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Using the Film October Sky to Teach Career Counseling Theories to Counselors‐in‐Training
Author(s) -
SCHOLL MARK B.,
GIBSON DONNA M.,
DESPRES JOSEPH,
BOYARINOVA NATALIE
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the journal of humanistic counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.593
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2161-1939
pISSN - 2159-0311
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1939.2014.00046.x
Subject(s) - feeling , psychology , sky , pedagogy , social psychology , physics , astrophysics
The authors investigated whether the film October Sky could be used as an effective tool for teaching career theories in a master's‐level course ( N = 20). They were also interested in whether the film would promote engagement with the content. Consistent with the phenomenological research tradition (Moustakis, [Moustakis, C., 1994]), the authors examined students’ subjective beliefs, feelings, and views of career theories in an atheoretical manner. Results indicate that the film promoted learning and engagement.