Differential effects of conceptual level and group counseling format on adolescent career decision-making processes.

1979 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 497-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven G. Warner ◽  
David A. Jepsen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Group Counseling ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Conceptual Level ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Differential Effects ◽  
Decision Making Processes

scholarly journals Exploratory Honors Students: Academic Major and Career Decision Making

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessie Carduner ◽  
Gary M. Padak ◽  
Jamie Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Honors Students ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Freshman Year ◽  
Honors College ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Decision Making Processes

In this qualitative study, we investigated the academic major and career decision-making processes of honors college students who were declared as “exploratory” students in their freshman year at a large, public, midwestern university. We used semistandardized interviews and document analysis as primary data collection methods to answer four research questions. Results indicated that the 17 participants used aspects of rational choice and alternate models in making decisions. They perceived both advantages and disadvantages of their multipotentiality and developed strategies, such as selecting broad or multiple majors, to offset the disadvantages. Students consulted college academic advisors less than expected when making decisions, and they expressed more concern about happiness than either job availability or earnings than did students in other studies.

Retaining Disciplinary Talents as Informal Learning Outcomes in the Digital Age

2016 ◽  
pp. 402-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Hao David Huang ◽  
Eunjung Oh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Media Environments

Considering the national need for developing a variety of professional talents through higher education, this chapter proposes an exploratory conceptual framework, to allow educators and parents to harness informal learning opportunities afforded by virtually endless resources on the Internet, in order to engage undergraduate students with necessary career decision-making processes early on in their college experience. The thesis of this chapter asserts that we must consider students' career decision-making processes as a relevant higher education learning outcome. The proposed Digital Informal Learning Resources for Career Decision-Making (DILR-CDM) framework is grounded in the Social Cognitive Career Theory and the Self-Determination Theory to identify attributes of informal learning resources manifested by digital game-based environments and social media environments. These attributes, in turn, afford informal learning opportunities to scaffold and facilitate career decision-making processes among undergraduate students.

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