The participants of the development of career decision making skills as a learning community Cover Image

Mokinių gebėjimų priimti karjeros sprendimus ugdymo dalyviai kaip besimokanti bendruomenė
The participants of the development of career decision making skills as a learning community

Author(s): Renaldas Čiužas, Liuda Šiaučiukėnienė, Nijolė Čiučiulkienė, Aldona Augustinienė
Subject(s): Education
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas

Summary/Abstract: The contemporary career planning paradigm [8] highlights the need of co-constructive learning model which reflects the content of changing attitudes towards learning transformation [19]. This co-constructive knowledge sharing process is especially important in the process of the development of career decision making skill when all participants: pupils, teachers, counselors and parents though performing different roles learn how to reach the common result: the developed career decision making skills of the young people. This research paper sets the main goal to analyze the activities of the participants of the career decision making skills development in the context of learning society. The content analysis of scientific propositions suggested the main structure of the co- constructive model that would develop the career decision making skills in the context of learning community. The typical activities of the educators during which students develop their decision making skills are informing, consulting, training-teaching, enabling. They all are directed towards the development of such pupils’ decision making sub skills as self cognition, understanding of personal learning abilities, and gaining knowledge about the external world of work. The content analysis of the 9 experts answers to the question “How are You developing Your students’ decision making skills?” cleared out eight categories (e.g. “The reasons to start the development of career decision making skills”, “The main purpose”, “The curriculum”, “The main roles of career decision making”, “Community sense and partnership”, “Parents involvement in the development of pupils’ decision making skills” and other. The manifestation of the categories demonstrates that the pupils’ career decision making is a community process with a clearly expressed inclination towards common learning.

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: 84
  • Page Range: 93-100
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Lithuanian