International Handbook of Career Guidance / Edition 1

by James A. Athanasou, R. van Esbroeck

Overview

The International Handbook of Career Guidance represents a project of inter- tional professional cooperation. It is intended as a catalyst for reform and was designed to support the development of career guidance in the years to come. Working for over four years from Belgium and Australia we had the privilege to collaborate with over 50 colleagues throughout the world to produce this Handbook. In every instance we selected key researchers who have an established reputation in the field of career development. They agreed to be involved and we are grateful for their support in this major effort. In this handbook we have tried to bring together a collection that summarises the diverse aspects of career guidance. It is a synthesis of the domain of career and vo- tional guidance firstly for an international readership and secondly it is designed to act as a reference for academics, researchers and professionals in the expanding field of career development. For this reason the Handbook includes coverage of the ba- ground and history of guidance right through to poignant issues relating to careers in the modern world of work. Policy issues relating to the provision of careers services as well as professional issues relating to career education, career counselling, career assessment, program evaluation and research methodologies are covered.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402062292
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	09/26/2008
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	744
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

James Athanasou is a psychologist and in private practice since the 1980s. He specialises only in medico-legal vocational assessment following personal injury and is cited in more than 14 reported judgements in the AustLii. He is also an Associate Professor (0.4) in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney, where he lectures in Applied Vocational Rehabilitation, Biopsychosocial Aspects of Disability and co-ordinates the Dissertation program. He is retiring in December 2018 but will continue in private practice and research on vocational interests and the return to work following accident or injury. He is an honorary professor in the Australian Collaboratory for Career Employability & Learning for Living at the University of Southern Queensland and a pro bono lecturer at the University of the Congo ‘Agios Athanasios the Athonite’. He is the author of more than 10 books in education, rehabilitation and psychology and was previously editor of the Australian Journal of Career Development.

Dr. Harsha N. Perera, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he leads the Educational and Career Pathways Lab. His research centres on the social-cognitive-based motivational processes involved in educational choice and achievement. In addition, he has interests and expertise in advanced latent variable modelling methods, including latent variable approaches to validity assessment. Dr Perera serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Educational Psychology, Journal of Vocational Behavior, School Psychology Quarterly, Journal of Career Assessment, Frontiers in Psychology, Australian Journal of Career Development, and the International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance.

Table of Contents

Educational and Vocational Guidance in a Social Context.- Introduction: An International Handbook of Career Guidance.- Career Guidance in a Global World.- Social Contexts for Career Guidance Throughout the World.- Landscape with Travellers: The Context of Careers in Developed Nations.- Theoretical Foundations.- Helping People Choose Jobs: A History of the Guidance Profession.- The Big Five Career Theories.- Recent Developments in Career Theories: The Influences of Constructivism and Convergence.- Decision-Making Models and Career Guidance.- A Constructivist Approach to Ethically Grounded Vocational Development Interventions for Young People.- Social Contexts for Career Guidance Throughout the World. Developmental-Contextual Perspectives on Career Across the Lifespan.- Theories in Cross-Cultural Contexts.- Educational and Vocational Guidance in Practice.- Career Guidance and Counselling in Primary and Secondary Educational Settings.- On the Shop Floor: Guidance in the Workplace.- Career Management: Taking Control of the Quality of Work Experiences.- Qualification Standards for Career Practitioners.- The Emergence of More Dynamic Counselling Methods.- Career Guidance and Public Policy.- Training Career Practitioners in the 21st Century.- Educational and Vocational Guidance with Specific Target Groups.- Guidance for Girls and Women.- Career Guidance for Persons with Disabilities.- Career Guidance with Immigrants.- Coping with Work and Family Role Conflict: Career Counselling Considerations for Women.- Career Guidance for at Risk Young People: Constructing a Way Forward.- Testing and Assessment in Educational and Vocational Guidance.- Testing and Assessment in an International Context: Cross-and Multi-Cultural Issues.- Career Maturity Assessment in an International Context.- Interest Assessment in an International Context.- Assessment of Values and Role Salience.- Cognitive Measurement in Career Guidance.- Qualitative Career Assessment: A Higher Profile in the 21st Century?.- Ethical Issues in Testing and Assessment.- Evaluation of Educational and Vocational Guidance.- Quantitative Research Synthesis: The Use of Meta-Analysis in Career Guidance and Vocational Psychology.- Action Theory: An Integrative Paradigm for Research and Evaluation in Career.- Using Longitudinal Methodology in Career Guidance Research.- Evaluation of Career Guidance Programs.- Conclusion.- An International and Social Perspective on Career Guidance.