CAREER COUNSELING WITH DISADVANTAGED GROUPS

PDR437

Course Code: PDR437
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 4

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Evaluate the career counseling process according to different disadvantaged individual and group characteristics.
Utilize the approach, technique, measurement tools and evaluation processes for structuring the career counseling process for individuals and groups with various characteristics and needs
Prepare and conduct a career counseling program according to at least one disadvantage condition.
Utilize to ethical and legal principles while structuring career counseling processes in disadvantaged groups.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

The purpose of this course is to provide psychological counseling approaches to the professional development of individuals from various disadvantaged groups. In this course, students will gain comprehensive insight into the obstacles and challenges that individuals from disadvantaged groups, such as people with disabilities, minorities, immigrants, and the poor, face in their career paths. They will also learn career counseling techniques, strategies, and resources specific to these groups and how they can help them find employment, succeed in the workplace, and achieve their career goals.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction-Course Introduction
2^nd Week	Career Counseling Theories and Lifelong Learning and Disadvantage-Inequality of Opportunity
3^rd Week	Career Counseling-Developmental Processes and Individual Differences
4^th Week	Career Counseling-Individual Differences-Disability
5^th Week	Career Counseling-Life Changes-Retirement
6^th Week	Career Counseling-Life Challenges-Conviction-Immigration
7^th Week	Career Counseling-Social Problems-Discrimination-Minorities-Gender Inequality
8^th Week	Midterm Exam
9^th Week	Principles and Techniques of Preparing Career Counseling Intervention Programs for Disadvantaged Individuals and Groups
10^th Week	Evaluation of Career Counseling Intervention Programs for Disadvantaged Individuals and Groups and Ethical Principles and Processes
11^th Week	Preparation of Career Intervention Programs for Disadvantaged Individuals and Groups
12^th Week	Preparation of Career Intervention Programs for Disadvantaged Individuals and Groups
13^th Week	Preparation of Career Intervention Programs for Disadvantaged Individuals and Groups
14^th Week	General Evaluation
15^th Week	Final Exams

Recommended or Required Reading

Everett-Murphy, K., Steyn, K., Mathews, C., Petersen, Z., Odendaal, H., Gwebushe, N., & Lombard, C. (2010). The effectiveness of adapted, best practice guidelines for smoking cessation counseling with disadvantaged, pregnant smokers attending public sector antenatal clinics in Cape Town, South Africa. Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica, 89(4), 478-489.
Kowitz, G. T. (1969). Counseling the disadvantaged youth. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
McGrew, J. M. (1971). Counseling the disadvantaged child: A practice in search of a rationale. The School Counselor, 18(3), 165-176.
Olszewski?Kubilius, P. M., & Scott, J. M. (1992). An investigation of the college and career counseling needs of economically disadvantaged, minority gifted students. Roeper Review, 14(3), 141-148.
Yeşilyaprak, B. (2016). Mesleki rehberlik ve kariyer danışmanlığı: Kuramdan uygulamaya. Ankara: Nobel.
Sarf, R. (2016). Kariyer gelişim kuramları ve kariyer danışmanlığı ve kariyer danışmasına uygulanması. Ankara: Pegem.
http://mtegm.meb.gov.tr/meb_iys_dosyalar/2016_07/29122004_mte_stareji_belgesi_2014_2018_1.pdf
https://www.csgb.gov.tr/media/1771/leylaalp.pdf

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Case Study
Project

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Assignment	2	20
Total(%)		60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		40
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	3	42
Preparation for Final exam	1	16	16
Course hours	13	3	39
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	8	8
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	1	12	12
Total Work Load			121
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			4.03
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4
K1	X	X	X	X
K2	X	X	X	X
K3
K4	X	X	X	X
K5
K6	X	X	X	X
K7
K8
K9	X	X	X	X
K10	X	X	X	X