Testing and assessment for career guidance and counseling in school setting

Lau, Poh Li

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Type :	Article
Subject :	BF Psychology
ISSN :	2232-1926
Main Author :	Lau, Poh Li
Additional Authors :	Guan, Teik Ee Ahmad Shamsuri Muhamad
Title :	Testing and assessment for career guidance and counseling in school setting
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Place of Production :	Tanjong Malim
Publisher :	Fakulti Teknikal dan Vokasional
Year of Publication :	2011
Notes :	Vol. 1 (2011): International Journal of Assessment and Evaluation in Education
Corporate Name :	Perpustakaan Tuanku Bainun
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Abstract : Perpustakaan Tuanku Bainun

Schools offer a transition to the job world so that the individual can contribute to peace and harmony in the family, society as well as the country. The career planning of individuals should start when they are in school because school is a place for developing talent, ability, potential and personality. Testing and Assessment is an important part for Career Guidance and Counseling in the school setting. Testing and assessment is essential in helping the career exploration process, especially in the process of self-understanding, to assess the strengths and weaknesses, as well as to explore the potential of students. The use of psychological test enables the career counselor to gather useful information about the students and to help them in their career development especially in making career decisions. Assessment procedures used in career development programming and career counseling can be classified as objective, qualitative, and clinical. Objectives and qualitative assessment approaches are basic to career counseling and development. Clinical assessment is often based on a combination of objective and qualitative assessments as well as the counselor_s hunches about the client. Throughout the history of the career counseling and development movement, objective or standardized tests have been emphasized. Standard tests in career counseling include intelligence test, aptitude test, interest test, personality test, job value test and career competency test. Qualitative methods of assessment such as job shadowing, role-play are potentially very useful. School is an important time for students start to decide on career matters. Thus, it can be said that the testing and assessment is a _tool_ for the school counselor in career guidance and counseling. Keywords assessment, testing, career, counseling, school.

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