| Abstract [eng] |
As the economics of the country is developing rapidly and the labour market is constantly changing, the issues of career information and guidance are becoming of special importance. Therefore in Lithuania career information and guidance system has started being formed, the main document of which is Career Guidance Strategy (2003). This document emphasizes that the suppliers of career guidance services at general education schools are career information points (CIP) which provide the services of information as well as of guidance. Within the period of these latter years 700 CI points have been established in schools while implementing various projects (310 of them already are accredited), these CI points are provided with necessary equipment, methodical recommendations, curriculums and prepared standards, however, the results of the latter researches have shown that teachers lack information about the choices of career and about the possibilities of further learning, studying and activity. This present thesis aims at revealing the preparation of schoolchildren of IX-X forms, who learn at general education schools, to choose the career in accordance with their individual personality traits and to evaluate the role of career information points (CIP) for career decisions made by schoolchildren. The sample of research was compounded of schoolchildren of IX-X forms who learn at Tauragė “Šaltinio” Basic School, “Versmės” Gymnasium and Žygaičiai Gymnasium (301) and career guides of these schools (3). The analysis and generalization of scientific literature, document content analysis, questionnairing, interview, mathematical statistics, qualitative data analysis have shown that schoolchildren of basic school and gymnasium of IX-X forms are prepared to choose career in accordance with their personality traits and have disclosed the attitude of schoolchildren towards the services provided by career information points (CIP) at schools. The results of the research have revealed the following main tendencies: only one fifth of schoolchildren of IX-X forms are self-determined about their career choice, they relate their self-determination with own personality traits. The majority of schoolchildren claim that they lack information about career, more various methods and forms. The rode of career guides is increasing at schools, however, their competence is not sufficient – they lack professional knowledge and experience of this work. Although CI points are established in all schools under the research, they are computerized, they provide schoolchildren with possibility to get free access to AIKOS and other databases, these points have accumulated methodic literature, however the activity of CIP is not developed sufficiently. |
