The Effect of Vocation-Oriented Career Program on Career Maturity of Junior High Slow Learners

Author: Kuo-Hsuan Cheng(Department of Early Childhood Caring and Education, Chung Hua University of Medical Technology)

Vol.&No.：Vol. 54, No. 1
Date：March 2009
Pages：87-112
DOI：10.3966/2073753X2009035401004

Abstract：

The purposes of this study were twofold: (1) to develop the Vocation-Oriented Career Program (VOCP) based the model of Life Centered Career Education (Brolin, 1997) and the learning characteristics of slow learners; and (2) to explore the effect of VOCP learning activities on career maturity of junior high slow learners. A pre- and post-test experimental design was adopted. The major findings of this study were as follows: (1) The VOCP had significantly effects on slow learners' career development attitude, career development cognition, and career development orientation. (2) Among three measures of career maturity, there was only the career development cognition showed gender difference, i.e., females were superior to males. (3) An 8-week follow-up test showed the lasting effects of the experiment on all three measures of VOCP. Based on the findings, suggestions for teacher's instruction, educational administration, and further researches were made.

Keywords：Life Centered Career Education, career maturity, slow learners, Vocation-Oriented Career Program

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