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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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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Career Guidance Practitioner Resistance and the Construction of Professional Identity
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Douglas, Fiona – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2011
Increased state intervention regarding the objectives and outcomes of career guidance leaves some practitioners deeply unhappy at the increased control this exerts over their work. In this article, I argue that practitioners are subject to the power and influence of the state's economic and welfare agendas that are contrary to their preferred…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, School Counselors, Government School Relationship, Professional Autonomy
Residing in Silence and Wonder: Career Counselling from the Perspective of "Being"
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Hansen, Finn Thorbjorn; Amundson, Norman – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2009
We are approaching career counselling from the perspective of "Being", which we recognize to be a daunting task. Nevertheless we find it extremely important that the counsellor become aware of and try to think, talk and act from his or her embeddedness in being, and by that help the client to do the same. This process involves an ontological and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Counselors, Career Counseling, Counselor Client Relationship