Pilot Research Results of the Client Developing Programme for Women in Professional Crisis Situations

The research aim is to evaluate the Client Developing Programme for Women in Professional Crisis Situations developed and a pedagogical experiment in career counselling performed by the author in the e-environment. The target audience was women who wished to or were forced to change their jobs, being in a professional crisis situation. To achieve the aim, the pedagogical experiment was conducted and its results were analysed. Study design: research paper. The pedagogical experiment was carried out in Latvia in August and October 2015. The present research was carried out within the doctoral study programme at Latvia University of Agriculture, Institute of Education and Home Economics. The Client Developing Programme for career change for women in professional crisis situations was elaborated and approbated in the e-environment in the Moodle program; 18 randomly selected women took part in the pedagogical experiment. The participants were able to work in the eenvironment using the Internet, and they were familiarised with the materials and did individual exercises, presented their reflections and did career counselling online. In the result, the Client Developing Programme for career change for women in professional crisis situations was approbated and evaluated. The Client Developing Programme for career change for women in professional crisis situations was designed and approbated to help women when they need advice and support in a crisis situation. After analysing data acquired in the pedagogical experiment, one can find that of 17 criteria, positive changes were observed regarding 9 ones. In the result of learning the programme and of career counselling, the women enhanced their skills: information and communication technology skills, foreign language skills; decision-making skills; communication skills, etc. The given criteria and indicators may be employed to identify professional crisis situations.