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Title: Postsecondary Education Preparation/Career Exploration: Designing a Pilot Educational Counseling Program for Rural Counties
Language: English
Authors: Gill, Rajinder S.
Source: Online Submission. 2010Master's Thesis, Dominican University of California.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 68
Publication Date: 2010
Document Type: Reports - Research
Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: High Schools
Postsecondary Education
Secondary Education
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Counseling, Postsecondary Education, Career Counseling, Counseling Services, Career Planning, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Pilot Projects, Rural Areas, Counties, Personality Measures, Cognitive Style, Counselors, Interviews
Geographic Terms: California, United Kingdom (England)
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: ACT Assessment, Holland Vocational Preference Inventory, Learning Style Inventory, Myers Briggs Type Indicator, SAT (College Admission Test)
Abstract: American students accustomed to standardization in secondary education have experience with fulfilling the requirements imposed upon them, but often these students require further assistance to facilitate their personal decisions about education after high school. Postsecondary education and career preparation programs, educators, and educational counselors can provide guidance to encourage student self-awareness and goal setting. A literature review was conducted to examine current best practices in educational counseling programs and to determine if self-assessments, including Myers-Briggs and Keirsey personality tests, Visual/Auditory/Kinesthetic (VAK) learning styles assessments, and Holland Hexagon (RIASEC) vocational preference inventories, have been administered to high school students as a component of postsecondary education and career preparation assistance. Available literature suggests that at the high school level, assessments have most often been used as a means to explore dynamics within specified groups. To expand upon the findings available through research literature, interviews were conducted with educational counselors and college/career advisors in both U.S. and U.K. educational settings. From this combined data, a pilot postsecondary education preparation/ career exploration program was developed to address the needs of educators and students in a rural county. The program included SAT/ACT test preparation classes, self-assessment workshops designed to aid subsequent one-on-one educational counseling sessions, and a county-wide college and career planning fair. Three appendixes are included: (1) Interview Questions; (2) Student Assignment Worksheet; and (3) College and Career Fair Data.
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Number of References: 52
Entry Date: 2010
Accession Number: ED509455
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