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My system of career influences: responding to challenges facing career education

Authors: Mark Watson, Mary McMahon

Published in: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance | Issue 3/2006

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The present article explores major challenges facing career psychology, specifically within the field of career education. Several issues are identified including the need for more effective links between theory and practice, the movement towards constructivist theories and the related challenges of applying such theories. These issues are explored within the context of the reformulation of career education and through the lens of the constructivist Systems Theory Framework of career development and its applied activity, the My Systems of Career Influences.

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Title: My system of career influences: responding to challenges facing career education
Authors: Mark Watson
Mary McMahon
Publication date: 01-12-2006
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published in: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance / Issue 3/2006
Print ISSN: 1873-0388
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1782
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-006-9105-1

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