The Development of College Major Selection Program Model for High School Students

This study was to develop college major selection program model, to identify content factors for each step, and to test validity of finalized college major selection program model. To pursue this goal, the concept of a college major selection program was developed through a literature review. The characteristics of college major selections by high school students were identified through an analysis of survey results regarding the current situation and characteristics of high school students in their first year. These included the procedure of model development, the task of the career development of high school students, the career development ability of high school students, and the college major selection program. An initial program model composed of six steps, 16 categories, and 36 sub-divisions of the program model and content factors was identified. Delphi was conducted to assess the validity of the identified program model and initial content factors. A panel was included that consisted of five expert professors, researchers, and practitioners who operate programs related to college entrance, as well as career counseling teachers for a total of 15 panels from each section. With the Delphi method, the validity of the draft was confirmed by two rounds. Data from each rounds of Delphi surveys were analyzed for means, standard deviations, degree of coincidence and convergence in opinion, agreement rate, ICC(1), ICC(2) and degree of consensus by SPSS 15.0 version and EXCEL. Whether Delphi survey would continue or not an additional round, was determined by agreement rate(80% or more), CVR(greater than 0.49 in case of 15 experts), degree of consensus(standard deviations less than 0.800), ICC(1)(greater-than or equal to 0.05), ICC(2)(less than 0.70). The college major selection program for high school students was developed that was composed of six steps, 16 categories, and 36 sub-divisions. The developed program models for each step are as follows: 1)a step involving understanding the decision making process and establishing a strategy, 2)selecting a list of jobs and capabilities (value) through an understanding of oneself, 3)identifying related majors and jobs to explore the major selection, 4)a comparison of majors through the major exploration, 5)the major selection, 6)evaluation and implementation. The finalized college major selection program of adaptability in the field was tested. To test the content validity of the college major selection program, the validity was tested with teachers who had many years of experience in career counseling.