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Career development as explained by children and adolescents: How can career educators respond?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2016

Mary McMahon  and
Wendy Patton
Mary McMahon
Affiliation:
School of Learning and Development, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove Campus
Wendy Patton
Affiliation:
School of Learning and Development, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove Campus
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This paper examines the processes of career development experienced by children and adolescents in the school age groups: preschool, infant, primary, secondary and post-compulsory. The data was gathered through focus group interviews and was analysed to determine the subjects' understanding and experience of career development. The findings established that career development is experienced and understood by subjects of all school age groups, and that it is affected by a complex array of influences. The study clearly establishes the processes of career development experienced by the children and adolescents in the study. As a result, it is recommended that career education be included in the school curriculum from preschool to the postcompulsory school years, and that career decision making and career education be set within the broader context of career development.

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Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools , Volume 4 , November 1994 , pp. 81 - 88
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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