Rethinking Careers Education and Guidance: Theory, Policy and Practice

by Hawthorn,Ruth; Hawthorn,Ruth

• ISBN13: 9780415139748
• ISBN10: 0415139740
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-11-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Rethinking Careers Education and Guidancecovers theory, policy and practice in all sectors of careers education and guidance provision. It includes an authoritative and up-to-date review of career theories, plus a new career learning theory. It analyzes the development of careers provision in schools, in further and adult education, in higher education, in work organizations, in the Careers Service, and in other agencies. It examines various aspects of practice, including the interview, careers education, experience-based learning about work, recording achievement and action planning, and the use of computers. It explores ways of supporting development, including staff development, organisation development, and evaluation. Finally, it addresses the role of public policy and socio-political ideology, and analyses the development of guidance systems in other parts of the world.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Theory and Context	p. 1
The Social Context of Guidance	p. 3
Career Theory	p. 23
A Career-Learning Theory	p. 46
The Learning and Economic Outcomes of Guidance	p. 72
Provision	p. 93
Careers Work in Schools	p. 95
Careers Work in Further and Adult Education	p. 112
References	p. 125
Careers Work in Higher Education	p. 127
References	p. 140
Career Planning Within Work Organisations	p. 142
The Careers Service	p. 155
Other Sources of Guidance on Learning and Work	p. 173
Practice	p. 187
The Career Counselling Interview	p. 189
Careers Education in a Curriculum	p. 210
Experience-Based Learning About Work	p. 233
References	p. 245
Recording Achievement and Action Planning	p. 247
Computers in Guidance	p. 269
References	p. 281
Development	p. 285
Staff Development	p. 287
Developing Careers Programmes in Organisations	p. 307
Evaluation	p. 331
Policy	p. 349
Socio-Political Ideologies in Guidance	p. 351
References	p. 363
International Perspectives	p. 366
Careers Guidance and Public Policy	p. 380
Author Index	p. 392
Subject Index	p. 399
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