MEASURES TO FOSTER CAREER ORIENTATION COMPETENCE FOR LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN TEACHING STEAM TOPIC

Mai Xuân Tấn; Tạ Thanh Trung; Lê Thanh Huy; Nguyễn Thanh Nga

doi:10.34238/tnu-jst.9216

MEASURES TO FOSTER CAREER ORIENTATION COMPETENCE FOR LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN TEACHING STEAM TOPIC

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Received: 14/11/23 Revised: 23/01/24 Published: 23/01/24

Authors

1. Mai Xuan Tan , The University of Danang – University of Science and Education
2. Ta Thanh Trung, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education
3. Le Thanh Huy, The University of Danang – University of Science and Education
4. Nguyen Thanh Nga, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education

Abstract

Fostering career orientation competence for lower secondary school students is an important objective in the 2018 Vietnam’s national Curriculum. STEAM education is considered as an educational model of approaching interdisciplinarity that meet the goal of developing higher-order competencies, it also contributes to career orientation for students in occupations with a high demand for human resources in society. Through analyzing relevant scientific bases, the study points out a framework of career orientation competence for lower secondary school students consisting of 5 elements (Self-awareness of career; Collecting and handling career information; Career guidance communication; The experience of solving job; Deciding to take action on pursuing career), each element includes a number of specific behavioral expressions. Thereby, proposing 6 compatible measures for creating opportunities to foster career orientation competence for lower secondary school students in teaching STEAM topics. These measures will support teachers in organizing teaching STEAM topics, ensuring the goal of career guidance, streaming students after secondary school effectively.

Keywords

Measures; Career orientation competences; Streaming students; STEAM topics; Art-Liberal

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