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    Feasibility and Acceptability of the Self-Directed Career Guidance Project for Grade 9 Learners in the Cape Winelands
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12) Streicher, Chantel; Naidoo, Anthony V.; Rabie, Stephan; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Psychology.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African COVID-19 National Lockdown restrictions and risk mitigation strategies necessitated the reformulation of the contact-based Grade 9 Career Guidance Project (CGP) into a self-directed career guidance booklet and supplementary resources (website, electronic and physical resource kits, and video content). The CGP provides Grade 9 learners from eight resource-constrained schools in the Cape Town area with career guidance and subject choice support, therefore the continuation of the project during the COVID-19 lockdown period was vital. The LO teachers’ and project team members’ qualitative data identified WiFi and data limitations regarding the accessibility of the supplementary resources, which hinder current feasibility and acceptability of the resources. The project volunteers positively evaluated the volunteer work and coordination thereof. However, the volunteers identified the video development process as time-consuming, which hindered the acceptability of the volunteer work process. The project team members and LO teachers have advised implementing a hybrid format and presentation of the CGP (self-directed with additional in-person contact sessions) as a way forward. Overall, the research findings confirm the feasibility and acceptability of the self- directed CGP implemented amid a global pandemic, and thereby have pertinent implications for career guidance research undertaken in resource-constrained settings.