SPEDM103 Career Counseling

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Majcík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Martin Majcík, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Helena Juřicová
Supplier department: Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 12:00–13:40 C43, except Mon 17. 11. to Sun 23. 11.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 5 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 5/5, only registered: 5/5
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the system of career guidance from a lifelong learning perspective. Gradually, attention will be given to the institutional framework, individual services, integration of the topic into the curriculum, guidance theories, and the role and activities of a guidance counselor. Practical guidance skills will also be actively practiced in the form of a workshop.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student is able to: - Identify key organizations and institutions providing career guidance - Demonstrate knowledge of theories of career decision-making and career guidance - Identify career guidance services in the initial education period - Understand the issues of career guidance for specific groups and the unemployed - Use online tools to support the client - Explain the functioning of further education in the context of individual development - Explain the role of the counselor in the counseling process and the essence of distance counseling
Syllabus
  • Course outline:
  • 1. Career guidance services in the Czech Republic and Europe, trends in conceiving and services provision, quality evaluation of career guidance services, the role of this services for employment policy, education policy and social inclusion policy.
  • 2. Career education as parts of career guidance services
  • 3. Career information and support people in obtaining and using the relevant information about themselves, the labour market and educational opportunities
  • 4. Theories focusing on content: teories of career choice and decision making (e.g. Parsons, Holland, Schein) and how to use it in the guidance process
  • 5. Theories of focusing on life-span process(Ginsber, Super)and how to use it in the guidance process
  • 6. Currently theories of career development (Peavey, McMahon, Savickas) and how to use it in the guidance process
  • 7. Career guidance counselling (process, aims, stage, scenarios and methodology of guidance process to support of career choice and career development of the client
  • 8.-10. Training and reflection (contract between counsellor and client, counseling interview, career planning, professional dilemma, creativity in guidance and counselling etc.)
  • 11. Scenarios of the first counseling meeting.
Literature
    required literature
  • KOŠŤÁLOVÁ, Helena and Markéta CUDLÍNOVÁ. Praktický průvodce kariérového poradce pro 21. století. První vydání. Praha: Evropská kontaktní skupina, 2015, 55 stran. ISBN 9788087993019. info
  • SHARF, Richard S. Applying career development theory to counseling. 6th ed., International ed. Australia: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning, 2013, xviii, 498. ISBN 9781285176062. info
  • PEAVY, R. Vance. Sociodynamické poradenství : konstruktivistická perspektiva. Praha: Dům zahraniční spolupráce pro Centrum Euroguidance, 2013, 274 stran. ISBN 9788087335550. URL info
  • MEZERA, Antonín. Pro jaké povolání se hodím? : jak si vybrat střední a vyšší odbornou školu a snad i budoucí povolání. 2. aktualiz. vyd. Brno: Computer Press, 2008, viii, 296. ISBN 9788025123959. info
  • HANSEN, Ellen. Kariérové poradenství : příručka pro země s nízkými a středními příjmy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Dům zahraničních služeb MŠMT, 2007, x, 110. ISBN 9788090400528. info
  • KIDD, Jennifer M. Understanding career counselling : theory, research and practice. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 2006, xiii, 160. ISBN 1412903394. info
  • BOLLES, Richard Nelson. Jaké barvy je tvůj padák? : praktický manuál jak si najít práci a novou kariéru. Vyd. pro rok 1996. Praha: Pragma, 1998, 424 s. ISBN 8072056042. info
    recommended literature
  • VENDEL, Štefan. Kariérní poradenství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2008, 224 s. ISBN 9788024717319. URL info
    not specified
  • Hooley, T., Sultana, R., Thomsen, R. (Eds.) Career guidance for social justice. Routledge, 2018
  • NILES, Spencer G. and JoAnn HARRIS-BOWLSBEY. Career development interventions in the 21st century. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2005, xxi, 476. ISBN 0131137816. info
Teaching methods
Lecture and seminar – explanation, group discussion
To complete the course, the workload is calculated as 125 hours (5 ECTS credits):
- Participation in classes (30 hours)
- Independent study of professional literature (40 hours)
- Solving ongoing tasks based on the analysis of sources and own work (25 hours)
- Preparation of an information package (15 hours)
- Preparation for the final exam (45 hours)
Assessment methods
To successfully complete the course, the following conditions must be met:
1. participation in seminars (according to the agreed number of absences)
2. completion of ongoing assignments
3. submission of an information package
4. exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://elf.phil.muni.cz
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
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