How do CHOICES and the SDS facilitate or hinder career planning
department or school: Education, Faculty of
department or school: Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
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degree campus: UBCV
creator: Provost, Charles Henri
issued: 2010-10-18T16:22:02Z
issued: 1987
related degree: Doctor of Education - EdD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: CHOICES, the career planning computer program, was evaluated by interviewing 35 grade 11 and 12 students. Using the critical incident technique, reports were elicited of what facilitated or hindered their career planning. These collected incidents were categorized by similarity to provide counsellors and others with a map of exactly what the program does to help or hinder career planning. This map potentially enables counsellors to capitalize on benefits and to minimize possible detriments. Secondly, this map was qualitatively compared to a similar evaluation of the Self-Directed Search. Overall, it was found that the two interventions have differing advantages and disadvantages. CHOICES stresses reality constraints, specificity and extrinsic work features. The SDS underlines self-awareness and an understanding of the matching process. It seems that CHOICES is more appropriate for planning and specific decisions regarding options while the SDS tends to focus on general exploration and decisions regarding fields. The writer wishes to express his appreciation to the following persons: To Dr. Larry Cochran, research supervisor, whose patience, availability and countless hours over six years made this study possible. To Dr. Marv Westwood, whose continual support especially for the clinical comprehensive, was greatly appreciated. To Dr. Bill Borgen, whose encouragement at the appropriate time enabled me to perservere. To Dr. Norm Amundson, whose inspired synthesis made the oral presentation smoother. To Dr. Ron MacGregor, whose suggestions were appreciated. To the students, to the staff of Matthew McNair Senior Secondary and to the counsellor Mike Casselman, whose co-operation and support made this study possible. To Mrs. Irma Eichler, for her devoted time and effort in typing this dissertation. And finally, to my parents Rene and Lucille, to my sisters Louise and Anita, and to my brother Jean, for their continual support and encouragement.
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note: HOW DO CHOICES AND THE SDS FACILITATE OR HINDER CAREER PLANNING By CHARLES HENRI PROVOST B.A, The U n i v e r s i t y of Manitoba, 1971 B.Ed., Saint F r a n c i s Xavier U n i v e r s i t y , 1972 M.Ed., Acadia U n i v e r s i t y , 1979 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF EDUCATION IN THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Counsel1ing-Psycho1ogy) We accept t h i s t h e s i s as conforming to the r e q u i r e d standard THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA November 1987 Charles Henri Provost, 1987 In presenting this thesis in partial fulfilment of the requirements for an advanced degree at the University of British Columbia, I agree that the Library shall make it freely available for reference and study. I further agree that permission for extensive copying of this thesis for scholarly purposes may be granted by the head of my department or by his or her representatives. It is understood that copying or publication of this thesis for financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission. Department of COOMS&t-t-JA/t- - Psi/Cffo^oO^f The University of British Columbia 1956 Main Mall Vancouver, Canada V6T 1Y3 II A b s t r a c t CHOICES, the c a r e e r p l a n n i n g computer program, was e v a l u a t e d by i n t e r v i e w i n g 35 grade 11 and 12 s t u d e n t s . U s i n g the c r i t i c a l i n c i d e n t t e c h n i q u e , r e p o r t s were e l i c i t e d of what f a c i l i t a t e d or h i n d e r e d t h e i r c a r e e r p l a n n i n g . These c o l l e c t e d i n c i d e n t s were c a t e g o r i z e d by s i m i l a r i t y to p r o v i d e c o u n s e l l o r s and o t h e r s w i th a map of e x a c t l y what the program does t o h e l p or h i n d e r c a r e e r p l a n n i n g . T h i s map p o t e n t i a l l y enab les c o u n s e l l o r s to c a p i t a l i z e on b e n e f i t s and to min imize p o s s i b l e d e t r i m e n t s . S e c o n d l y , t h i s map was q u a l i…
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is shown at: 10.14288/1.0053658
language: eng
degree discipline: Counselling Psychology
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identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29239