진로진학상담교사에 대한 학생과 학부모의 인식 및 요구 분석

Abstract

The Around 3,000 career teachers have been set in middle and high schools to promote students' career development since 2011 in Korea. The purpose of this study was germane to students and parents in high schools. Within that framework, this study aimed to identify their perceptions regarding the career teachers, to identify the degree of their satisfaction to the services provided by the career teachers, and to present a plan of developing appropriate roles and tasks of career teachers. The population for this study was the students and the parents at the high schools with career teachers. A stratified cluster sampling method was used for the sampling. The survey instrument was distributed to 2,560 pairs of students and parents in 32 high schools. The number of the students and the parents who returned the instrument was 2,165 and 1,876 each. The major findings of this study revealed the followings: 1) Students and parents were satisfied with the counseling provided by the career teachers; 2) Students wanted the career teachers to help identifying aptitudes as well as exploring the informations of college majors; 3) Students and parents thought the career teachers valuable; and 4) Parents prioritized the career counseling and guidance the most important task to which the career teachers should pay attention. Based on the findings above, the career teachers should provide students and parents with more chances of counseling and help students actualize their needs. Various conditions are necessary to be prepared for the career teachers to play their primary roles and, consequently, for effective career education to be delivered in high schools.