Identification of Vocational Education Counseling Strategies Needed at the Secondary Level for Students to Succeed in Vocational Education and Become Employable. Final Data Summary.

Autor/in	Feller, Rich
Institution	Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins. Dept. of Vocational Education.
Titel	Identification of Vocational Education Counseling Strategies Needed at the Secondary Level for Students to Succeed in Vocational Education and Become Employable. Final Data Summary.
Quelle	(1986), (59 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Career Counseling; Career Development; Counseling Effectiveness; Counseling Techniques; Counselor Role; Program Effectiveness; School Counseling; School Counselors; School Guidance; Secondary Education; Vocational Education; Colorado + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Berufsentwicklung; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode; School counselling; Pädagogische Beratung; School counselor; Beratungslehrer; Pädagogischer Berater; Sekundarbereich; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	This study was conducted to determine what vocational counseling strategies are used with students who enroll in vocational education programs, their effectiveness, and their perceptions of helpfulness by graduates and employers. Different surveys were developed and sent to the following groups in Colorado: 60 high school counselors, 60 principals, vocational directors of 60 high schools, 30 secondary vocational education graduates who completed programs in 1984 and 1985, and 30 employers of such graduates. Some of the results of the surveys were the following: (1) 27 vocational strategies were identified, and respondents saw all of the studies as helpful and being used; (2) little time is spent counseling vocational students; (3) five strategies are being used with a majority of vocational students: talk with counselor, class discussion of jobs, personal counseling about career goals, information given about postsecondary training, and feedback about deficiencies in work habits; (4) complete job shadowing was seen as one of the most helpful strategies by students but as one of the least helpful by the other groups; and (5) some differences were noted between employers' and other groups' perceptions of helpfulness of various strategies, but on the whole, answers were similar among the groups. Recommendations include: more time devoted to vocational advising; structured guidance programs during the pre-enrollment process; and greater use of technology such as video and software to disseminate information if counseling time cannot be increased. (A list of the 27 vocational counseling strategies identified and their rankings by participant groups is included in the report.) (KC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC