The purpose of this study is to look into the after-graduation course consciousness of high school students by the background factors with the analysis of actual conditions the academic & career counseling, and then to provide basic materials for de...
The purpose of this study is to look into the after-graduation course consciousness of high school students by the background factors with the analysis of actual conditions the academic & career counseling, and then to provide basic materials for desirable course selection and effective course guidance for juveniles. Here, the background factors are sex(male, female) of students, school grade(first, second), academic career of their parents, and etc.
For this study, the following hypotheses were set up:
First, there shall be a significant difference in the objects of after-graduation course counseling and its related information acquirement, and in its accuracy, according to their sex, grade and parents' academic career.
Second, there shall be a significant difference in the counseling contents and factors according to students' sex, grade, and parents' academic career.
Third, there shall be a significant difference in the problems concerning academic & career counseling and in their desired course according to students' sex, grade, and parents' academic career.
The subjects of study were 420 students of 6 academic high schools located in Kumi city in Gyeongsangbuk-do. The measurement means to look into students' consciousness about after-graduation course was the questionnaires used in the previous study, after its amending & complementing, and for a material treatment, frequency analysis and X^(2) verification method at the significant degree of α=.05 were used.
Through the above processes, the results of study can be summarized as follows;
First, it's found that students have obtained an information about after-graduation course mainly through the Internet, suitably for the information-oriented society, and the contents of academic & career counseling were mainly concerning their school record.
Second, it's found that a main reason they avoided the counseling was because information was incredible, which shows that a relationship of mutual trust between teachers and students has a problem with.
Third, it's found that main questions that should be put emphasis in school for the counseling are the expansion of field experience lessons and related-information.
On the basis of the above results, the researcher would like to make some suggestions;
First, the construction of information infra for academic & career counseling is needed so that learners can obtain information in real-time.
Second, efforts for teachers to make institutional devices to restore a confidence between teachers and students concerning academic & career counseling is needed.
Third, the expansion of field-focused after-graduation course education is needed, and a scheme to expand the subjects of offering a related-information into government should be groped.