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Career Development as a Partner in Nation Building Australia
Origins, History and Foundations for the Future
Series: - Career Development Series, Volume: 8
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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.
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.
Foreword
âCol McCowan OAM Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Career Development in Australia: Connecting to an International History
âVocational Guidance
âTheory Development
âThe Status of Career Theory
âSummary
âDefinitions in the Field
âCareer Development Terminology
âCareer Guidance and Related Terms
âProfessional Worker Titles
âInternationalisation â From Sharing, to Growing and Learning
âConclusion
Chapter 2: Vocational Guidance
âEarly Beginnings
âVocational Guidance
âInterwar Summary
âDevelopments Post WWII
âThe Decade of New Direction â 1970S
âCareer Service as Represented by Personnel Numbers across the Country
âThe Role of the Commonwealth Employment Service (CES) in Vocational Guidance
âCES and Vocational Guidance
âThe Beginnings of Change in Career Guidance Service Provision: 1980sâ1990s
âTraining â Development of the Profession
âSummary 1970sâ1990s
âConclusion
Chapter 3: Career Education
âThe Beginnings of Career Education
âTheoretical Underpinnings of Career Education
âDefinitional Challenges
âCareer Education in Australia
âThe Career Education Professional â Role and Training
âThe 1970s â Summary
âCareer Education in Australia â 1980s
âState Summaries of Practice 1970sâ1980s â Three Major Reports
âCase Study
âChanging Conceptualisation: Career Education and Counselling
âSummary of 1980s
âCareer Education in Australia â 1990s
âActivity in Schools
âSummary through to the End of the 20th Century
âConclusion
Chapter 4: Career Assessment and Career Information
âBackground: The Place of Assessment in Vocational Guidance and Career Counselling
âVocational Assessment â Early Development
âCareer Assessment in Australia
âAustralian Council For Educational Research (ACER)
âComputer-Assisted Career Guidance (CACG)
âQualitative Assessment
âQualitative Assessment in Australia
âOccupational/Career Information in Australia
âConclusion
Chapter 5: Career Counselling
âDevelopment of Career Counselling
âThe Need for Change in Career Counselling
âCareer Counselling in Australia
âAustralian Association of Career Counsellors
âCareer Counselling Research in Australia
âConclusion
Chapter 6: Career Development in Post-School Settings
âIntroduction
âUniversities
âVET/TAFE Sector
âReview of Career Development Services in Australian Tertiary Institutions (DEEWR, 2008)
âPrivate Sector
âSumming Up
âCurrent Situation
âConclusion
Chapter 7: Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back â¦
âInternational Changes in Career Guidance Practice
âRationale for Career Guidance
âEvidence to Support Career Guidance Outcomes
âCareer Guidance and Public Policy: An International Strategy
âInternational Policy Work at the Beginning of the 21st Century
âSummary: Key Policy Issues
âAustralian Policy Context â Towards the 21st Century
âStatus of Career Development in Australia â 2002
âThe OECD Australia Review
âLearning to Work Report
âInitiatives of the Transition from School Taskforce
âThe Australian Blueprint For Career Development
âThree Steps Back
âOpportunity Lost
âNational Career Development Strategy â 2012
âNational Career Education Strategy â 2016
âInternational Context in the Second Decade of the Twenty First Century
âConclusion
Chapter 8: Development of a Profession
âThe Career Development Professional in Australia
âTraining Issues Post WWII
âThe Training and Qualifications Picture â 1990s
âImpact of Reviews on Practice in Australia
âThe OECD Review â Australia Shares Issues in Training and Status of the Profession
âOecd Country Review Australia: A Turning Point for Development
âInitiatives Following the OECD Visit
âAustralia: National Standards and Accreditation of Career Practitioners
âThe Role of Professional Associations
âWhere Did the Psychologists Go?
âCurrent Status of Career Practitioners in Australia
âConclusion
Chapter 9: Contributions to Australia and the International Field
âProfessional Associations
âMajor Conference Activity
âCourse Developers
âProfession/Government Relationships
âContributions of Australian Theorists, Researchers, and Practitioners
âAustralian Journal of Career Development (AJCD)
âConclusion
Chapter 10: Plus ca change, plus câest la meme chose
âCareer Development â Beginning to Now
âThe Cycle Repeats
âThe Current Situation â Another Era of Reports
â2018 Reports
âRevisiting Rationale for Career Development â Research Evidence
âEffectiveness of Interventions: Research Challenges
âFeatures of Effective Career Guidance Provision
âCelebrating Excellence
âFuture Policy Challenges
âFinal Thoughts: What Can We Learn from the Past
Index
âCol McCowan OAM Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Career Development in Australia: Connecting to an International History
âVocational Guidance
âTheory Development
âThe Status of Career Theory
âSummary
âDefinitions in the Field
âCareer Development Terminology
âCareer Guidance and Related Terms
âProfessional Worker Titles
âInternationalisation â From Sharing, to Growing and Learning
âConclusion
Chapter 2: Vocational Guidance
âEarly Beginnings
âVocational Guidance
âInterwar Summary
âDevelopments Post WWII
âThe Decade of New Direction â 1970S
âCareer Service as Represented by Personnel Numbers across the Country
âThe Role of the Commonwealth Employment Service (CES) in Vocational Guidance
âCES and Vocational Guidance
âThe Beginnings of Change in Career Guidance Service Provision: 1980sâ1990s
âTraining â Development of the Profession
âSummary 1970sâ1990s
âConclusion
Chapter 3: Career Education
âThe Beginnings of Career Education
âTheoretical Underpinnings of Career Education
âDefinitional Challenges
âCareer Education in Australia
âThe Career Education Professional â Role and Training
âThe 1970s â Summary
âCareer Education in Australia â 1980s
âState Summaries of Practice 1970sâ1980s â Three Major Reports
âCase Study
âChanging Conceptualisation: Career Education and Counselling
âSummary of 1980s
âCareer Education in Australia â 1990s
âActivity in Schools
âSummary through to the End of the 20th Century
âConclusion
Chapter 4: Career Assessment and Career Information
âBackground: The Place of Assessment in Vocational Guidance and Career Counselling
âVocational Assessment â Early Development
âCareer Assessment in Australia
âAustralian Council For Educational Research (ACER)
âComputer-Assisted Career Guidance (CACG)
âQualitative Assessment
âQualitative Assessment in Australia
âOccupational/Career Information in Australia
âConclusion
Chapter 5: Career Counselling
âDevelopment of Career Counselling
âThe Need for Change in Career Counselling
âCareer Counselling in Australia
âAustralian Association of Career Counsellors
âCareer Counselling Research in Australia
âConclusion
Chapter 6: Career Development in Post-School Settings
âIntroduction
âUniversities
âVET/TAFE Sector
âReview of Career Development Services in Australian Tertiary Institutions (DEEWR, 2008)
âPrivate Sector
âSumming Up
âCurrent Situation
âConclusion
Chapter 7: Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back â¦
âInternational Changes in Career Guidance Practice
âRationale for Career Guidance
âEvidence to Support Career Guidance Outcomes
âCareer Guidance and Public Policy: An International Strategy
âInternational Policy Work at the Beginning of the 21st Century
âSummary: Key Policy Issues
âAustralian Policy Context â Towards the 21st Century
âStatus of Career Development in Australia â 2002
âThe OECD Australia Review
âLearning to Work Report
âInitiatives of the Transition from School Taskforce
âThe Australian Blueprint For Career Development
âThree Steps Back
âOpportunity Lost
âNational Career Development Strategy â 2012
âNational Career Education Strategy â 2016
âInternational Context in the Second Decade of the Twenty First Century
âConclusion
Chapter 8: Development of a Profession
âThe Career Development Professional in Australia
âTraining Issues Post WWII
âThe Training and Qualifications Picture â 1990s
âImpact of Reviews on Practice in Australia
âThe OECD Review â Australia Shares Issues in Training and Status of the Profession
âOecd Country Review Australia: A Turning Point for Development
âInitiatives Following the OECD Visit
âAustralia: National Standards and Accreditation of Career Practitioners
âThe Role of Professional Associations
âWhere Did the Psychologists Go?
âCurrent Status of Career Practitioners in Australia
âConclusion
Chapter 9: Contributions to Australia and the International Field
âProfessional Associations
âMajor Conference Activity
âCourse Developers
âProfession/Government Relationships
âContributions of Australian Theorists, Researchers, and Practitioners
âAustralian Journal of Career Development (AJCD)
âConclusion
Chapter 10: Plus ca change, plus câest la meme chose
âCareer Development â Beginning to Now
âThe Cycle Repeats
âThe Current Situation â Another Era of Reports
â2018 Reports
âRevisiting Rationale for Career Development â Research Evidence
âEffectiveness of Interventions: Research Challenges
âFeatures of Effective Career Guidance Provision
âCelebrating Excellence
âFuture Policy Challenges
âFinal Thoughts: What Can We Learn from the Past
Index
This book will be of interest to scholars in career development/ vocational psychology in Australia and internationally, in addition to broader academic fields of psychology, sociology, and applied disciplines such as counselling psychology and social work.