The future of public education and democracy is at risk. Powerful forces are eroding commitment to public schools and weakening democratic resolve. Yet even in deeply troubling times, it is possible to broaden social imagination and empower effective advocacy for systemic progressive reform. Re-envisioning Education and Democracy explores challenges and opportunities for restructuring public education to establish and sustain more broadly inclusive, deeply democratic, and effectively transforming approaches to social inquiry and civic participation. Re-envisioning Education and Democracy adopts a non-traditional format to extend social awareness and imagination. Within each chapter, one episode of an evolving strategic narrative traces the life cycle of a systemic reform initiative. This is followed by an exploratory essay that draws from theory, research, criticism, and practice to prompt consideration of focal issues. Woven through each chapter is a poetically framed meditative stream informed by varied historical and cultural conceptions of oracles. A developmental sequence of social learning strategies (exploratory democratic practices), accompanied by thematic bibliographic references, are included to model democratic teaching and learning applicable in classroom and community settings.

Academic literacy is an essential tool to support the achievement of academic goals which in turn will lead to the accomplishment of personal and career goals. Academic literacy covers all the necessary academic skills and competencies for constructive and successful study. Not only is the focus on reading, writing, listening and verbal communication, but also on developing your thinking skills, possibly the core skill needed at this level of study. Other skills that the learner will be exposed to are: Understanding and engaging in academic study; developing vocabulary; reading for study purposes; argument; paraphrasing and summarising; writing paragraphs; assignment writing, and examination skills. Academic literacy will assist you in coping with the reading and writing demands of further and higher education. You will also be guided to be more knowledgeable about yourself, your aspirations, career goals, and how to manage your time and stress more effectively.

Goals- Golden Opportunity at Life Success- Foundation to Prosperous Life Success So I Will, So I Can focus on the opportunities derived from implementing and applying goals in your life. Goals are the foundation of opportunities for life success. When dreams, visions and goals are linked together, achievement and success join to create a desirable outcome. Where there is a will there is a way become a driving force and you are directed to shift forward to success. Shift forward to success are directions to reach a positive future with a happy and desirable outcome. So I Will, So I Can is designed to be thought-provoking allowing self-discovery to implement plans for success. Plan, Prepare and Prosper is the reality of goal-setting accomplishment. Enjoy each exercise and begin goal-setting as you Plan, Prepare and Prosper. Goals are a creative force for success. Benzena Brown is the mother of four wonderful children. She is retired from the Department of Defense where she facilitated, managed and instructed classes in Change Management and instructed various training classes. As facilitator she also managed and counseled classes in anger management. Courses of studies were earned at Chapman University, Miami Dade South Campus and Valley College.

This is the definitive introduction to coaching and mentoring, written by an experienced and multidisciplinary team. Taking you all the way through from the emerging theory to informed practice, the book covers: * Skills, purposes and outcomes of coaching and mentoring processes * The many settings in which they take place - public, private and voluntary * Coaching and mentoring's evidence base and how it is assessed * The professionalization of coaching and mentoring and a move towards integration. Supported by a wide range of case studies, activities, further questions and topics for discussion, this book is a comprehensive but accessible introduction. The authors take a critical approach and go beyond the basics, to support your development as a critically reflective practitioner. It is essential reading for those studying coaching and mentoring, and professionals looking to integrate coaching and mentoring into their organizations.

The Job Search Cookbook provides career seekers, and their career coaches with a trackable system to guide them through the job search process. This unique job search management system is based on the principles of assisting individuals to move from step-to-step within a normal job hiring cycle. Using a job search board provides a visual representation of the job search process and assists individuals in monitoring their progress each step of the way. The main benefit of this book is that it provides the job seeker a methodology and framework for their job search. By utilizing a social network audit, the Cookbook presents a means for job seekers to tap into the hidden job market where over 80% of the jobs are found. The online job search tracking tool (www.snagpad.com) will enable the reader to visually monitor his or her progress, and if they are working with a career coach a means to track progress, identify any corrective actions, and get the most out of limited face-to-face time. Ultimately, the cook- book is a recipe for job search success.

Career Counselling And Guidance In The Workplace: A Manual For Career Development Practitioners gives a comprehensive overview of career counselling and guidance services, practices, tools and techniques for career development practitioners in South Africa. The third edition of this leading textbook has been extensively updated to reflect research and theory in career development theory and intervention that apply to the 21st Century organisational context.

Contents Include:

• Introduction to career counselling and guidance in the workplace;
• The psychology of career behaviour: key career concepts that form the foundational basis for career diagnostic activities and assessment interpretation;
• The career counselling and guidance process, including quantitative and qualitative career assessment diagnostics;
• Classical and emergent postmodern career theories, a Diagnostic Framework of Career Services, and career counselling tools and techniques; and
• Competency profile and professional development of the career counsellor, training and credential issues, professional ethics and practice management.

The school-to-work transition is a critical part of the human life-span for young adults, their families, and society. The timing of the transition varies greatly and its co-occurrence with a number of other life transitions make it challenging to summarize or generalize. Individual differences and normative developmental factors, as well as external contextual factors such as global pandemics, changing economic circumstances, workplace demands, and cultural shifts, intersect to create a range of challenges and opportunities for those navigating this transition. Written by internationally renowned scholars in developmental psychology, applied psychology, counseling, and sociology, the chapters in this book highlight the trends, issues, and actions that researchers, academics, practitioners, and policy makers need to consider in order to effectively support young adults' transition to work pathways. This volume provides an explicitly international perspective on this area, broad coverage of psychological topics on the school-to-work transition, and an inclusive focus on sub-groups and minority groups, making it a must-read for those who support young adults as they move from school to work.

This book represents a compilation of ideas that career practitioners use in their everyday work and covers all facets of what is broadly termed career guidance.Presenting a smorgasboard of 48 ideas from over 50 experienced career practitioners, researchers and theoreticians from six countries, this book is an essential resource for everyday work in the career guidance field, including counselling, programs, assessment and education.Practical activities, instruments, methodologies, reviews and ideas are presented in an easy-to-read format suitable for a range of client groups including adults, adolescents, primary aged children, rural and remote communities, and indigenous populations.Topics include: Vocational assessment and counsellingCareer exploration amongst rural disadvantaged childrenEntrepreneurship for university studentsIdentifying skillsCareer insight in higher educationUsing narrative with clients in remote areasResilience with youth in high risk settingsACT techniques in career contextsOrganising career fairsSelf-directed work searchCareer transitionStructured mentoring for girlsMedico-legal vocational assessment.