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ERIC Number: EJ731903
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jun
Pages: 35
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0001-8791
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Child Vocational Development: A Review and Reconsideration
Hartung, Paul J.; Porfeli, Erik J.; Vondracek, Fred W.
Journal of Vocational Behavior, v66 n3 p385-419 Jun 2005
Childhood marks the dawn of human development. To organize, integrate, and advance knowledge about vocational development during this age period from a life-span perspective, we conducted a comprehensive review of the empirical vocational development literature that addresses early-to-late childhood. The review considers career exploration, career awareness, vocational expectations and aspirations, vocational interests, and career maturity/adaptability. By conducting the review, we sought to consolidate knowledge and identify avenues for further research concerned with vocational development in childhood and across the life span. Linking knowledge of child vocational development with what is known about adolescent and adult vocational development and conducting research that embeds vocational development within the fabric of a life-span developmental framework could move the field of vocational psychology from a disjointed perspective on career as studied in isolated age groups and toward an integrated life-span conceptualization.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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