실업계고등학교 진로지도 실태와 개선 방안에 관한 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine how vocational high school teachers and students looked at career education and in which way it's actually provided, in a bid to identify it‘s problems and seek ways to offer better career guidance. To figure out the career awareness of teacher and students and the actual condition of career guidance, questionnaires for teachers and student were separately prepared based on earlier studies to suit the purpose of the study, and then distributed among 150 teachers and 450 students. The responses from 102 teachers and 372 students were gathered. For data analysis, SPSS program was used, and frequency and percentage were calculated. The brief findings of this study about problems with career guidance in vocational high school were as below: First, the students weren't satisfied with school, and grade and family environment, rather than aptitude, made a greater contribution to having a lot of them choose vocational high school, and this phenomenon resulted in undermining their learning effect. Second, they didn't have enough chance to identify their own talent or aptitude, since most of the schools were devoid of full-scale test in this regard. Third, there wasn't sufficient, well-organized information on career, as career counseling was mostly provided by their class teachers. And school administrators didn't pay enough attention to that, and the effect of counseling fell short of expectations. The ways to offer more efficient career guidance could be suggested as follows: First, the vocational high school students weren't aware of what they really wanted to do and what field they were interested in. Above all, they should be assisted to know about themselves better. Second, current vocational high school could be defined as an educational institute that deals with both finished and further education. And vocational high school students increasingly hope to go to university because of our social climate. Therefore, these facts should be taken into account when teaching methods are developed, and career guidance should be mapped out in consideration of the aptitudes of those who want to find a job. Third, students should be given various information on future society and demand for workforce to make an informed choice. It's needed to stimulate their interest in career guidance and raise its efficiency by supplying ample information. Fourth, teacher training should be reinforced to acquire and integrate diverse information and recreate it. School manager should keep in mind that career guidance is not a mere part of educational activities but one the vital tasks to lead students in the right direction. Fifth, students should make efforts to acquire career information on their own, think about a long-term prospect of a specific occupation they have in mind, and learn to foresee the future of our society.