Abstract

Objectives In this study, career education in the form of visiting as a university-high school linkage education was designed and implemented for high school students to derive implications for effective career education.
 Methods To this end, career education program based on the career competencies was designed and implemented for 213 high school students in Seoul. The satisfaction survey and the career maturity inventory (Savickas, & Porfeli, 2011) were conducted to analyze their satisfaction based on their desired career and career maturity levels.
 Results The module for career education consisting of self-understanding(lecture) - career change in the future society(lecture)-career planing(activity) was designed. As a results of its implementation, students who wished to pursue a career in humanities and social sciences showed high satisfaction level with the lecture of self-understanding, while those who wished to pursue careers in science and engineering showed high satisfaction level with the lecture of career change in the future society. Students in the higher career maturity group showed the higher satisfaction in the categories of concern, curiosity, and consultation. However, in the category of confidence, students in the lower career maturity group showed higher satisfaction level.
 Conclusions Based on the results, the implications for the design and implementation of career education for high school students were discussed. These included diversifying career education content elements for different desired career and reinforcing career education for students who show a low level of confidence in the career maturity category.

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