Career Awareness Program Research Articles

Utilization of Philippine Aptitude Classification Test (PACT) Result in Career Awareness Program

This study determined the alignment of students’ Senior High School track and course preference in college with their aptitude and probable performance in educational programs. It is descriptive in nature. The respondents were the Junior High School students who took the Philippine Aptitude Classification Test (PACT) of School Year 2014–2015 and were enrolled Grade 12 at the Senior High School of Holy Name University for School Year 2017–2018. Frequency counting of the aptitude, probable performance in different educational programs, preferred school track and career choice were made. Results revealed that majority of the respondents were enrolled in the STEM track. More than half of the respondents got low aptitudes that fit to only one to three educational programs based on the nine (9) clusters of educational programs identified in the PACT and a significant number of respondents did not fit to any educational programs. Many of the college courses chosen by the respondents while they were still in Grade 9 are under services, engineering and manufacturing, and health and welfare clusters. More so, college course preferred by the respondents in STEM track are related to health and welfare followed by engineering and manufacturing cluster while those in ABM and HUMMS track preferred Social Science, Business and Law cluster. Career choices made by the respondents are not aligned with their aptitude which could be a source of future job-skills mismatch or misfit graduates. Career guidance is seen as an imperative for a successful future career choice and career awareness program is viewed as a possible intervention as early as Grade 7 to Grade 10.

Choosing a career path in agriculture: A tough calling for youths in Ibadan metropolis, Nigeria

Abstract The decline in youth population and the upsurge in ageing farmer population have resulted in low agricultural output and per capital productivity in rural Nigeria, which is a threat to the national food security. High school students’ perception of agriculture and factors influencing their willingness to study agriculture in tertiary institutions were therefore investigated in this study. Information from 285 science students in high schools was analysed using descriptive statistics, Likert scale and logistic regression. Age of the students was 15.30 ± 1.17 years with almost equal distribution of both sexes. About half (50.5 %) of them wanted to study medicine where as only 4.6 % of the respondents were willing to study agriculture in the university. A higher percentage of female students (57.6 %) were willing to study agriculture in tertiary institution than their male counterparts (42.4 %). A higher percentage of students from public schools (51.4 %) were willing to study agriculture whereas 48.6 % of those from private schools were willing to do so. The students were undecided about the contribution of agriculture to national development but strongly disagreed that agriculture gives less income than other professions. Major motivating factors that can stimulate the respondents’ willingness to study agriculture were career awareness program in agriculture, practical knowledge of agriculture and agricultural excursion. The likelihood of a high school student’s willingness to study agriculture increased significantly with having a father who primarily practised agriculture and supports agricultural education, attending a school where crude implements are not used, visit to a mechanized farm and the youth’s willingness to own a farm in the future irrespective of the course of study, while attending a private school will decrease it. In conclusion, high school students had average perception of agriculture and were not willing to study agriculture in tertiary institutions. Suggestions are presented on how to change this negative attitude towards this vital branch of science.

진로인식프로그램이 초등학생의 진로자기효능감과 학습동기에 미치는 영향

본 연구는 인간의 진로발달 면에서 “진로인식 단계”에 해당하는 초등학생을 대상으로 진로인식 프로그램을 적용하여 진로자기효능감과 학습동기에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 알아보고자 하였다. 본 연구의 대상은 경기도 용인시 처인구에 소재한 G초등학교 6학년 56명의 아동들로 28명은 실험집단에, 28명은 통제집단으로 배치되었다. 본 연구의 실험처치 기간은 5주(총 10회기)이다. 진로자기효능감 검사도구로는 박명심과 김성희(2006)가 개발한 진로자기효능감 척도를 사용하였고, 학습동기 검사도구는 서승하(2004)의 학습동기 검사지를 사용하였다. 실험처치 3일 전과 후에 사전검사 및 사후검사를 실시하였고, SPSS 18.0로 프로그램의 효과성 검증을 위한 통계처리 및 분석하였다. 연구 결과 첫째, 진로인식프로그램에 참여한 실험집단은 통제집단보다 진로자기효능감이 유의하게 향상되었다. 둘째, 진로인식 프로그램에 참여한 실험집단은 통제집단보다 학습동기가 유의하게 향상되었다. 또 초등학교 수준에서 자신에 대한 이해를 확장하고, 다양한 진로체험 활동을 통한 호기심과 자신감을 신장하는 학습동기 향상에도 도움을 주기 때문에 앞으로 체계적이고 다양한 진로인식 프로그램이 개발, 보급되어 학교현장에서 활발하게 활용되는 것이 요구된다는 것을 보여주었다. 마지막으로 본 연구의 제한점과 제언을 논의하였다.

Career Awareness Program for Chinese and Korean American Parents

The authors describe a culture‐specific bilingual career awareness program for Chinese and Korean American parents held in neighborhood community settings and employing the use of bilingual role models and bilingual career information materials. The workshops served 1,140 Chinese and Korean parents in 1985–1986 and 1,413 Chinese and Korean parents in 1986–1987. The authors outline strategies that may be effective in working with other ethnic groups.

Exploring: An Extracurricular Career Awareness Program in Psychology for High School Students

This article describes a career awareness program in psychology sponsored by the Central New York Psychological Association (CNYPA) and the Hutchings Psychiatric Center in association with the Exploring Division of the Boy Scouts of America. The Explorer post, a coeducational and low budget program, served an average of 75 high school students in each of its first 3 years. The program's goals are to provide a familiarity with the field of psychology, with its educational requirements and occupational opportunities, and with the work lives of psychologists. Monthly meetings include presentations by psychologists in their areas of expertise, followed by small group discussions. We also describe the program's benefits and costs.

Your Future is Still in School

Personnel availability and crew stability have always been a problem for commercial arboriculture. With declining numbers entering the work force a greater effort must be made to make more potential employees aware of careers in arboriculture. The implementation of a career awareness program among high school students and Guidance Counselors is a possible solution.

A Career Awareness Program for Educable Mentally Retarded Students

Vocational Guidance QuarterlyVolume 28, Issue 4 p. 328-334 A Career Awareness Program for Educable Mentally Retarded Students NORBERT JOHNSON, NORBERT JOHNSON Norbert Johnson is an associate professor of Counseling and Human Development at Troy State University, Troy, Alabama and a certified clinical mental health counselor for the Florida Regional Family-Life Foundation in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.Search for more papers by this authorANDY FLOWERS, ANDY FLOWERS Andy Flowers is a personnel advisor at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.Search for more papers by this authorSARA CAMPBELL JOHNSON, SARA CAMPBELL JOHNSON Sara Campbell Johnson is an adjunct assistant professor of Counseling and Human Development at the same university, and a certified clinical mental health counselor for the Florida Regional Family-Life Foundation in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.Search for more papers by this authorJEROME JOHNSON, JEROME JOHNSON Jerome Johnson is an assistant professor of Counseling and Human Development at Troy State University.Search for more papers by this author NORBERT JOHNSON, NORBERT JOHNSON Norbert Johnson is an associate professor of Counseling and Human Development at Troy State University, Troy, Alabama and a certified clinical mental health counselor for the Florida Regional Family-Life Foundation in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.Search for more papers by this authorANDY FLOWERS, ANDY FLOWERS Andy Flowers is a personnel advisor at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.Search for more papers by this authorSARA CAMPBELL JOHNSON, SARA CAMPBELL JOHNSON Sara Campbell Johnson is an adjunct assistant professor of Counseling and Human Development at the same university, and a certified clinical mental health counselor for the Florida Regional Family-Life Foundation in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.Search for more papers by this authorJEROME JOHNSON, JEROME JOHNSON Jerome Johnson is an assistant professor of Counseling and Human Development at Troy State University.Search for more papers by this author First published: June 1980 https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2164-585X.1980.tb01006.xCitations: 5 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume28, Issue4June 1980Pages 328-334 RelatedInformation

A Career Awareness Program for High School Dropouts

The Career Awareness Program for High School Dropouts was an experimentally funded project to determine the effect of a concentrated vocational assessment and vocational counseling program on the employability of high school dropouts. Various aspects of CAP included individual and group counseling, vocational‐educational assessment and diagnosis, job attitude training, vocational guidance, and career exploration. The results of a follow‐up survey showed that approximately 60% of the dropouts were still employed six months after completion of the program. In addition, the dropouts reported benefiting from the program through increased awareness of their own needs, abilities, and interests as well as through better awareness of the types of skills and behaviors desired by employers.

Career Education for Gifted Pre-Adolescents

Most children have very few opportunities to learn about the world of work, especially about professional careers that are not highly visible to the public. Intellectually gifted studnts are as likely to need career education and counseling as are less academically oriented students. The type of career education they require will be different, however. Yet, few programs have considered that problem. In this paper a career awareness program developed by the Intellectually Gifted Child Study Group at The Johns Hopkins University and pilot-tested in Baltimore City Public Schools is described. This program was unique in its efforts to combine the teaching of fasic skills and mathematical concepts not typically included in the general elementary school curriculums with exposure of the students to professional mathematicians in small-group situations. The pilot program consisted of four mini-courses, one each in geometry, statistics, probability, and computer science. Twenty-four fourth, fifth and sixth grade students (12 boys and 12 girls) participated. The reactions to the program from students and parents were very favorable. A study of what the children actually learned from the courses was conducted. The program proved to be effective in teaching mathematical concepts as wella s increasing students' interests in scientific and mathematical careers. It is hoped that this project can be continued and expanded into other areas besides mathematics.