@article{ART003290708},
author={Song, Youngsun and Oh, Bangsil},
title={Analysis of Career-Design Narrative Structures and Self-Directed Expression Characteristics in University Students’ e-Portfolios},
journal={The Journal of Education Consulting & Coaching},
issn={2586-3886},
year={2025},
volume={9},
number={4},
pages={5-28},
doi={10.31137/ECC.2025.9.4.5}
TY - JOUR
AU - Song, Youngsun
AU - Oh, Bangsil
TI - Analysis of Career-Design Narrative Structures and Self-Directed Expression Characteristics in University Students’ e-Portfolios
JO - The Journal of Education Consulting & Coaching
PY - 2025
VL - 9
IS - 4
PB - The Korea Association of Education Consulting & Coaching
SP - 5
EP - 28
SN - 2586-3886
AB - This study aimed to empirically examine how e-portfolios reflect university students’ career design processes and self-directed learning competencies. To this end, a mixed-methods approach was employed, analyzing 50 e-portfolios submitted to an e-portfolio contest during the first semester of the 2025 academic year. Quantitative analysis was conducted using a five-level rubric across six evaluation criteria, while qualitative analysis focused on career narrative structures, expression strategies, and the linkage between learning experiences and activities. The quantitative results revealed that higher-rated portfolios in the areas of career goals and future planning were characterized by the specificity of goals, the logical coherence of action plans, and consistency in self-directed narration. The qualitative analysis identified four types of career narratives: job-oriented, value-oriented, practicality-oriented, and exploratory. Portfolios receiving higher ratings tended to integrate career goals with academic and co-curricular experiences within a coherent past–present–future temporal structure, and actively employed reflective narratives on failure as well as language expressing self-efficacy. These findings suggest that the structural organization of career goals and self-directed narrative expression are key factors distinguishing the qualitative level of e-portfolios and the maturity of students’ career design. Furthermore, by analyzing authentic student-written portfolio texts, this study demonstrates that e-portfolios function not merely as repositories of learning records but as narrative learning tools that promote career design and reflection-based learning.
KW - e-Portfolio;Career Design;Self-Directed Expression;Career Narrative;Self-Efficacy
DO - 10.31137/ECC.2025.9.4.5
ER -
Song, Youngsun and Oh, Bangsil. (2025). Analysis of Career-Design Narrative Structures and Self-Directed Expression Characteristics in University Students’ e-Portfolios. The Journal of Education Consulting & Coaching, 9(4), 5-28.
Song, Youngsun and Oh, Bangsil. 2025, "Analysis of Career-Design Narrative Structures and Self-Directed Expression Characteristics in University Students’ e-Portfolios", The Journal of Education Consulting & Coaching, vol.9, no.4 pp.5-28. Available from: doi:10.31137/ECC.2025.9.4.5
Song, Youngsun, Oh, Bangsil "Analysis of Career-Design Narrative Structures and Self-Directed Expression Characteristics in University Students’ e-Portfolios" The Journal of Education Consulting & Coaching 9.4 pp.5-28 (2025) : 5.
Song, Youngsun, Oh, Bangsil. Analysis of Career-Design Narrative Structures and Self-Directed Expression Characteristics in University Students’ e-Portfolios. 2025; 9(4), 5-28. Available from: doi:10.31137/ECC.2025.9.4.5
Song, Youngsun and Oh, Bangsil. "Analysis of Career-Design Narrative Structures and Self-Directed Expression Characteristics in University Students’ e-Portfolios" The Journal of Education Consulting & Coaching 9, no.4 (2025) : 5-28.doi: 10.31137/ECC.2025.9.4.5
Song, Youngsun; Oh, Bangsil. Analysis of Career-Design Narrative Structures and Self-Directed Expression Characteristics in University Students’ e-Portfolios. The Journal of Education Consulting & Coaching, 9(4), 5-28. doi: 10.31137/ECC.2025.9.4.5
Song, Youngsun; Oh, Bangsil. Analysis of Career-Design Narrative Structures and Self-Directed Expression Characteristics in University Students’ e-Portfolios. The Journal of Education Consulting & Coaching. 2025; 9(4) 5-28. doi: 10.31137/ECC.2025.9.4.5
Song, Youngsun, Oh, Bangsil. Analysis of Career-Design Narrative Structures and Self-Directed Expression Characteristics in University Students’ e-Portfolios. 2025; 9(4), 5-28. Available from: doi:10.31137/ECC.2025.9.4.5
Song, Youngsun and Oh, Bangsil. "Analysis of Career-Design Narrative Structures and Self-Directed Expression Characteristics in University Students’ e-Portfolios" The Journal of Education Consulting & Coaching 9, no.4 (2025) : 5-28.doi: 10.31137/ECC.2025.9.4.5
