Career Counseling and Constructivism: Elaboration of Constructs
( Professions - Training, Education and Demographics )
Publication series ：Professions - Training, Education and Demographics
Author： Mary McMahon (The University of Queensland Australia) Mark Watson (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University South Africa)
Publisher： Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Publication year： 2013
E-ISBN: 9781617617072
Subject： G71 Vocational and Technical Education
Keyword： Psychology and Psychiatry
Language： ENG
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Description
Vocational guidance fits industrial societies and career counseling suits corporate cultures. However, neither guidance nor counseling seems to be the best practice for career intervention in the global economy of the information era. Thus, the emergence of career construction theory for comprehending vocational behavior and life-design interventions to assist people in choosing an adapting to work roles. This book examines and elaborates on the structural elements assembled into models of self-making, career constructing, and life designing.