Career Decision Making Patterns of Gifted and Talented Adolescents: Implications for Career Education

1981 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. C. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Gifted And Talented ◽  
Career Education ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Decision Making

Career Decision-Making With Gifted Rural Students: Considerations for School Counselors and Teachers

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 217-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen Seward ◽  
Amy H. Gaesser
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Career Education ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Rural Students ◽  
Developmental Task ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
K 12

Traditional career education activities at the secondary level consist of academic, aptitude, skills, interests, and, less often, personality assessments that assist students in narrowing viable career options. Although this strategy is reasonable, its attempt to objectify the career decision-making process does not address two important components of career decision-making—personal values and social-emotional concerns. Because gifted students possess characteristics, such as heightened sensitivity, multipotentiality, and perfectionism, that might complicate this process, appropriately differentiated career education includes these dimensions, especially during times of transition. Due to gaps in preparation and training, school counselors may feel inadequate in meeting these students’ unique social-emotional needs. For gifted rural students, career decision-making may be especially difficult as parents, school counselors, teachers, and other adults in the community encourage students to leave their small towns to realize their college and career dreams elsewhere. Rural students often experience deep connections to family and place, further complicating this developmental task of adolescence. This study highlights the voices of 19 gifted rural students as they share their thoughts and concerns regarding K-12 career education, values, and attachments to family and community. Considerations for school counselors and teachers who work in rural settings are included.

Occupational Information at a Critical Time of Decision Making

1993 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Education ◽  
Critical Time ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
The United States ◽  
Career Counselling ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Occupational Information

This article reviews the current literature relating to occupational Information. It examines the various types of occupational information, the role of occupational information in career education and career counselling, perceptions of end-users and practitioners and the influence of occupational information on career outcomes. The immense amount of literature covers studies in the United States, Australia and United Kingdom, and in the main the studies are concerned with the effect of occupational information on, and its relationship with, tertiary level students. The review forms part of a study which examined the extent to which occupational information met the needs of users at a critical time of career decision making, that is, when Victorian school leavers were considering changing their preferences for tertiary level courses after receiving their final Year 12 results.

Examining the Context of Adolescent Career Decision Making

1992 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary L. McMahon
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Education ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Counselling ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Contextual Elements ◽  
Insufficient Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Reductionist Approach

Adolescents are involved in career decision making at various times during their secondary education. Career education programs provided to assist with this process tend to be school specific and vary in content and depth according to the time allocated and the expertise and training of school personnel. Insufficient time or insufficient training can cause career education to be oversimplified. However, to underestimate the complexity of career decision making and treat it simplistically using a reductionist approach is to disadvantage both adolescents and school personnel. It is essential to consider career decision making in context — not to disregard the reductionist approach but to place it in a contextual frame where the impact of contextual elements on career decision making can be examined. Thus career education and career counselling can be challenging and satisfying for both adolescents and school personnel as they explore the complex issues related to career decision making.

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