The Effects of Using Guidance Activity Packages Based on the Japanese Ikigai Philosophy to Enhance Career Planning Ability of Grade 11 Students at Prachaksilapakarn School in Udon Thani Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were (1) to compare the levels of career planning ability of students in the experimental group before and after using a guidance activities package based on the Japanese Ikigai Philosophy to enhance career planning ability; and (2) to compare the career planning ability level of the experimental group students who used the guidance activities package base on the Japanese Ikigai Philosophy to enhance career planning ability and the counterpart ability level of the control group students who undertook traditional guidance activities. The research sample consisted of Grade 11 Students in two intact classrooms of Prachaksilapakarn School in Udon Thani province during the 2024 academic year obtained from cluster random sampling.  The two classrooms were selected based on the comparable mean scores of career planning ability of their students as a result of career planning ability test administered to all Grade 11 classrooms in the school.  Then, one classroom containing 30 students was randomly assigned to be the experimental group; the other classroom containing 30 students, the control group.  The employed research instruments were (1) a scale to assess career planning ability; (2) a guidance activities package based on the Japanese Ikigai Philosophy to enhance career planning ability with 12 guidance activities; and (3) a set of traditional guidance activities.  Statistics employed for data analysis were the percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test. Research findings showed that (1) the post-experiment career planning ability level of the experimental group students who used the guidance activities package based on the Japanese Ikigai Philosophy  to enhance career planning ability was significantly higher than their pre-experiment counterpart ability level at the .01 level; and (2)  the post-experiment career planning ability level of the experimental group students who used the guidance activities package based on the Japanese Ikigai Philosophy  to enhance career planning ability was significantly higher than the counterpart ability level of the control group students who undertook traditional guidance activities at the .01 level.