Doctorate Research Proposal: Career Guidance for Talent in UAE Schools

This research proposal explores the critical importance of internalized counseling and career guidance within Emirati schools, focusing on talent-based career outcomes in the context of the UAE's education system. The study aims to address the current lack of extensive research in this area by investigating the benefits of career guidance and counseling for students across various levels. The proposal outlines a plan to recommend methods for integrating counseling and career guidance into all schools, fostering appropriate career outcomes for the younger generation. The methodology includes the selection of an appropriate sampling method and data collection techniques. The ultimate goal is to implement an effective career counseling system in every school in the UAE, ensuring talent-based career outcomes. The proposal further details the current practices of career guidance in schools, the development of a model for its implementation, and the bridging of gaps in the effectiveness of career guidance for talent-based career outcomes. It also addresses the management of changes in the education system to meet the requirements for shaping the education for future purposes. The proposal also outlines the importance of internalized career guidance and counselling, the benefits students can gain, and the research questions to be explored.

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Executive Summary
The main aim of this research proposal will be to discuss about the importance of internalized
counselling and career guidance in Emirati schools for talent based career outcomes, in the
perspective of the education system that exists in the region of the United Arab Emirates. It can
be noted in this context that there is a huge requirement research studies on the usefulness of
counselling and career guidance in educational institutions of the United Arab Emirates.
The proposed study in this paper will focus on the importance of career guidance as well as
counselling in the Emirati schools that will be beneficial for a variety of levels to the future of
this nation. The findings of the proposed study will recommend ways which will help in
internalization of counselling and career guidance in all schools which promote appropriate
career outcomes for the young generation of this country.
Appropriate sampling method will be selected and along with specification of the method that
will be administered for the data collection with justification. This research study will aim or
focus in implementation of an effective career counselling system in each and every school of
the United Arab Emirates to assure a talent-based career outcome.

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Table of Contents
Project Title.....................................................................................................................................3
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Background of the Study.............................................................................................................3
Overview......................................................................................................................................3
Research Problem............................................................................................................................4
Research Aim...................................................................................................................................5
Research Objectives.........................................................................................................................5
Research Questions..........................................................................................................................5
Literature Review............................................................................................................................6
Importance of Internalized Career Guidance and Counselling....................................................7
Benefits from Internalized Career Guidance and Counselling....................................................8
Research Details..............................................................................................................................8
Methodology................................................................................................................................8
Sampling and Data Collection.....................................................................................................9
Timeline.........................................................................................................................................10
Limitations.....................................................................................................................................11
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................12
Reference.......................................................................................................................................13

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Project Title
The title of this research paper will be to find out the importance of counselling and
internalized career guidance in the schools of the United Arab Emirates.
Introduction
Background of the Study
From the project title, it can be noted that the primary objective of this research paper
will be to discuss the importance of internalized counselling and career guidance in Emirati
schools for talent based career outcomes, in the perspective of the education system that exists in
the region of the United Arab Emirates (Koshy 2013). It can be noted in this context that there is
a huge requirement research studies on the importance of counselling and career guidance in
educational institutions of the United Arab Emirates.
The proposed study in this paper will focus on the importance of career guidance as well as
counselling in the Emirati schools that will be beneficial for a variety of levels to the future of
this nation (Vally et al 2018). The findings of the proposed study will recommend ways which
will help in internalization of counselling and career guidance in all schools which promote
appropriate career outcomes for the young generation of this country.
Appropriate sampling method will be selected and along with specification of the method that
will be administered for the data collection with justification. This research study will aim or
focus in implementation of an effective career counselling system in each and every school of
the United Arab Emirates to assure a talent-based career outcome (Jonck and Swanepoel 2016).
Overview
This research will also help to understand the current practices of counselling and career
guidance that are performed in the schools. A model will be developed so that it will be easy to

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implement a system for counselling and career guidance in schools of this region. The
implemented system will also help to bridge the gaps in the effectiveness of career guidance for
talent based career outcomes in the schools (Luk-Fong and Lee-Man 2013). The change in the
education system will be managed based on the requirements for shaping the education for future
purposes in the region of this Arab country. Thus, it can be said that the major aim of this
research paper will be to build a new generation mindset who will possess a full understanding of
their career future path based on their qualification and interest. It will also help in providing the
students with opportunities to enter the field of work and learn about the requirements of the
future labour market which corresponds to the scientific education output before entering the
university.
This paper will help to ensure the graduated students from high school are ready and competent
enough to select the fields which they will study in universities and colleges (Hidayat 2016).
The proposed aim of the study along with the objectives should be logical, feasible and
achievable in three years study period.
Progress in providing education system of the schools in the United Arab Emirates
occurred just after the establishment of the federation, and as a result, the first university was set
up in this region. High literacy rates has been achieved in this region but a gap has been
identified in career guidance programs which are not helping the students to improve their
overall experience in the selection of career path for future purposes. Agenda 2021 has been set
to improve the education system in the region of this nation. The education has been made
compulsory above the age of 5 years, and it can be stated that the overall education system is a
four-tier system, but many students do not understand the importance of internalized counselling

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and career guidance programs which will help to select the right career path in their future and
start their professional career effectively and efficiently (Jabeen and Rafiuddin 2015).
Research Problem
The main research problem is to have a presence of proper and efficient internalized
career guidance and counseling in the schools of the region of the United Arab Emirates. Proper
infrastructure is required to start the overall career guidance to the graduated students from high
school in order to make them ready and competent enough to select the respective fields
according to their qualification and capability. This will help them to study in universities and
colleges and earn their living by capturing the available opportunities apart from the gained
knowledge and career guidance facilities from the schools to enter the field of work and learn the
requirements of the future labour market. But to make people understand the internalized career
guidance and counseling has been recognized as the major problem in this research paper.
Research Aim
The purpose of this research will be to identify the importance of internalized counselling
and career guidance in Emirati schools for talent based career outcomes. This paper will focus on
the education system that exists in the region of the United Arab Emirates. The main aim will be
to find out the importance of internalized career guidance as well as counseling methods for the
students in the region of the United Arab Emirates, so that they can possess a thorough
understanding of their career future path based this career guidance along with their qualification
and interest, so that they will be able to start their professional career effectively and can start
earning money ethically.

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Research Objectives
After discussing the viewpoints of the problems related to this research, the following
research objectives that can be designed to address the objective of the topic of this research
paper:
1. To find out the importance of internalized counselling and career guidance in Emirati
schools in the region of the United Arab Emirates
2. To know the meaning of internalized counselling and career guidance from the
viewpoint of the education system that exists in the country of the United Arab
Emirates
3. To find out the level of benefits of internalized counselling and career guidance in the
life of the students around the world
Research Questions
From the above designed research objectives, following research questions can be
designed to come out to the outcomes of the research problems that are discussed earlier in this
research paper:
1. What are the meaning of internalized counselling and career guidance from the
viewpoint of the education system of the United Arab Emirates?
2. What are the importance of internalized counselling and career guidance in life of the
students of the United Arab Emirates?
3. Want are the benefits that the students will get from internalized counselling and
career guidance from the schools of the region of the United Arab Emirates?
Literature Review
Internalized Career Guidance

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The term guidance refers to the process of directing regulation or conduct. The origin of
the word dates back to the 1530s. Career guidance may be defined as an overall developmental
program made to help individuals in creating and implementing advised educational and
employment choices. In other words, career guidance is the journey through which people grow
and develop themselves to be able to take mature decisions and apply them. It is the act of
showing the way or guiding an individual or even asking for advice. This guidance not only
helps to gain knowledge, skills and information but also assists the concerned person to gather
experience required for his desiring career options and pave the way for the best option.
Throughout their life, an individual benefit financially, socially and emotionally from the correct
decision taken. Students of all ages, right from a very young age till college going students or
even working professionals can benefit from career guidance (McDermott 2017).
In UAE, the Abu Dhabi Education Council have already implemented a career guidance
system for higher education which will help to provide guidance and support talent to the
students. They believe that each one of the students who are pursuing higher studies are capable
enough and has the potential to outshine in a particular field or area. They can do so if the correct
type of guidance is provided to them to help them realize their potential abilities. The council
works closely with several schools, universities and organizations to assist the students in
exploring career options and job interests which will suit best for each of them individually
(Pedersen et al 2015).
They also have partnerships to support students who will continue to choose career paths
in the fields of technology, science, mathematics and engineering. High expertise counsellors are
appointed by the council who can help the individuals to develop, provide help in education and
also evaluate them psychologically. This system of career guidance also paves the path for

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improving the employment rate, thus increasing the economy of the nation as a whole. There are
many students who get confused after completing their graduation or post-grads to choose the
correct option for themselves. Hence the system of career guidance is extremely helpful for those
aspirants in taking the right decision for educational and occupational choices (Gysbers, Heppner
and Johnston 2014).
Importance of Internalized Career Guidance and Counselling
The first and major importance of an internalized counselling and career guidance is
helping a student to find the best way to pursue in higher studies in his or her career. This will
help the students to realize their own strengths and weaknesses and accordingly they can select
their career path from where they will be benefitted in their professional career. It can be stated
in this context that modern world is getting more and more complex and it is getting very
essential to select the right career path by the students who are in their schools, so that they can
make ready themselves to cope up with the challenges and taste a successful career ahead. A
student can be boosted through this internalized counselling and career guidance programs, and
they can gain their morale and confidence and provide proper and right direction to the student
and assure a talent-based career outcome according to the career selected by the student
(Mudulia 2017).
Benefits from Internalized Career Guidance and Counselling
It has been already discussed that there are lots of benefits that the students earn from
different internalized counselling and career guidance programs. Students can identify the areas
of improvement or drawbacks and can rectify them through these programs. They will be able to
nourish the inner skills and abilities that will help them to explore different career and education
options in their life. The behaviors can also be changed through these counselling programs, and

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a healthy school environment can be maintained if internalized career guidance and counselling
programs are implemented in the schools of the United Arab Emirates. They will be able to find
out the proper career path which they were unable to find out without proper guidance, which is
provided by internalized counselling and career guidance programs. Informed decisions can be
made by the students if internalized career guidance and counselling programs are implemented
and followed by the management of schools of the region of the United Arab Emirates (MARY
2014).
Research Details
Methodology
Research methodology can be regarded as the procedure through which all kinds of
information are gathered or collected to continue the research like this and investigate it with
efficient and effective to come out to an outcome or result of the ongoing research. Various
instruments, frameworks and methods are used in this category of the research to collect all kinds
of necessary information that are required to reach to an outcome. The help of quantitative
surveys will be taken in this research in order to identify the importance of internalized
counselling and career guidance in Emirati schools for talent based career outcomes in the region
of the United Arab Emirates (Nagpal, Brar and Kannadi 2018).
Sampling and Data Collection
The survey required to find out the outcome will be performed on the students of
different schools of the United Arab Emirates, mainly who are on the verge of living the school
and are looking for further studies but are confused what will be the right career path for them.
The sample size that will be selected to find out the research is 1,000, and it can be noted in this
context that all of them will be from the schools of the region of the United Arab Emirates only.

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The sample size will be selected randomly from the schools of this region, which will involve
male and female students (Eliasa and Iswanti 2014). The research will involve methods of
primary data collection only, and will include both close-ended as well as open-ended questions
in the questionnaire that will be designed and circulated among the selected sample size of
students.
Timeline
This is the timeline of the overall research that need to be collected within the three years
of doctorate program.
Task Month
1
Month
10
Month
12
Month
20
Month
25
Month
30
Month
32
Month
34
Month
36
Selection of
topic and
search for
justification
Constructing
literature
Selecting
appropriate
methods
Data collection
Data analysis
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representation
Reviewing the
outcomes
Conclusions
and
recommendati
ons
Submitting
draft of the
project
Printing and
final
submission
Table 1: Table showing the timeframe of the entire research
Source: Created by the author
Limitations
From all the above discussion, it has been seen that questionnaire surveys will be used in
here to recognize the possible outcome, that is, to know the importance of internalized
counseling and career guidance programs in the schools of the United Arab Emirates. But, it will
be hard to find out the students who actually want these career counselling and guidance
programs. It can be noted in this context that all students do not require any kind of internalized

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career guidance and counselling programs, and they are competent enough to select the career by
themselves (Daniels and Ratliff 2017).
The collected data from the students may not provide any ethical outcomes, as the
selected sample size of students may not provide ethical answers regarding their qualification
details and the career they want to pursue, which will automatically manipulate the possible
outcome of the ongoing research. The collection method selected for accumulating the data for
this research may also limit the process of reaching out to a possible conclusion, as most of the
schools may not allow to enter their school premises to carry on the survey. The flow of the
research will be hampered and will take a longer time to end the survey (Watson 2013).
Conclusion
From the above analysis, it can be concluded that there is huge importance of internalized
counselling and career guidance and counseling in Emirati schools for talent based career
outcomes, in the region of the United Arab Emirates. It can be noted in this context that there is a
huge requirement of research studies on the importance of counselling and career guidance in
educational institutions of the United Arab Emirates, and a proper survey will help to identify the
amount of importance of the above mentioned programs in the life of the student of the United
Arab Emirates. These programs of internalized career guidance and program, if implemented,
system will help to bridge the gaps in the effectiveness of career guidance for talent based career
outcomes in the schools. The change in the education system will be easy to manage the
requirements for shaping the education for future purposes in the region of this Arab country
(Bilikozen 2015). Thus, it can be said that a full understanding of the career future path of the
students will be possible based on their qualification and interest. It will also help in providing
the students with opportunities to enter the field of work and learn about the requirements of the

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future labour market. It will also help to assure the graduated students from high school to get
ready and competent enough to select the fields according to their strengths, skills and abilities
which they will study in universities and colleges.
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