The goal of this study was to investigate the career counselling needs at a school in a deprived
community. High School learners form part of the future workforce that will influence this
country's economy. Therefore it is necessary to focus on the development of a workforce that
has the basic skills. Career counselling is therefore seen as the field of education by means of
which these skills need to be addressed, but to present successful career counselling, the
needs of the learners and teachers have to be taken into consideration. The staff and pupils of a
Secondary School from a deprived community in Potchefstroom were used for the purposes of
this study. The group consisted of 15 participants in total, of which 10 were pupils (6 girls and 4
boys) in grades 10 to 12, and 5 teachers (4 ladies and 1 gentleman). In order to determine the
participants' experiences with regard to Career Counselling, qualitative research methodology
was used by means of phenomenological principles in interviews. A specific effort was made to
give an account of the extent and nature of this need, as well as to determine what the pupils'
needs for Career Counselling are and what the limitations are for the teacher regarding career
counselling. The results showed that pupils see career counselling as important and that they
have a need for this field of education, that the current career education sessions at school do
not fulfil their needs for career guidance, that learners indicate that they have specific needs
regarding career guidance, that their peers show indifference towards receiving career guidance
and also that their career choices are influenced by their home backgrounds. Furthermore the
results showed that the teachers acknowledge the importance of career counselling at schools,
the need for better career guidance, that certain factors exist that influence career guidance in a
negative way and also that they have specific needs regarding career guidance. / Thesis (M.Com. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2004.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NWUBOLOKA1/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/153 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Creators | Van Niekerk, Karen |
| Publisher | North-West University |
| Source Sets | North-West University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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