Career Guidance Services in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Kano, Nigeria

Autor/in	Abubakar, Isa Ado
Titel	Career Guidance Services in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Kano, Nigeria
Quelle	In: Asian Journal of University Education, 15 (2019) 2, S.27-35 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1823-7797
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Career Guidance; School Counseling; Career Planning; Secondary School Students; School Counselors; Educational Planning; Gender Differences; College Choice; Student Placement; Counselor Role; Decision Making; Goal Orientation; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Berufsorientierung; School counselling; Pädagogische Beratung; Karriereplanung; Sekundarschüler; School counselor; Beratungslehrer; Pädagogischer Berater; Bildungsplanung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Studienortwahl; Schülerpraktikum; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung
Abstract	The study examines career guidance services provided by school counsellors in secondary schools in Kano state. The study used 387 sample respondents drawn through purposive sampling from randomly selected schools. Questionnaire instrument with satisfactory psychometric properties was employed in data collection process. The results show that school counsellors assist students to identify their strength, abilities and learning style, help students to make appropriate career pathway selection, set educational and career goals, search for information about careers and work choices. However, school counsellors under-perform in helping students to make future educational planning, college selection and placement. Moreover, no significant difference was found among gender excepts in educational Planning, college selection and placement with female students having better educational planning, college selection and placement. It is concluded that the school counsellors play greatly in the area of career decision making, goal setting and personal awareness. However, it is recommended that school counsellors should improve services involving future educational planning, college selection and placement. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	UiTM Press. Asian Centre for Research on University Learning and Teaching, Faculty of Education, Penerbit UiTM, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Bangunan Fakulti Pengurusan Hotel dan Pelancongan, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. Web site: https://education.uitm.edu.my/ajue/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01