Full Description
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.
Contents
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
