The ever growing development of scientific technology in modern society has changed the cognition of one's personal life with a wide range of influences on the flow of society, the business world, and so forth. With this being stated, in order to unde...
The ever growing development of scientific technology in modern society has changed the cognition of one's personal life with a wide range of influences on the flow of society, the business world, and so forth. With this being stated, in order to understand this, first there is a need for career exploration to meet one's personal character, interests, aptitude, and also an active understanding of the business world. On the basis of this, accountability on the emphasis on career education within the school education field has started. In order to break away from unguided transitions to upper education schools by means of entrance examinations, it has been proposed to normalize public education with a variety of career education policies to discover an individual’s dreams and talents. To give shape to this plan, we can see that secondary school career education policies are actively enforced collectively with the application of the 2009 curriculum amendments, the high school diversification policies to provide career job exploration, the introduction of the free learning semester system, the implementation of the concentration school year system for secondary school first year students, and the management of the admission officer system.
In order to achieve a smoothly running career education program within the school system, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology provided support by implementing the career education & guidance teacher system in 2011. They also specialize in the subject matter of career admissions consultation and take charge in training and assigning career education & guidance teacher.
Thus, to fulfill successful career policies the ministry introduced the career education & guidance teacher system. They provided support in order to offer effective career education in schools, but the system has only been implemented for a few years and the study of career education & guidance teachers are rare. Also the research field of cognition and context is not actively conducted. Therefore, in order to accomplish the career education policy goals, it is very important to investigate the career education & guidance teacher's cognition on the career education & guidance teacher system.
Thus, this research which targets Seoul city career education & guidance teachers, investigates their cognition and understanding of the system's current state. It also proposes significant measurements in order for the system to reach a safe arrival effectively within the educational field. The following five are the study's goals and the research that was conducted.
First, what are the secondary school career education & guidance teacher’s cognition on the career education & guidance teacher system's introduction course and background?
Second, what are the secondary school career education & guidance teacher’s cognition on the selection process?
Third, what are the secondary school career education & guidance teacher’s cognition on the career education & guidance teacher training program?
Fourth, what are the secondary school career education & guidance teacher’s cognition on activities after they have been given their assignment?
Fifth, what are the secondary school career education & guidance teacher’s cognition on effective career education & guidance teacher system's safe arrival measures?
In order to shed some light on these problems, this research among several mixed research methods adopts sequential explanatory strategies. With the aim towards secondary school career education & guidance teachers, this research studies the cognition about the career education & guidance teacher system. First, the survey was used as a quantitative research material with a total of 20 questions, 4 major ones pertaining to 1) the cognition on the career education & guidance teacher system's introduction course and background, 2) the cognition on the selection process, 3) the cognition on the career education & guidance teacher training program, 4) the cognition on activities after the teachers have been given their assignment.
All of the research data collected through this survey process can be summarized as follows.
First, career education & guidance teachers agree to the country's proposal in introducing the career education & guidance teacher system. The career education & guidance teacher system's enforcement has stiffened career education in the school system and it has been recognized for being helpful. However, problems relating to the poor treatment and working conditions of career education & guidance teachers and the degradation of general teachers, school parents, and all other interested parties are known to cause difficulty in managing a stable career education & guidance teacher system.
Second, in selecting career education & guidance teachers, their sense of calling, values, and attitude are some of the factors that are greatly accessed. Therefore, quantitative assessments measuring educational strengths and experience along with qualitative assessments measuring one's sense of roles and job functions are also in place. Also the need for guidance pertaining to the reflection rate and degree of valuation is recognized.
Third, the majority of respondents in the survey were satisfied with the career education & guidance teacher system’s training program. The actual on the job training and civil department training was found to be most beneficial. Cultivating specialties in the subject area of career admissions consulting and enhancing one's capability to do so did in fact help, but learning about school-community society's organic relations and through business connections conducting work experience activities and management planning was a major help. However, constant periodic education must be implemented. Also within schools, applicable career admissions consulting technical education must not only be carried out but through the supervisor, continuous counseling skills learning and training process needs to be provided.
Fourth, with regards to the activities after the placement of career education & guidance teachers, the majority of teachers have appeared to be satisfied. This is due to the fact that they can advise students about career exploration and admissions and having roles as a key helper. As a career education & guidance teacher, it has made a positive influence in their calling, their consciousness, and their principles. However, in order to smoothly run a career admissions counseling, communication with various interested parties and cooperative business relation development was demanded.
Finally, clear and distinct roles and job functions are importantly recognized to successfully carry out the roles of a career education & guidance teacher. For principals, vice-principals, regular teacher, school parents, and all personnel concerned to be in cooperative terms, an institutional system has to be in place. Based on the understand of the three combined subjects of career, admissions, and counseling, the demand for concrete roles and job duties needs to be proposed.
According to the results of this research, for schools in order to effectively reach a safe arrival with the career education & guidance teacher system; first, career education & guidance teacher's roles, job duties, and areas have to be concrete with clear boundaries. Work confusion must be prevented and all various interested personnel need to have a system for producing cooperative relationships. Second, in selecting career education & guidance teachers, a concrete way of measuring qualitative assessments such as one's calling, consciousness, and principles along with educational strengths and experience should be developed. Third, even after completing the career education & guidance teacher teaching program, a continuous regular training process needs to be provided in order for teacher’s specialty to increase. Fourth, by understanding the school-community society, building networks through business connections, and school parents and education, measures in reducing work stress from career course management need to be in place.