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Unit 6: Educational and Vocational Guidance

spiritual, domestic as well as physical—becomes all inclusive as well as competes with instructional Notes
and testing or examining functions of the school in preparing the school-leavers for work and
life in general.” — K. G. Rama Rao
Ruth Strang has defined educational guidance as an assistance. According to him, “Educational
guidance is intended to aid the individual in choosing an appropriate programme and in making
progress in it.”
G.E., Myers, while defining educational guidance, has described it as a process of establishing a
relationship between a person and his characteristics in order to develop him. According to him,
“educational guidance is a process concerned with bringing about between an individual pupil
with his distinctive characteristics on the one hand and differing groups of opportunities and
requirement on the other, a favourable setting for he individual development or education.”
Jones has also described educational guidance as an assistance to be provided to the pupils so that
they may adjust in the schools with curricula and school life. According to Arthur J. Jones,
“Educational guidance is concerned with assistance given to pupils in their choices and adjustment
with relation to schools, curriculum, courses and school.”
Brewer has tried to make bar by considering educational guidance as an effort in consciousness to
develop intelligence, that educational guidance and learning process go side by side. According
to Brewer, the definition of educational guidance is as follows :

“Educational guidance may be defined as a conscious effort to assist in the intellectual growth of
an individual.”
Traxler has also presented educational guidance as a comprehensive process. According to Traxler,
“Educational guidance is vitally related to every aspect of the school, the curriculum, the method
of instruction the supervision of instruction, disciplinary procedures, attendance, problems of
scheduling, the extra-curricular, the health and physical fitness programme and home and
community relations.”
Carter Good has also given the definition of educational guidance. According to him, “Educational
guidance is concerned principally, with matters relating to schools, courses, curricula and school
life, rather than vocational, social or personal matters.”

In order to solve the various types of problems we need different types of guidance
services. Therefore, the guidance services are classified to solve the problems related to
the various aspects of the society.

Self Assessment
1. Fill in the blanks :
(i) .................. is essential at each step for the social development of human being.
(ii) The problem of stagnation has been critical of education due to withdrawal of children
from ..................school due to their financial problems.
(iii) According to Gandhi “Education is a process for training of ....................., head and heart,
3H of a child and man.
(iv) The chief aim of Educational guidance is to develop the ability of ..................... with the
school environment in pupils and to create necessary awareness and sensitivity.

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