Basic concepts about vocational guidance and counseling, vocational development theories, measurement in vocational guidance, using computer in vocational guidance, vocational guidance programs.
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
Special Requisite(s)
Instructor(s)
Lecturer Cem Tuna
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lecture, discussion, Q&A, case study
Principle Sources
Kuzgun, Y. (2000). Meslek danışmanlığı: Kuramlar ve uygulamalar. Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.
Other Sources
-Özgüven, İ.E. (1998). Bireyi tanıma teknikleri. Ankara: PDREM Yayınları.
-Özgüven, İ.E. (1994). Psikolojik testler. Ankara: PDREM Yayınları.
-Bacanlı, F. (2006). Lise öğrencileri için mesleki grup rehberliği programı ve uygulama kılavuzu (Ed. Yıldız Kuzgun ve Feride Bacanlı). Psikolojik Danışma ve Rehberlikte Kullanılan Ölçme Araçları ve Programlar Dizisi (4). Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.
-Erkan, S. ve Kaya, A. (2004; 2005). Deneysel olarak sınanmış grupla psikolojik danışma ve rehberlik programları I ve II. Ankara: Pegem Yayınları.
-Erkan, S. (2006). Örnek grup rehberliği etkinlikleri. Ankara: Pegem Yayınları.
-Hamamcı, Z. (2006). Çocuğunuzun meslek gelişimine nasıl yardımcı olabilirsiniz? Anne-baba el kitabı. (Ed. Yıldız Kuzgun ve Feride Bacanlı). Psikolojik Danışma ve Rehberlikte Kullanılan Ölçme Araçları ve Programlar Dizisi (5). Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Historical background for career preferences
2. Week
Factors influencing career preferences
3. Week
Theories in career preferences 1
4. Week
Theories in career preferences 2
5. Week
Career guidance in pre-school and prmary school levels
6. Week
Career guidance in secondary schools
7. Week
IQ and its influence on career preferences
8. Week
Midterm
9. Week
Interest inventory and tests for career guidance
10. Week
Use of computers in career guidance
11. Week
Apprenticeship and vocational training law
12. Week
Group Work and games in counselling
13. Week
Career guidance in the US
14. Week
Career development and career planning
15. Week
Career guidance and OSS
16. Week
Revision and evaluation
17. Week
Final exam
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
40
Final Exam
1
60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Possess knowledge about the theories on children’s, adolescent’s and adults’ physical, emotional, cognitive and ethical development characteristics and applies the methods to solve problems that appear within that domain.
PO-2
Design, develop and apply plans and activities on psychological counseling and guidance targeted to rehabilitate teachers, administrators, parents and individuals to accord with their corresponding institutions.
PO-3
Understand the assessment criteria and the methods in the field of Psychological Counseling and Guidance and can apply these purposefully and evaluate their outcomes.
PO-4
Possess the knowledge of professional ethics and the legal obligations while providing guidance service and follows the progress and performs within its limits.
PO-5
Respect all who wants to benefit from the guidance services without discriminating on the grounds of religion, language, race, social class, belief and ideas and tries to support them by paying close attention to the cultural differences.
PO-6
Put their skills on research, inquiry, critical thinking, entrepreneurship and creativity into use for solving problems faced both in professional life and the daily life.
PO-7
Distinguish the pathological cases from the regular cases and correctly identify behavioral and pathological problems and redirects the cases to the related institutions when necessary.
PO-8
Form joint work, run projects and plan activities with colleagues, teachers, administrators, families, social organizations, diverse group of individuals and institutions to help support students’ development and learning.
PO-9
Make use of their technological knowledge and cognitive abilities in following the professional advancements, in literature review, in research and data analysis, in creating plans and various other professional activities.
PO-10
Possess knowledge on learning theories, on the ways in which learning is initiated, on what the effective learning strategies are, and on how these strategies are applied inside and outside the classroom settings and facilitates appropriate environments and organizes programs to this end to support effective individual and group learning.
PO-11
Gain practical skills to perform individual and group psychological counseling to the counselees in the process of identifying individual specific goals, in helping problem solving, in understanding self and developing character.
PO-12
Possess knowledge on special education and identifies individuals in need of special education, and creates individualized educational programs and redirects related cases to the relevant institutions.
PO-13
Help students in their career plans, possesses skills in doing the necessary research for helping students understand the nature of various professions and making the right choices for themselves.
PO-14
Possess the technical information for gathering data about the student, for getting to know the student and in helping the students get to know themselves, and possesses the knowledge of putting their skills on effective communication into use such as listening, posing questions and supporting the case.
PO-15
Take charge in social service efforts with an understanding of the social responsibilities.
PO-16
Present the knowledge and skills acquired within the academic framework of the Psychological Counseling and Guidance program by making links to the interdisciplinary themes and the information on research and inquiry techniques.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To know the basic concepts and principles about vocational guidance and counseling.
LO-2
To know vocational development theories and approaches.
LO-3
To compare vocational development theories and to explain similar and different features.