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Article: An Experimental Career Counseling Workshop for Lebanese Secondary School Students.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- High School Journal
- Article date:
- December 1, 1999
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Career counseling is an area long neglected in Lebanon. To assess whether secondary school students could benefit from structured career counseling activities, an experimental workshop was conducted at a private school in Beirut, attended by 116 secondary school students. The workshop consisted of a sequence of activities, including self-exploration and the administration of Holland's SDS, and culminated in a preliminary selection of a college major. A pre-assessment questionnaire showed that students had insufficient information about majors and colleges and expressed a significant need for assistance in this area. The workshop evaluation questionnaire showed that the ...