouraging students to actively participate the research process of many different jobs, they could share varieties of job information while experiencing this process, therefore, it is more helpful to understand the job and to search job information.
Seventh, to achieve the third objective, the career decision and plan, of the career-guidance, in-class learning and the counselling were both effective. However, the counselling turned out to be better method for students when they have to make career-decisions. As far as the career problem-solving and management is concerned, in-class learning and counselling were not the effective approaches to the students. Thus, I learned that just taking the career-guidance program/curriculum or participating counselling the career problem-solving ability cannot b