ABSTRACT
Re-thinking Careers Education and Guidance is the first book published in the United Kingdom to cover theory, policy and practice in all sectors of careers education and guidance provision. The book features:
* an authoritative review of career theories, together with a new career learning theory
* an analysis of the development of careers provision in schools; colleges; higher education; work organisations; the Careers Service, and in other agencies
* an examination of the main aspects of practice
* an exploration of ways of supporting development and evaluation
* an analysis of the role of public policy, and the development of guidance systems in other parts of the world.
Re-thinking Careers Education and Guidance is an essential text for students in initial training, those engaged in in-service and higher degree work, and reflective guidance practitioners.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |1 pages
Part I Theory and context
chapter |13 pages
The social context of guidance
chapter |14 pages
Career theory
chapter |17 pages
A career-learning theory
chapter |13 pages
The learning and economic outcomes of guidance
part |1 pages
Part II Provision
chapter |11 pages
Careers work in schools
chapter |9 pages
Careers work in further and adult education
chapter |10 pages
Careers work in higher education
chapter |9 pages
Career planning within work organisations
chapter |11 pages
The Careers Service
chapter |8 pages
Other sources of guidance on learning and work
part |1 pages
Part III Practice
chapter |15 pages
The career counselling interview
chapter |15 pages
Careers education in a curriculum
chapter |9 pages
Experience-based learning about work
chapter |15 pages
Recording achievement and action planning
chapter |10 pages
Computers in guidance
part |1 pages
Part IV Development
chapter |13 pages
Staff development
chapter |16 pages
Developing careers programmes in organisations
chapter |11 pages
Evaluation
part |1 pages
Part V Policy