Baltic Journal of Career Education and Management

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Authors: Editorial Board

Contents, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2017

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Authors: Katerina Argyropoulou, Ioanna Tsikoura, Andronikos Kaliris

Contemporary career guidance and counselling approaches with particular interest to subjects which concern the development of career management skills since these skills are considered important means for the active exploration of the vocational course and the development of a career. The development of skills related to career adaptability and self-efficacy in the planning of a career could help students who are finishing Upper-secondary School (Lykeio) to approach creatively their career aims, and to deal effectively with the transitions or unexpected events by applying appropriate actions. The present study employed the survey research strategy in order to examine the level of the career adaptability and self-efficacy in the planning of a career with male and female students (N = 240) of Upper-secondary Schools (General Lykeia - GEL) and Vocational Upper-secondary Schools (Vocational Lykeia - EPAL) in Greece. Specifically, it examined the level of skills which students declare that they possess regarding the type of school, their gender and the educational level of the parents. The finding that the levels of career adaptability differentiated not only as regards the gender of the students but also the studies of the father and the mother has presented particular interest while the students who study at the General Lykeia were found to have higher scores in the areas: “career interest” and “curiosity” in the Career Adapt-abilities Scale (CAAS) compared with students who study at the Vocational Lykeia (EPAL). Finally, the motif of the scores in the B’ Class of Lykeio showed that the students of EPAL excelled in all the skills apart from the factor “career interest” while correspondingly in the C’ class of Lykeio students of the General Lykeio (GEL) excelled in all skill categories.

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Authors: James Edomwonyi Edokpolor, Stella Ebun Omiunu

The purpose of this research was to assess the role of career development services in developing student’s lifelong learning self-efficacy as perceived by vocational and adult education lecturers. A survey design was employed for the research. A sample of 99 vocational and adult education lecturers from universities and colleges of education in Edo State participated in the research. A structured questionnaire, validated by two experts was used for the collection of data. The Cronbach alpha was used to determine the reliability of instrument, which yielded a coefficient value of .78. Thirty items questionnaire was administered to the respondents by the researchers, with the help of two trained research assistants. The data were analysed using mean, standard deviations and t-test statistics. The findings of the research showed that career development services have a role to play in developing student’s lifelong learning self-efficacy. It showed that there was no significant difference between the mean ratings of vocational and adult education lecturers on the role of career development services in developing student’s lifelong learning self-efficacy. These findings showed that vocational and adult education lecturers have the same perception on the role of career development services in developing student’s lifelong learning self-efficacy. It was therefore recommended, among others, that government through curriculum designers should integrate career development services into vocational and adult education programmes. This would help to instil confidence and positive attitude on students and working adults so that they can continuously learn new skills that would stimulate them for lifelong learning activities.