Deck 11: Counseling for Childrens Career Development

Question 1

One of the key components of career counseling in elementary schools is to evaluate the existing program's effectiveness.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Agency, integrated identity, competency, hope, resilience (grit), and self-reflection are all important components of life success.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

When evaluating the effectiveness of a school counseling program, one should not access the needs of parents and or community members, as this would make an elementary career counseling program too complicated.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

A school's strong career counseling program can benefit parents by helping them become more confident in their parenting and decision-making skills.

Question 5

Career development is an evolutionary process that begins in early childhood and extends through adulthood.

Question 6

The SCANS group identified all of the vital skills necessary for success in the workplace except:

A) Thinking skills
B) Government knowledge
C) Personal qualities
D) Technological skills

Question 7

Which item is not involved in creating an elementary school comprehensive career counseling program?

A) Assessing the current effectiveness of the program
B) Articulating a vision for student development
C) Asking students to declare what they want to be when they grow up
D) Connecting with community partners
E) Getting family buy-in

Question 8

Stakeholders who may be involved in a school's career counseling program include:

A) Educators and school staff
B) Parents
C) Business leaders
D) Community partners
E) All of the above

Question 9

What is the usefulness of the Personal Progress Portfolio tool?

A) The child notices trends in his interests, behaviors, values, and preferences.
B) The child becomes intrinsically motivated when keeping track of accom- plishments, interests, and values.
C) The child takes responsibility for pursuing his own goals and articulating his life vision.
D) All of the above

Question 10

Which of the following is not one of the three domains of a school counseling program during the elementary school years?

A) Personal and social development
B) Academic achievement
C) Writing a résumé
D) Career development

Question 11

Matching

-Competencies that help develop independence in children

A) Self-efficacy
B) Mentors
C) Creativity, teamwork, value diversity
D) Intentional exploration
E) Families

Question 12

Matching

-Have the greatest influence on a child's career development

A) Self-efficacy
B) Mentors
C) Creativity, teamwork, value diversity
D) Intentional exploration
E) Families

Question 13

Matching

-Role models new skills and problem-solving techniques

A) Self-efficacy
B) Mentors
C) Creativity, teamwork, value diversity
D) Intentional exploration
E) Families

Question 14

Matching

-A sense of "I can" where student trusts his own ability to execute acourse of action toward his goals

A) Self-efficacy
B) Mentors
C) Creativity, teamwork, value diversity
D) Intentional exploration
E) Families

Question 15

Matching

-Looking for positive clues, welcoming planned (and unplanned)opportunities, and taking inspired action as a way to grow,
Engage, broaden,build, and test possibilities.

A) Self-efficacy
B) Mentors
C) Creativity, teamwork, value diversity
D) Intentional exploration
E) Families

Question 16

The desired outcome of career planning is that students identify the job they would like to have for the rest of their lives.

Question 17

Career planning is a developmental, sequential process.

Question 18

The cornerstone of the career planning system is learning to identify the rela- tionship between academic content and its application to "real life."

Question 19

Self-regulation is the understanding of oneself and others.

Question 20

Research suggests career awareness begins during the elementary grades.

Question 21

"The Zone of Educational Shortfall" is the gap between what a learner can achieve on his or her own and what he or she can accomplish with the help of the mentor.

Question 22

According to Super, at around 11 or 12 years, a child's likes are the major determinant of his or her aspirations and activities. The child avoids activities that are not interesting.

Question 23

The first substage of Ginzberg et al.'s tentative stage is fantasy, which occurs during most middle school years, and is the interest stage for ages 11 to

Question 24

NCDA policy is that, during the middle school years, youth should engage in community volunteering and service learning projects.

Question 25

Counselors coordinate programs that incorporate volunteering and/or service learning opportunities to introduce students to the world of work.

Question 26

Career planning system design involves agreement by community leaders, school administration, counselors, teachers, and parents that career planning is to be integrated into the school curriculum.

Question 27

The SCANS Commission identified the following personal qualities as foun- dational skills needed for career development: responsibility, self-esteem, socia- bility, self-management, and integrity and honesty.

Question 28

When comparing urban and rural areas, simulations are especially useful in urban areas.

Question 29

Career planning integration into all academic content, at all levels, for all stu- dents is the philosophy that guides educators to raise expectations for students.

Question 30

Career awareness begins as a life skill in infancy when children are first exposed to life, learning, and work concepts at home.

Question 31

Work-based learning experiences allow students to see the relation of their studies to the outside world of work.

Question 32

Linda Gottfredson explained the confluence of personality, needs, values, and interests as the basis of self-concept formation in early childhood.

Question 33

The tendency for career counseling in elementary years has been too narrowly focused on choosing a job or a career path. More recent research promotes teaching hope (Hope Theory) and internal motivation as being more realistic.

Question 34

Students who work with business and community partners report that they understand the relevance of their academic work to the business world.

Question 35

The Freshman Transition Initiative at The George Washington University devel- oped Standards in response to nationwide requests from teachers, counselors, administrators, and parents. One of the standards includes: Learn the benefits of having a cooperative spirit; recognize the impact that cooperation has on their personal lives.