A philosophical consideration of qualitative career assessment
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | A philosophical consideration of qualitative career assessment |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 3228 |
Book Title | Career assessment: qualitative approaches |
Authors | McIlveen, Peter (Author) and Midgley, Warren (Author) |
Editors | McMahon, Mary and Watson, Mark |
Volume | 7 |
Page Range | 13-20 |
Series | Career Development Series |
Chapter Number | 2 |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Year | 2015 |
Publisher | Sense Publishers |
Place of Publication | Netherlands |
ISBN | 9789463000321 |
9789463000345 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-034-5_2 |
Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-6300-034-5_2 |
Abstract | This chapter entails a consideration of the philosophical dimensions of career assessment as an act of social construction. As a philosophical chapter that necessarily renders our own values in this text, we declare our endorsement of social constructionism (Berger & Luckmann, 1966; Gergen & Davis, 1985) and the Systems Theory Framework of career development (STF; Patton & McMahon, 2014). Indeed, we present this statement quite deliberately for we believe it is incumbent upon all scholars and practitioners who engage in a process of a philosophical consideration to metaphorically wear their epistemic and professional values on their sleeves to ensure transparency and understanding (Prilleltensky & Stead, 2013). Thus, the chapter begins with a selection of historical moments in the evolution of the field of career development. We present a caution that career assessment—qualitative and quantitative—is itself an historical, culturally constructed entity that manifests the power of career practitioners afforded them by clients’ unwitting collusion with the discourse of career. We then present a conceptualisation of narrative through the lens of social constructionism. |
Keywords | career assessment, philosophy, qualitative assessment, career development, career counselling |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390404. Educational counselling |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q3013/a-philosophical-consideration-of-qualitative-career-assessment
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