ERIC Number: EJ960009
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Publication Date: 2012
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Examining Process Constructs of Narrative Career Counselling: An Exploratory Case Study
McMahon, Mary; Watson, Mark; Chetty, Candice; Hoelson, Christopher Norman
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, v40 n2 p127-141 2012
The present article examines how the five process constructs of reflection, connectedness, meaning making, learning and agency are operationalised in a constructivist approach to career counselling, specifically a storytelling approach. This article reports on an exploratory case study of a Black South African female university student. The case study provides examples of how a career counsellor enacts these constructs and facilitates their development in a client, as well as examples of how they are evident in client dialogue and action. Insight into the process of a storytelling approach to narrative career counselling is demonstrated, from which tentative suggestions are made about how to facilitate the process constructs of reflection, connectedness, meaning making, learning and agency.
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Story Telling, Blacks, Undergraduate Students, Females, Universities, Career Counseling, Models, Case Studies, Concept Mapping, Systems Approach, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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