Evaluation a Career Planning Course with Case-based Teaching Modelon College Students’ Career Decisions and Learning Satisfaction

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the impact of the case-based teaching model on college students' career decision making and learning satisfaction. The study conducted both a pre-test and a post-test on a single group of subjects. Thirty-two freshmen (8 males and 24 females) taking the class "Career Planning in Finance" in the department of finance of a business university. The researcher developed case-based teaching model materials for an 18-week career planning courses in one semester. There are two-hour classes per week for a whole semester. The results are as follows: (1) There are significant differences in the pre-test and the post-test on career decisions measured with career decided scores (t=-4.05, p=0.0028). The differences in career indecision scores are also statistically significant (t=-3.85, p=0.0001); (2) The questionnaire on learning satisfaction reports high scores in general (M=4.73, SD=0.40). Meanwhile, the university's teaching assessment also indicates high satisfaction in this elective course(M=4.89, SD=0.48). Results suggest that college students' career decision making and learning satisfaction can be increased through their participation in the cased-based career planning courses.How to effectively assist college students by meeting various needs in career education or career counseling has been one of the key issues in higher education. The life-career development theory developed by Super (1980) posits that 15-24 years old are in a career exploration stage. College students are in the transformation phase of the exploration stage. They need to know what they are looking for and embark on career actions. They also need to establish self-identities and absorb information about career planning in order to make suitable career decisions (Herr, 2001;Savickas, 2011).Career counselors and teachers in colleges should formulate the teaching ijps.ccsenet.org

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