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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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Lehman, Yvette Piha; Ribeiro, Marcelo Afonso; da Conceição Coropos Uvaldo, Maria; da Silva, Fabiano Fonseca – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2015
Career guidance and career counselling have traditionally been conducted in an individualized fashion focusing on the counsellor-client relationship. Specialized literature, however, points to the potential use of group strategies. This article seeks to contribute to the advancement of studies in group career counselling practices, by introducing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Development, Career Counseling, Counselor Client Relationship
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Nassar-McMillan, Sylvia C. – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2014
Immigration and globalization, coupled with heightened economic challenges, prescribe that career counselors and practitioners need to be culturally sensitive and mindful about both general factors affecting nations throughout the world and cross-cultural beliefs and behaviors that career counseling clients may present. Concurrently, the renewed…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Advocacy, Social Justice, Case Studies
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Chen, Charles P.; Chan, Janice – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2014
Learning disabilities (LDs) describe a number of disorders that affect the way information is acquired, retained, organized, and understood. This article aims to address the critical issue of improving the career well-being of LD youth. It first examines several critical issues that affect LD high school students/youth in their career development.…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Career Guidance, High School Students, Career Development
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Pryor, Robert G. L.; Bright, James E. H. – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2012
Failing is a neglected topic in career development theory and counselling practice. Most theories see failing as simply the opposite of success and something to be avoided. It is contended that the Chaos Theory of Careers with its emphasis on complexity, uncertainty and consequent human imitations, provides a conceptually coherent account of…
Descriptors: Career Development, Failure, Career Counseling, Theory Practice Relationship
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McMahon, Mary; Watson, Mark – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2012
Narrative career counselling is a growing force in career guidance and counselling that offers a direction for the field to respond to the needs of increasingly diverse client groups. In this article, we review established and emerging approaches to narrative career counselling, then focus on the emerging story telling approach. We offer examples…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Story Telling, Counseling Techniques
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Hoare, P. Nancey; McIlveen, Peter; Hamilton, Nadine – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2012
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) has potential to contribute to career counselling. In this paper, the theoretical tenets of ACT and a selection of its counselling techniques are overviewed along with a descriptive case vignette. There is limited empirical research into ACT's application in career counselling. Accordingly, a research agenda…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Career Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Research Needs