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Orientation plays a major role 1n the prevent1on of psychosocial conflicts that affect and 1mpede the full development of mankind’s life as a product or global fast-paced lifestyle. This article shows orientation in praxis in an educational environment, with contributions by scholars and researchers that support the activity of orientation immersed in psychological and humanistic theories that improve its advancement tenfold. The article shows a brief history of orientation, covering some periods of its evolution as a discipline; its three areas of attention, namely: Education Orientation, Personal-Social Orientation, and Profession-Vocational Orientation. Lastly, the article deals with the systematization of orientation services of Panama in elementary, junior, and high school, and it deals in a very general way with the contributions from the B.A. in Education with emphasis in Education and Professional Orientation offered in the University of Panama.
