Career Education Policy and Future Policy Direction Recognized by Secondary Career Teachers

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the career education policy and direction required in the field by analyzing the perception of the national level career education policy and the future national level career education policy direction targeting secondary school career education teachers.
 Methods: In order to achieve the purpose of the study, a survey was conducted on secondary school career teachers, and the data of 308 teachers were used for analysis.
 Results: First, the policies that require priority improvement are five policies, such as ‘strengthening the capacity of elementary and secondary career teachers’ and ‘operating career experience considering the characteristics of consumers’. Second, among future career education policy directions, 10 policy directions to be considered as top priority were “expanding career teacher training,” “career teacher information sharing platform,” and “improving awareness and treatment of career teachers.”
 Conclusion: Based on the results of the analysis of career education policies and directions, it is necessary to prioritize policies that require improvement and prioritized policy directions when developing and applying policies.

Investigating the Effects of Career Education Programs on High School Students’ Career Development Competencies in Korea

“…The goals, actors, meanings, and emphasis of career education, as well as expected students' attitudes and the roles of schools and teachers in career education are described ambivalently and ambiguously in the literature 12 Lee (2017) [7] To closely examine the realities of career guidance in general high schools…”

“…In the Republic of Korea, the introduction of career education in schools can be traced back to the research projects initiated by the Korea Educational Development Institute (KEDI) as a part of the UNESCO initiative in 1982. However, since the 2000s, substantial policy endeavors have been undertaken to bolster career education in the Republic of Korea [7]. With this, numerous researchers have vigorously examined the effect of career education, offering valuable policy implications to enhance its effectiveness [6,[8][9][10].…”