KAUNSELING KERJAYA DALAM KALANGAN PELAJAR PINTAR DAN BERBAKAT: PERSPEKTIF MALAYSIA

Abstract

Career guidance and counseling services among smart and talented students is one of the important elements in developing the potential of smart and talented students. In addition, smart and talented students face unique issues in managing learning matters at school. Accurate information and appropriate strategies are required in providing career guidance and counseling services. Accordingly, this study aims to examine career guidance and counseling issues faced by smart and talented students who are pursuing academic studies at one of the institutions that offer smart and talented education. In addition, this study aims to analyze the needs of guidance and career counseling services for smart and talented students. This study is a qualitative study that uses a phenomenological research design by conducting document analysis and interviews as data collection methods. The study participants involved in this study are ten people who are smart and talented students. The research data in this study was analyzed using atlas.ti software. The results of the study show that smart and talented students have issues in career guidance and counseling and need guidance and career counseling services from the counselors at the institution.