Exploring and Applying Virtual Reality in Career Guidance: Pedagogical Applications, Skill Development, and Adoption in Practice
Abstrak
Virtual Reality represents a promising career guidance tool, allowing young people to explore working life in an engaging and safe way. In this paper, we report a study that investigates the pedagogical potential of Virtual Reality in career guidance, how this technology contributes to the development of career learning skills, and how to integrate it in the daily operational practice of career guidance. We adopt a mixed-methods approach, combining qualitative interviews with counselors and quantitative evaluation data from clients at welfare centers. The findings indicate that Virtual Reality can foster engagement, reflection, and vocational orientation, particularly among youth with limited work experience. At the same time, the use of this technology and its long-term impact is shaped in a determinant way by systematic constraints such as adequate training, time, technical support, and managerial commitment. The paper contributes to current research by showing how virtual reality can enhance career guidance and offering practical recommendations for its effective integration into practice.
Penulis (5)
Hannah Owens Svennungsen
E. Prasolova-Førland
Marianna Pizzo
Mikhail Fominykh
Heidi Fossen
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2025
- Bahasa
- en
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.1109/CW68232.2025.00056
- Akses
- Open Access ✓