Sense of choice and career guidance: a study with university students

• Autor(a) principal: PINTO, Telma Maranhão Gomes
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: CASTANHO, Marisa Irene Siqueira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/8797
• topic: Higher education; College students; Occupational guidance; Sociohistoric psychology; Senses; Ensino superior; Estudantes universitários; Orientação profissional; Psicologia sócio-histórico; Sentidos

The aim is to apprehend senses of choice and vocational guidance, produced by university students. Participants were 88 students from two undergraduate courses of a public University, who had attended a Vocational Guidance Program between 2003 and 2008. The study was based on the theoretical and methodological foundations of social historical perspective. The answers to the questionnaire were organized in tables for characterization of the studied population, situation in the course and participation in the program. Seven participants were selected for interview guided by instruments “Incomplete Sentences” and “Oral Reports on the Professional Choice and Academic Career”. The process of analysis of the senses was performed by the emphasis on the subjective expressions produced by the students, in conjunction with their contextual and historical conditions, to arrive at core meanings. The results indicate that for the studied group, the Professonal guidance Program was contributory and relevant to professional and academic choices on the way to higher education and to future career projects.