Importance of Vocational Guidance prior to access to Higher Education
| Autor: | Rocío Duque Granados, Ismenia de Carmen Araujo Vílchez, Cristina Nataly Cadena-Palacios, Bryan Andrés Fuertes Cualchi |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista Científica UISRAEL, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 13-30 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1390-8545 2631-2786 |
| DOI: | 10.35290/rcui.v11n1.2023.1058 |
| Popis: | Vocational and professional guidance for students entering higher education is essential to ensure success in the learning process and professional practice. This research aims to compare self-reported careers and vocational and professional orientation test results by types of vocational guidance. Using descriptive, docu-mentary, and field research with a mixed approach, we explore the vocational ori-entation test of 3,692 students in 13 public schools in the city of Ibarra in Ecua-dor. The test consisted of 98 dichotomous items identifying vocational interests and aptitudes using a computer-based questionnaire in Kobotoolbox. The instru-ment’s validity was evaluated using Cronbach’s Alpha and reliabity was estimat-ing using McDonald’s Omega coefficients. The Chi-square test was used to compare self-reported careers and the CHASIDE test results by vocational and professional guidance of the students using the R-studio software. Results showed significant differences between students’ self-reported careers and the CHASIDE. Indeed, the corre-spondence between the two showed values lower than 50% since a family mem-ber mainly did vocational guidance processes and professional guidance was nonexistent. Results suggest the importance of vocational guidance done by a professional before entering higher education institutions to minimize the risk of dropouts among students after mistakenly choosing a career. |
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