Abstract

RIVERA ALVARADO, Laura Patricia. Psychopedagogical Analysis of the Vocational Orientation Services at Private High School in the San José Province. Rev. Actual. Investig. Educ [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.3, pp.152-185. ISSN 1409-4703.

The current article presents a series of results extracted from a quantitative research study, performed in 2012, with the objective of analyzing the vocational orientation service received by graduating high school students at a private institution in the San Jose province, Costa Rica from a psychopedagocial point of view. To collect the information, both national and internationally accredited graduating classes were surveyed, using a questionnaire. The answers were subjected to statistical analyses to obtain frequencies and percentages about the vocational orientation service characteristics and to determine the differences in results according to graduating class type (national or international. The results show the main strengths and weaknesses of the vocational orientation service in the institution under study. Furthermore, it was determined that the service satisfies the vocational orientation needs of the internationally accredited class, but it does not meet the needs of the national one. Finally, in order to improve the vocation orientation service given by the institution, it was shown that persons, who are psychopedagogy professionals, have the necessary skills that allow them to contribute to perform this service.

Keywords : Vocational orientation; psychopedagogy; psychopedagogue; graduating high school students; Costa Rica.

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