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This book is focused on work, occupation and career development:
themes that are fundamental to a wide range of human activities and
relevant across all cultures. Yet theorizing and model building
about this most ubiquitous of human activities from international
perspectives have not been vigorous. An examination of the
literature pertaining to career development, counseling and
guidance that has developed over the last fifty years reveals
theorizing and model building have been largely dominated by
Western epistemologies, some of the largest workforces in the world
are in the developing world. Career guidance is rapidly emerging as
a strongly felt need in these contexts. If more relevant models are
to be developed, frameworks from other cultures and economies must
be recognized as providing constructs that would offer a deeper
understanding of career development. This does not mean that
existing ideas are to be discarded. Instead, an integrative
approach that blends universal principles with particular needs
could offer a framework for theorizing, research and practice that
has wider relevance. The central objective of this handbook is to
draw the wisdom and experiences of different cultures together to
consider both universal and specific principles for career guidance
and counseling that are socially and economically relevant to
contemporary challenges and issues. This book is focused on
extending existing concepts to broader contexts as well as
introducing new concepts relevant to the discipline of career
guidance and counseling.
Originally published in 1972 Diversity and Choice in Higher
Education focuses on the diversity of institutions and the
corresponding notion that students should be allowed to choose
freely between them, regardless of distance from home. The book
includes an exhaustive assessment of relevant research evidence,
not only from Britain but also from the United States and other
countries. The author examines such topics as the amount of
diversity and choice permitted in the higher education systems of
different countries, the extent to which the British system is
diversified and the way in which students are distributed within
it. He also explores certain hypotheses relating to the way pupils
make their choice, examines critically the concept of matching
students to institutions and discusses alternative models of
student distribution.
Originally published in 1972 Diversity and Choice in Higher
Education focuses on the diversity of institutions and the
corresponding notion that students should be allowed to choose
freely between them, regardless of distance from home. The book
includes an exhaustive assessment of relevant research evidence,
not only from Britain but also from the United States and other
countries. The author examines such topics as the amount of
diversity and choice permitted in the higher education systems of
different countries, the extent to which the British system is
diversified and the way in which students are distributed within
it. He also explores certain hypotheses relating to the way pupils
make their choice, examines critically the concept of matching
students to institutions and discusses alternative models of
student distribution.
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.
This book is focused on work, occupation and career development:
themes that are fundamental to a wide range of human activities and
relevant across all cultures. Yet theorizing and model building
about this most ubiquitous of human activities from international
perspectives have not been vigorous. An examination of the
literature pertaining to career development, counseling and
guidance that has developed over the last fifty years reveals
theorizing and model building have been largely dominated by
Western epistemologies, some of the largest workforces in the world
are in the developing world. Career guidance is rapidly emerging as
a strongly felt need in these contexts. If more relevant models are
to be developed, frameworks from other cultures and economies must
be recognized as providing constructs that would offer a deeper
understanding of career development. This does not mean that
existing ideas are to be discarded. Instead, an integrative
approach that blends universal principles with particular needs
could offer a framework for theorizing, research and practice that
has wider relevance. The central objective of this handbook is to
draw the wisdom and experiences of different cultures together to
consider both universal and specific principles for career guidance
and counseling that are socially and economically relevant to
contemporary challenges and issues. This book is focused on
extending existing concepts to broader contexts as well as
introducing new concepts relevant to the discipline of career
guidance and counseling.
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