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Using Narrative Career Counseling With the Underprepared College Student
Author(s) -
Hughes Amber N.,
Gibbons Melinda M.,
Mynatt Blair
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2013.00034.x
Subject(s) - remedial education , narrative , psychology , medical education , face (sociological concept) , community college , mathematics education , pedagogy , sociology , medicine , social science , linguistics , philosophy
An increasing number of students enter college underprepared. These students do not have the academic skills to take college‐level courses and are placed in remedial classes. Career counseling can help underprepared college students make educated career decisions based on their current situations. This article explores the characteristics of underprepared college students, examines career‐related issues these students face, and reviews the literature on narrative career counseling. The life design method is applied to a case example of an underprepared college student to demonstrate how to best serve the needs of these students.