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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Watson, Mark – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2010
This paper explores the definition of social justice in career psychology and how this might be understood in the South African context. In particular, macro-contextual factors that define social justice issues in South African career psychology are described. The extent to which the discipline of career psychology in South Africa has addressed…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Foreign Countries, Psychology, Career Development
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McMahon, Mary; Bimrose, Jenny; Watson, Mark – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2010
This paper considers women's career development and the potential contribution of career development theory, research, practice and policy in advancing a social inclusion agenda. In particular, the paper focuses on older women in the contexts of an ageing population, labour market shortages and Australia's social inclusion agenda. Supporting young…
Descriptors: Females, Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Career Development
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McMahon, Mary; Watson, Mark – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2007
Since its first publication more than 15 years ago, the Systems Theory Framework (STF) has become an established metatheoretical framework in the international career development literature. Ten years into its history, the first review of its development was published. The present article overviews the expansion of the STF literature since that…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Social Theories, Cognitive Structures, Theory Practice Relationship
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McMahon, Mary; Watson, Mark – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2006
In recent years, career theory and practice has been challenged to revise and reinvigorate itself in order to remain relevant in the post-modern world. The most fundamental challenge is to produce an identity for career practice that is congruent with the post-modern world (Watson & McMahon, 2005). Career research is facing a similar challenge as…
Descriptors: Research Tools, Systems Approach, Career Counseling, Career Development
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Watson, Mark; McMahon, Mary – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2004
Career development is regarded as a lifespan process; however, the career development of children has received little theoretical and research attention. This article reflects on the breadth and depth of understandings about children's career development from the metatheoretical perspective of the Systems Theory Framework of career development…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Career Counseling, Career Development, Children
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McMahon, Mary; Patton, Wendy; Watson, Mark – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2004
The Systems Theory Framework (STF) of career development represents a metatheoretical account of career development that is consistent with the constructivist worldview. Presented as a framework of influences, the STF clearly illustrates the content and process of career development. The STF has provided the stimulus for the development of a…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Systems Approach, Career Development, Story Telling