A Study of the Acceptability of the Harmony Counselling Model Guideline to Enhance Vocational High School Students’ Career Decision-Making Skills
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This study examined the acceptability of the Harmony Counselling Model guideline as an approach to enhance vocational high school students’ career decision-making skills. The urgency of this study arises from the increasing demand for effective career guidance that can address students’ developmental needs and the complex dynamics of the labour market. Many students still face confusion and lack adequate strategies in making career choices, highlighting the importance of structured counselling guidelines. This study aims to evaluate whether the Harmony Counselling Model guideline is clear, relevant, and practical to be implemented in school settings, and to determine its potential in helping students develop more adaptive strategies for making career decisions. Using a research and development design based on Borg and Gall, this study focused on expert and user validation. Three groups of validators were involved: counselling experts, media experts, and school counsellors as potential users. A Likert scale instrument assessed clarity, accuracy, appropriateness, and practicality, and the data were analysed descriptively with Aiken’s V formula. The findings revealed that the Harmony Counselling Model guideline achieved a high category of acceptability in all aspects. Experts confirmed the content’s relevance, media specialists emphasised clarity and systematic presentation, while school counsellors acknowledged its practicality for counselling services. The guideline is considered acceptable and feasible to support career counselling in vocational schools as a structured and integrative model. Further field testing is needed to empirically evaluate its effectiveness in improving students’ career decision-making skills.
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