THE EFFECT OF ORIENTEERING PRACTICES ON CAREER DECISION MAKING PROCESS

Abstract

Career development is a lifelong journey that involves a series of choices, decisions and transitions. In today's fast-paced and ever-changing world, effective decision making is a crucial skill for career success. The ability to make informed and effective decisions plays an important role for individuals to choose the right career paths, make strategic choices in one's profession and adapt to unforeseen challenges. Making career decisions in an appropriate and correct way will facilitate individuals to struggle with career obstacles they face throughout their lives. For this purpose, the relationship between pre-service teachers' career decision-making processes and orienteering practices was examined in this study. Phenomenology, one of the qualitative research approaches, was used in the research process. Ten pre-service teachers studying at the faculty of education participated in the research. Semi-structured interview questions consisting of 5 questions were used as data collection tools. The data obtained were analysed using qualitative data analysis methods. In this context, content analysis was used. As a result of the application, it was determined that orienteering practices had positive effects on the career decision-making processes of pre-service teachers.