Types of Guidance - Educational, Vocational, Personal and Group guidance

Types of Guidance - Educational, Vocational, Personal and Group guidance - Educational Psychology (BEd)

1. Educational, Vocational, Personal and Group Guidance Suresh Babu . G Assistant Professor CTE CPAS Paippad , Kottayam

2. Types of Guidance

3. Educational Guidance

4. Educational Guidance It deals with educational problems head the needs of students‘ problems head the needs of students‘ problems. Related to every aspect of education school/ colleges, curriculum, methods of instruction & other curriculum of instruction & other curricular activities, disciplines etc . It is the assistance given to the individual :- to understand his/her potentialities have a clear cut idea of the different educational opportunities and their educational opportunities and their requirements to make wise choices as regards to school, college : course, curricular & extra curricular activities

5. Definitions of E ducational Guidance According to Brewer , educational guidance is a conscious effort to assist in the intellectual growth of an individual. Jones defines educational guidance as the assistance given to the pupils in their choices and adjustment s with relation to school, curriculum, courses and school life.

6. Objectives of educational guidance To assist the pupil to understand him/herself i.e . to understand his/her potentialities, strength limitations. To help the child make educational plans consist with his/her abilities, interests and goals To enable the student to know detail about the subject and courses offered. To assist the student in making satisfactory progress in various school/ college subjects . To help the child to adjust with the schools, its rules, regulations, social life connected with it. To help the child in developing good study habits. To help the child to participate in out of class educational activities in which he can develop leadership and other social qualities.

7. Need of providing Educational Guidance to students Need of checking the wastage and stagnation in education Need of realizing the aims and objectives of education The need of making right educational choices The need of proper educational adjustment

8. Aims of Educational guidance Help to ensure that choice of education and career will be of greatest possible, Be targeted particularly at young people with special needs for guidance in relation to choice of education, training and career ; Take into account the individual’s interests and personal qualifications and skills , including informal competencies, previous education, work experience, as well as the expected need for skilled labour and self-employed businessmen ; Contribute to limiting, as much as possible, the number of dropouts and students changing from one education and training programme to another ; Contribute to improving the individual’s ability to seek and use information , including IT-based information and guidance, about choice of education , educational institution and career ; The last objective is to raise the quality level guidance, including an improvement in counsellors’ qualifications and competencies

9. Process of Educational Guidance Collection of data Diagnosis of the problem Prognosis Rendering guidance Follow-up

10. Skills developed in guidance Learning Skills. Personal Knowledge and Management Skills . Interpersonal Knowledge and Exploration of Opportunities. Essential Skills for Working and Learning . Personal Management. Exploration of Opportunities. Preparation for Transitions and Change.

11. Stages of Educational Guidance

12. Elementary Stage At the elementary stage guidance programme must, Help the children to make good beginning, to plan intelligently, To get the best out of their education and prepare them for secondary schools. Educational guidance needs to be used in diagnosing difficulties, in identifying the special needs of children.

13. Secondary Stage At the secondary stage educational guidance should help the pupils To understand themselves better, To understand different aspects of the school, To select appropriate courses To get information about different educational opportunities, To develop good study habits. The students should be helped to be acquainted with the vocational implications of various school subjects.

14. Tertiary Stage Educational guidance at the tertiary stages must Oriented students about purpose and scope of higher studies and Helps them to stimulate their studies. Each college/ university must have a guidance unit with due provision of guidance services.

15. Role of teacher in educational guidance Give assistance to students in education purpose Give necessary adjustment to curricular and extra-curricular requirements. Arranging proper educational environment in school. Create free environment. Give proper goal oriented education .

16. Vocational Guidance

17. Vocational guidance A process of assisting the individual to choose an occupation , prepare for it, enter upon it and progress in it . Concerned primarily with helping individuals make decisions and choices involved in planning a future and building a career . The purpose behind assisting the youth to choose, prepare, enter and progress in vocation is the optimum growth of the individual . Interpersonal process developed to assist individuals with career problems development problems Other names to it are :- 1 . Vocational guidance 2 . Occupational counselling 3 . Vocational counselling

18. Definitions - Vocational guidance According to Super , vocational guidance is the process of helping the individual to adjust in occupations, to make effective use of human power and to facilities the economic development of the society. International Labour Organisation (ILO) defines vocational guidance as assistance given to an individual in solving problems related to occupational choice and progress with due regard for the individual’s characteristics and their related to occupational opportunity.

19. Objectives of Vocational Guidance To assist students to acquire knowledge of the characteristics, functions, duty requirements of occupations in which they are interested. To enable students to get relevant information about abilities and skills in terms of related qualifications and identified occupations. To developing abilities to analyze occupational information. To assist students in getting information about training programmes To choice right type of job. To develop entrepreneurship qualities in students.

20. Vocational Guidance services The orientation services Student inventory services Career Information services Counselling services Group guidance services Placement services Research and evaluation services

21. Need (functions) of Vocational Guidance To assist the students to make the best possible vocational choice. Provide information about occupational opportunities. To understand the problems of unemployment and its causes. To enter into the desired profession. To seeking self-employment To enable vocational adjustment. Efficient use of manpower and resources . To achieve vocational goals

22. Components of Vocational Guidance Analysis of the individual Occupational information Consultation Vocational counseling Placement Community Occupational Surveys and Follow-up Studies. Evaluation

23. Career Conference Career conference is a conference in which information regarding various aspects of different occupations is disseminated to the students. It covers about 1 . Nature and importance of work 2. Conditions of work 3. Minimum qualifications necessary for receiving training 4. Different aspects of training

24. Organizing a career conference Duration of conference may be one day or more. In planning a conference, the school counselor will seek the co-operation of both teachers and the students. The students of the higher secondary classes and their parents should be invited. Sufficient care should be given speak about the problems connected with particular occupations. Should give vary clear information Conference discussion is essential

25. Personal Guidance

26. Personal Guidance Personal guidance is an assistance given to students to solve their emotional problem and to help them control their emotions and feelings. It is an assistance given to an individual towards a better adjustment in development of attitude and behavior in all areas of life. It assists the child to adjust well with physical and social environment and to solve all the emotional and psychological problems.

27. Definition - Personal Guidance According to Wilson , personal guidance is the assistance given to an individual in his physical, emotional, social, moral and spiritual development and adjustment. Strang defines guidance as the assistance given to an individual to solve his personal problems, such as social and emotional adjustment, economic and social relationships and problems connected with his physical as well as mental health.

28. Objectives of Personal Guidance To help the individual in analyzing and understanding his personal problems. To make the individual sensitive about his environment and possibilities objectively. To enhance the adjustability of an individual. To understand personal complexity and causes. To develop understanding and insight into the various life situations. To assist the individual to develop socially desirable goals, recognize his strength and limitations to become enriched.

29. Need for Personal Guidance Need of Personal Guidance Personal development Social adjustment To solve emotional problems Utilization of leisure time Physical development

30. Process of Personal Guidance Collection of data Diagnosis of the problem Prognosis Rendering guidance Follow-up

31. Group Guidance

32. Group Guidance Group guidance is considered to be an approach aimed at providing helpful personal, educational, or occupational information to groups of individuals. It occurs in a group setting in which one or more guidance workers encounter students as a group . It involves guiding the individual in group situations.

33. Definitions of Group Guidance Jones , group guidance is any group activity in which the primary purpose is to assist each individual in the group to solve his problems and to make his adjustments. Crow and Crow consider group guidance as a guidance service that is made available by school personnel to large or small group of pupils.

34. Principles of Group Guidance Supplement to Counselling Principle of homogeneity Principle of expertise Common need problem based Principle of continuity

35. Scope of Group Guidance Related to educational plans Related to home and adjustment Related to job finding

36. Essentials of Group Guidance Rapport Acceptance of views shared by the group Careful listening and scrutiny of the group by the guidance personnel Problem-solving attitude of the guidance personnel Effective solution of the problem

37. Group Guidance techniques Assemblies Career conferences Lectures/Talks Occupational surveys Orientation classes PTA meetings Group visit to work sites Work experience/Group activity Demonstration/Role plays

38. Advantages of Group Guidance Collective and balanced judgement is possible Multiplies contacts with persons having common problems Focuses freedom of expression Prepares way to individual counselling Save Time Opportunities to study individual’s behaviour in group situation

39. Difference between Individual and Group Guidance Individual Guidance To help individual in personal problems It enhances adjustment of individual student To develop insight in the various life situation Group Guidance Solving common problems of students Balanced judgment of group Stress to personal responsibilities in group