Abstract
Lack of career exploration leads to career indecisiveness among Indonesian high school students. According to some studies, successful career exploration is determined by students’ initiative. However, no consistent answer about factors that make the students self-directedly engage in career exploration. This study is aimed to explore student’s self-directedness during the career exploration, including the factors that encourage student’s career exploratory behavior. This single case study used semi-structured interview and document analysis to investigate the experience of one Indonesian high school student. Two themes emerged from the data: involvement factor in career exploration, which determined by internal and external influence, and qualities of self-directedness, which is reflected by the employment of strategies and self-awareness. Recommendation for parents and educators to provide exposure to various activities, explicit teaching of self-directed learning and related skills is also essential to build students’ initiative in career exploration.
Highlights
Career exploration is a lifelong process which involves students’ effort in exploring themselves as well as the career choice and its requirements
Lack of career exploration leads to career indecisiveness among Indonesian high school students
This study is aimed to explore student’s self-directedness during the career exploration, including the factors that encourage student’s career exploratory behavior. This single case study used semi-structured interview and document analysis to investigate the experience of one Indonesian high school student
Summary
Career exploration is a lifelong process which involves students’ effort in exploring themselves as well as the career choice and its requirements. INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL COUNSELING 2019, 3(2), 107-118 students in confusion when it comes to choosing a specialization in university (Lopulalan, 2016) This fact does not reflect a failure in career intervention at school. Zulkaida and colleagues explained that students’ effort in collecting information about the career choice, acknowledging their strengths and weaknesses, and overcoming the obstacles would determine the success of career exploration (Zulkaida et al, 2017). Both the teachers and students should realize the need for students’ active participation in creating their career aspiration. The teacher can guide students to develop college readiness during the career exploration by exposing them with various activities, but the students will be the one who responsibly applies and monitor the strategy (Agran, 1997)
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