TY  - JOUR
T1  - Juxtaposing learners’ perceived knowledge gained from career guidance as part of Life Orientation with quantitative findings
A1  - Petronella Jonck*1
A1  - Eben Swanepoel2
JF  - specialty journal of psychology and management
JO  - SPEC. J. PSYCHOL. MANAG.
SN  - 2412-5695
Y1  - 2016
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
SP  - 42
EP  - 54
N2  - The focus of this research was on the perceived knowledge learners gained through career guidance, a component of Life Orientation, which aims to prepare learners for the dynamic vocational landscape. A total of seven secondary schools in the Free State province of South Africa, were randomly selected with 430 learners forming part of the final sample. Responses to open-ended questions were coded and categorized using qualitative thematic analysis. Results of the thematic analysis were juxtaposed with results from a quantitative questionnaire that formed part of the overarching study in an attempt to validate the first mentioned. Learners who perceived gained knowledge as inadequate ascribed the before mentioned perception to a lack of information and insufficient coverage of the Life Orientation curriculum. Further themes reflected the necessity of a skill-based approach to the teaching of career guidance, especially with the association between personal confidence and the perception of adequate knowledge gained. 
UR  - https://sciarena.com/article/juxtaposing-learners-perceived-knowledge-gained-from-career-guidance-as-part-of-life-orientation-with-quantitative-findings
ER  -