A Sample For Guidance Application of Distance Education Technologies: A Case Study on Graduate Students’ Opinions About Web-Assisted Career Guidance Systems

Sahin Kesıcı

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A Sample For Guidance Application of Distance Education Technologies: A Case Study on Graduate Students’ Opinions About Web-Assisted Career Guidance Systems

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the use of distance education technologies in career guidance and counseling. Using qualitative research methods, web-assisted systems in career guidance were studied and feedback gained graduate students completing their no-thesis master program in the Program of Psychological Counseling and Guidance in the Institute of Social Sciences at Selcuk University during spring semester in 2007 was analyzed from. Purposeful sampling was administered to collect data from semi-structured interviews with these graduate students. Data were coded using Nvivo2 software and then themes were determined. Based on related literature, findings from this research were discussed and some suggestions were provided.

Keywords

Career Guidance Systems, Distance Education, Graduate Students

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