الملخص الإنجليزي
The study aimed to identify the career planning and the practices of career
guidance specialists among eleventh grade students in Muscat Governorate
in the Sultanate of Oman, and to investigate any differences that may exist in
career planning and practices of career guidance specialists according to
gender, educational path, and activation of weekly vocational guidance
classes. It also aimed to reveal the degree to which the vocational guidance
specialist’s practices contribute to predicting levels of career planning. To
achieve the objectives of the study, the Career Planning Scale and the Career
Guidance Specialist Practices Questionnaire were used. A simple random
sampling method included 796 eleventh grade students. As seen by students,
results showed high levels career planning and the practices of career
guidance specialists, no statistically significant differences in all dimensions
of the two tools except for knowledge of world of work within the career
planning scale in favor male students. In addition, no statistically significant
differences in the levels of career planning were found based on educational
path, but statistically significant differences were found in the practices of
the vocational guidance specialist. Also, there were statistically significant
differences in all dimensions of two tools due to the activation of weekly
vocational guidance classes, except for self-concept in the career planning.
Practices of career guidance specialists can predict career planning among
students. Practical implications and recommendations for future research are
provided.
