Career Development as a Partner in Nation Building Australia
Origins, History and Foundations for the Future
Published on 11. July 2019
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324 pages
978-90-04-41043-5 (ISBN)
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Despite examples of vocational guidance practice being evident in Australia since the mid-1800s, there remains a spasmodic and patchwork approach to practice across the country. For decades it is a field which has been paradoxically boosted and challenged by changing economic and political agendas. Repeated international, national and State reviews emphasise the vital nature of a systemic national approach to career development, however authors repeatedly lament the lack of a sustained focus on career activity as a major national priority.
There is no broad comprehensive historical reckoning of the history of career development theory and practice in Australia since this early period. Career development theory and practice in Australia has been forged in partnership with developments in an international context. In documenting the shared history with other countries, the author significantly adds to the body of knowledge on career development as a field in Australia and internationally. The book provides new understandings about the historical development of this field of knowledge, and in particular the challenging and cyclical nature of its policy history.
There is no broad comprehensive historical reckoning of the history of career development theory and practice in Australia since this early period. Career development theory and practice in Australia has been forged in partnership with developments in an international context. In documenting the shared history with other countries, the author significantly adds to the body of knowledge on career development as a field in Australia and internationally. The book provides new understandings about the historical development of this field of knowledge, and in particular the challenging and cyclical nature of its policy history.
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English
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Leiden
Netherlands
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 236 mm
Width: 155 mm
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408 gr
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978-90-04-41043-5 (9789004410435)
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Career Development as a Partner in Nation Building Australia
Origins, History and Foundations for the Future
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Wendy Patton, PhD (1991), University of Queensland, is Emeritus Professor at Queensland University of Technology and has published extensively in career development theory, research and practice. She is co-creator of the Systems Theory Framework and Founding Editor of the Career Development Series.
Content
Foreword
?Col McCowan OAM
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Career Development in Australia: Connecting to an International History
?Vocational Guidance
?Theory Development
?The Status of Career Theory
?Summary
?Definitions in the Field
?Career Development Terminology
?Career Guidance and Related Terms
?Professional Worker Titles
?Internationalisation - From Sharing, to Growing and Learning
?Conclusion
Chapter 2: Vocational Guidance
?Early Beginnings
?Vocational Guidance
?Interwar Summary
?Developments Post WWII
?The Decade of New Direction - 1970S
?Career Service as Represented by Personnel Numbers across the Country
?The Role of the Commonwealth Employment Service (CES) in Vocational Guidance
?CES and Vocational Guidance
?The Beginnings of Change in Career Guidance Service Provision: 1980s-1990s
?Training - Development of the Profession
?Summary 1970s-1990s
?Conclusion
Chapter 3: Career Education
?The Beginnings of Career Education
?Theoretical Underpinnings of Career Education
?Definitional Challenges
?Career Education in Australia
?The Career Education Professional - Role and Training
?The 1970s - Summary
?Career Education in Australia - 1980s
?State Summaries of Practice 1970s-1980s - Three Major Reports
?Case Study
?Changing Conceptualisation: Career Education and Counselling
?Summary of 1980s
?Career Education in Australia - 1990s
?Activity in Schools
?Summary through to the End of the 20th Century
?Conclusion
Chapter 4: Career Assessment and Career Information
?Background: The Place of Assessment in Vocational Guidance and Career Counselling
?Vocational Assessment - Early Development
?Career Assessment in Australia
?Australian Council For Educational Research (ACER)
?Computer-Assisted Career Guidance (CACG)
?Qualitative Assessment
?Qualitative Assessment in Australia
?Occupational/Career Information in Australia
?Conclusion
Chapter 5: Career Counselling
?Development of Career Counselling
?The Need for Change in Career Counselling
?Career Counselling in Australia
?Australian Association of Career Counsellors
?Career Counselling Research in Australia
?Conclusion
Chapter 6: Career Development in Post-School Settings
?Introduction
?Universities
?VET/TAFE Sector
?Review of Career Development Services in Australian Tertiary Institutions (DEEWR, 2008)
?Private Sector
?Summing Up
?Current Situation
?Conclusion
Chapter 7: Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back ...
?International Changes in Career Guidance Practice
?Rationale for Career Guidance
?Evidence to Support Career Guidance Outcomes
?Career Guidance and Public Policy: An International Strategy
?International Policy Work at the Beginning of the 21st Century
?Summary: Key Policy Issues
?Australian Policy Context - Towards the 21st Century
?Status of Career Development in Australia - 2002
?The OECD Australia Review
?Learning to Work Report
?Initiatives of the Transition from School Taskforce
?The Australian Blueprint For Career Development
?Three Steps Back
?Opportunity Lost
?National Career Development Strategy - 2012
?National Career Education Strategy - 2016
?International Context in the Second Decade of the Twenty First Century
?Conclusion
Chapter 8: Development of a Profession
?The Career Development Professional in Australia
?Training Issues Post WWII
?The Training and Qualifications Picture - 1990s
?Impact of Reviews on Practice in Australia
?The OECD Review - Australia Shares Issues in Training and Status of the Profession
?Oecd Country Review Australia: A Turning Point for Development
?Initiatives Following the OECD Visit
?Australia: National Standards and Accreditation of Career Practitioners
?The Role of Professional Associations
?Where Did the Psychologists Go?
?Current Status of Career Practitioners in Australia
?Conclusion
Chapter 9: Contributions to Australia and the International Field
?Professional Associations
?Major Conference Activity
?Course Developers
?Profession/Government Relationships
?Contributions of Australian Theorists, Researchers, and Practitioners
?Australian Journal of Career Development (AJCD)
?Conclusion
Chapter 10: Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose
?Career Development - Beginning to Now
?The Cycle Repeats
?The Current Situation - Another Era of Reports
?2018 Reports
?Revisiting Rationale for Career Development - Research Evidence
?Effectiveness of Interventions: Research Challenges
?Features of Effective Career Guidance Provision
?Celebrating Excellence
?Future Policy Challenges
?Final Thoughts: What Can We Learn from the Past
Index
?Col McCowan OAM
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Career Development in Australia: Connecting to an International History
?Vocational Guidance
?Theory Development
?The Status of Career Theory
?Summary
?Definitions in the Field
?Career Development Terminology
?Career Guidance and Related Terms
?Professional Worker Titles
?Internationalisation - From Sharing, to Growing and Learning
?Conclusion
Chapter 2: Vocational Guidance
?Early Beginnings
?Vocational Guidance
?Interwar Summary
?Developments Post WWII
?The Decade of New Direction - 1970S
?Career Service as Represented by Personnel Numbers across the Country
?The Role of the Commonwealth Employment Service (CES) in Vocational Guidance
?CES and Vocational Guidance
?The Beginnings of Change in Career Guidance Service Provision: 1980s-1990s
?Training - Development of the Profession
?Summary 1970s-1990s
?Conclusion
Chapter 3: Career Education
?The Beginnings of Career Education
?Theoretical Underpinnings of Career Education
?Definitional Challenges
?Career Education in Australia
?The Career Education Professional - Role and Training
?The 1970s - Summary
?Career Education in Australia - 1980s
?State Summaries of Practice 1970s-1980s - Three Major Reports
?Case Study
?Changing Conceptualisation: Career Education and Counselling
?Summary of 1980s
?Career Education in Australia - 1990s
?Activity in Schools
?Summary through to the End of the 20th Century
?Conclusion
Chapter 4: Career Assessment and Career Information
?Background: The Place of Assessment in Vocational Guidance and Career Counselling
?Vocational Assessment - Early Development
?Career Assessment in Australia
?Australian Council For Educational Research (ACER)
?Computer-Assisted Career Guidance (CACG)
?Qualitative Assessment
?Qualitative Assessment in Australia
?Occupational/Career Information in Australia
?Conclusion
Chapter 5: Career Counselling
?Development of Career Counselling
?The Need for Change in Career Counselling
?Career Counselling in Australia
?Australian Association of Career Counsellors
?Career Counselling Research in Australia
?Conclusion
Chapter 6: Career Development in Post-School Settings
?Introduction
?Universities
?VET/TAFE Sector
?Review of Career Development Services in Australian Tertiary Institutions (DEEWR, 2008)
?Private Sector
?Summing Up
?Current Situation
?Conclusion
Chapter 7: Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back ...
?International Changes in Career Guidance Practice
?Rationale for Career Guidance
?Evidence to Support Career Guidance Outcomes
?Career Guidance and Public Policy: An International Strategy
?International Policy Work at the Beginning of the 21st Century
?Summary: Key Policy Issues
?Australian Policy Context - Towards the 21st Century
?Status of Career Development in Australia - 2002
?The OECD Australia Review
?Learning to Work Report
?Initiatives of the Transition from School Taskforce
?The Australian Blueprint For Career Development
?Three Steps Back
?Opportunity Lost
?National Career Development Strategy - 2012
?National Career Education Strategy - 2016
?International Context in the Second Decade of the Twenty First Century
?Conclusion
Chapter 8: Development of a Profession
?The Career Development Professional in Australia
?Training Issues Post WWII
?The Training and Qualifications Picture - 1990s
?Impact of Reviews on Practice in Australia
?The OECD Review - Australia Shares Issues in Training and Status of the Profession
?Oecd Country Review Australia: A Turning Point for Development
?Initiatives Following the OECD Visit
?Australia: National Standards and Accreditation of Career Practitioners
?The Role of Professional Associations
?Where Did the Psychologists Go?
?Current Status of Career Practitioners in Australia
?Conclusion
Chapter 9: Contributions to Australia and the International Field
?Professional Associations
?Major Conference Activity
?Course Developers
?Profession/Government Relationships
?Contributions of Australian Theorists, Researchers, and Practitioners
?Australian Journal of Career Development (AJCD)
?Conclusion
Chapter 10: Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose
?Career Development - Beginning to Now
?The Cycle Repeats
?The Current Situation - Another Era of Reports
?2018 Reports
?Revisiting Rationale for Career Development - Research Evidence
?Effectiveness of Interventions: Research Challenges
?Features of Effective Career Guidance Provision
?Celebrating Excellence
?Future Policy Challenges
?Final Thoughts: What Can We Learn from the Past
Index