The vocational teaching guidance in senior high education

Abstract

This research is oriented to the creation of extracurricular activities for the vocational teaching guidance in the students from the Eusebio Olivera Rodriguez Exact Sciences Vocational Senior High School from Sancti Spiritus province to strengthen the motivation towards pedagogical careers. Different research methods from the theoretical, empirical, statistical mathematical levels were applied to determine the current state of the vocational teaching guidance to increase the levels of acceptance of pedagogical careers. A set of extracurricular activities was applied and validated. The scientific novelty of the major paper is reflected on the characteristics of the proposed extracurricular activities which vary according to the diagnosis of the sample to contribute to favour the students’ interest towards pedagogical studies and to change their perspectives about the importance of the profession for the development of the Cuban socialism.