Abstract
Career planning becomes one of the most important processes in a young man’s life, during which a decision is made, influencing his further life. Further work, satisfaction with life, life style, leisure time, social status depends on the career one chooses to pursue. In this process, professional orientation taking place at school, consultation, information, have an important role to play. School must form conditions for all learning students to get career education, professional information and consultation services. Research aim was to analyse the opinion of final gymnasium class students about career education realisation, the obtained services in the gymnasium. The research object was career education in Lithuanian general education schools (gymnasiums). In the research, a survey strategy was applied, a survey research method in written form (a survey questionnaire). The research was carried out between the months September to December 2018. A total of 200 gymnasium 4th grade students from five biggest municipalities of Marijampolė region participated in the research. Questionnaire data analysis was carried out, the research data grouping, generalisation, comparison, a quantitative and qualitative descriptive statistics analysis was conducted. By this research, students’ opinion about the use of various events planning the career was ascertained. Students perform various tests, consultations, informational events take place. However, a big part of the respondents think that this information is not sufficient for them, they feel a lack of information and support. Students’ expressed expectations are not completely satisfied. Students lack knowledge about study programmes, profession specificity. The biggest part of the students understand the importance of professional career planning for their life quality, however, they lack information on that question. Students have expectations and questions, to which they do not receive answers. Keywords: career education, career choice, career competencies, gymnasium students.
Highlights
Lithuanian State Education 2013-2022 strategy (2013) foresees that society has to become active, solidary, constantly learning, and every person – open for changes, creative and responsible
The 4th grade gymnasium students were asked, if it was often spoken in the gymnasium about career planning. 40.0% of all having participated in the survey agreed that it was often spoken about the career planning, 5.0% of the respondents claimed that it was very often spoken about career planning. 38.0% of the respondents heard about career planning, in their opinion, information was too little
One can make an assumption that it is spoken with the students about career planning in the gymnasiums
Summary
Lithuanian State Education 2013-2022 strategy (2013) foresees that society has to become active, solidary, constantly learning, and every person – open for changes, creative and responsible. Baltic Journal of Career Education and Management and a successful career – is an ability to match work, leisure, life in the family and to feel satisfaction with the choice of one’s life path. It goes without saying, that a student while still at school should start to prepare for a successful career path, he has to get support from teachers, career specialists and from parents. Career education services, comprising career learning, career consultation, career information, career evaluation, professional activities and work search, have to be a constant and uninterrupted process with respect to the student (General education school and vocational institution students’ career education model, 2011)
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