The Study of Guidance Services for Students Development in the 21st Century

Abstract

 This research has the purposes of 1) studying the aspects of organizing the guidance service for developing learners of the 21st century, and 2) suggesting the ways of organizing the guidance service for developing learners of the 21st century. This was qualitative research. The key Informants in this research were the guidance counselors, the guidance counselors of the year, the experts on guidance from the Education Ministry and the professors instructing the guidance in the universities, and learner representatives. They were from the case study from high schools in the West region. The data were from expert scholars in the discussion conference on the ways of organizing the guidance service for developing learners of the 21st century.

            The results showed that the guidance service was to hold supportive activities for learners’ understanding in terms of education, privacy, career, and society. The aspects of organizing the service are composed of 1) Individual Inventory Service, 2) Information Service,
3) Counseling Service, 4) Placement Service, and 5) Follow-up Service. For the ways of organizing the guidance service for developing learners of the 21st century, the development of organizing the guidance service effectively must be collaborated by various sections 1) to determine policies and to support the guidance, 2) to encourage the roles and to develop the personnel in terms of guidance, 3) to exchange personnel’s knowledge in terms of guidance, 4) to make a plan for organizing the up to date guidance, 5) to apply the technology in classes, 6) to encourage learners to participate in guidance activities.