Information and Communication Technology-Based Career Guidance Model for Young People

Abstract

Information and communication technologies (ICT) used in career guidance have fast become both a necessity and an opportunity for new professional challenges playing an increasing role. The use of ICT is an integral component of the daily life of youth, and it is useful for them to professionally apply the ICT in their career guidance. The aim of the research is to develop an ICT-based Career Guidance Model and perform an expert evaluation of it. The aim of the Model is to contribute to the purposeful, conscious, responsible and persistent choice of careers by the youth. According to the theoretical aspects analysed in the present research, the best approach is to integrate ICT as an inclusive model, in which the ICT are used in parallel with other guidance activities. Three expertsprofessionals in pedagogy and career counsellingwere involved in the expert evaluation. The expert evaluation of the model allowed finding that career counsellors, using ICT in their counselling, have to plan carefully their career guidance and combine the educational content, theory and technology. The expert evaluation allowed concluding that the model would contribute to the purposeful, conscious and independent choice of careers by youth if career counsellors confidently use adequate digital technologies in their career guidance for the youth.

El uso de tecnologías en la orientación profesional: una revisión sistemática

“…En la categoría Palabras clave (Tabla 3-9), estas están recogidas en el idioma principal de publicación, lo que nos permite evidenciar que 16 están publicados en inglés (Alsaidan y Zhang, 2017; Brunner et al, 2014;Emembolu et al, 2019;Harris-Bowlsbey, 2013;Kunanets et al, 2018;Lally y Sclater, 2013;Meissner y Blake, 2013;Merciai y Kerr, 2019;Peker et al, 2017; Ponce de León y Lago, 2014;Romito et al, 2019;Soboleva et al, 2020;Supriyanto et al, 2019;Syakir et al, 2016;Urdzina-Merca y Dislere, 2018;Vuorinen et al, 2011), 10 en castellano (Álvarez, 2013 Además, la producción científica centrada en el estudio de las tecnologías en la orientación profesional entre 2011 y 2020 tiene un carácter ascendente. La media de producción anual en este periodo de tiempo es de 2,8 publicaciones, dato que se ve incrementado a 4 producciones por año si tenemos en cuenta lo publicado a partir de 2017, como se puede observar en la Figura 4.…”

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Online Career Guidance Systems for PK-12 School Students: Compliments to a Comprehensive School Counseling Program

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