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Strength-4D Career Model With LEGO® Serious Play® And Six Bricks
Strength-4D Career Model With LEGO® Serious Play® And Six Bricks

Author(s): Payling Harn, Chaochi Hsiao
Subject(s): Education, Psychology, Sociology, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: New Millennium Discoveries Ltd
Keywords: Strength-Based Counselling; 4D Appreciative Inquiry; Career Counselling; Career Hope; LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®; Six Bricks; Taiwan;

Summary/Abstract: This study adopted strength-based approach career developments as the core counselling strategy to form the “4D” stages to strengths, integrated LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® and Six Bricks to construct a strength-4D LEGO® career model for exploring its effect on career hope and the content of change resulting. In this study, 29 Taiwanese college students were recruited to participate in a six-hour workshop. Pre-test and post-test were conducted using Career Hope Scale. One-way analysis of variance was used to explore the change effects. Two additional open-ended questions were included in the post-test questionnaire, and content analysis of the responses was performed to explore the contents of change.The results indicated that the participants’ scores on career agent and career path exhibited significant immediate effects. The proposed model presented the following positive effects: flow ensues after overcoming challenges; connecting with the society for a stronger cohesion; building toward an epiphany that leads to positivity; nourishing strength for a more profound insight; facing fears and accepting the challenges; reigniting passion and establishing an anchor; and broadened thinking leading to a career shift.

  • Issue Year: 5/2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 157 -173
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English