Career Development As a Partner in Nation Building Australia : Origins, History and Foundations for the Future.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- CHAPTER 1 -- CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN AUSTRALIA -- VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE -- THEORY DEVELOPMENT -- THE STATUS OF CAREER THEORY -- SUMMARY -- DEFINITIONS IN THE FIELD -- CAREER DEVELOPMENT TERMINOLOGY -- CAREER GUIDANCE AND RELATED TERMS -- PROFESSIONAL WORKER TITLES -- INTERNATIONALISATION - FROM SHARING, TO GROWING AND LEARNING -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2 -- VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE -- EARLY BEGINNINGS -- VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE -- INTERWAR SUMMARY -- DEVELOPMENTS POST WWII -- THE DECADE OF NEW DIRECTION - 1970S -- CAREER SERVICE AS REPRESENTED BY PERSONNEL NUMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY -- THE ROLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (CES) IN VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE -- CES AND VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE -- THE BEGINNINGS OF CHANGE IN CAREER GUIDANCE SERVICE PROVISION: 1980S-1990S -- TRAINING - DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROFESSION -- SUMMARY 1970S-1990S -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3 -- CAREER EDUCATION -- THE BEGINNINGS OF CAREER EDUCATION -- THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF CAREER EDUCATION -- DEFINITIONAL CHALLENGES -- CAREER EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA -- THE CAREER EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL - ROLE AND TRAINING -- THE 1970S - SUMMARY -- CAREER EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA - 1980S -- STATE SUMMARIES OF PRACTICE 1970S-1980S - THREE MAJOR REPORTS -- CASE STUDY -- CHANGING CONCEPTUALISATION: CAREER EDUCATION AND COUNSELLING -- SUMMARY OF 1980S -- CAREER EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA - 1990S -- ACTIVITY IN SCHOOLS -- SUMMARY THROUGH TO THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4 -- CAREER ASSESSMENT AND CAREER INFORMATION -- BACKGROUND: THE PLACE OF ASSESSMENT IN VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE AND CAREER COUNSELLING -- VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT - EARLY DEVELOPMENT -- CAREER ASSESSMENT IN AUSTRALIA -- AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH (ACER).

COMPUTER-ASSISTED CAREER GUIDANCE (CACG) -- QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT -- QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT IN AUSTRALIA -- OCCUPATIONAL/CAREER INFORMATION IN AUSTRALIA -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5 -- CAREER COUNSELLING -- DEVELOPMENT OF CAREER COUNSELLING -- THE NEED FOR CHANGE IN CAREER COUNSELLING -- CAREER COUNSELLING IN AUSTRALIA -- AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION OF CAREER COUNSELLORS -- CAREER COUNSELLING RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIA -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6 -- CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN POST-SCHOOL SETTINGS -- INTRODUCTION -- UNIVERSITIES -- VET/TAFE SECTOR -- REVIEW OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN AUSTRALIAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS (DEEWR, 2008) -- PRIVATE SECTOR -- SUMMING UP -- CURRENT SITUATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7 -- TWO STEPS FORWARD, THREE STEPS BACK … -- INTERNATIONAL CHANGES IN CAREER GUIDANCE PRACTICE -- RATIONALE FOR CAREER GUIDANCE -- EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT CAREER GUIDANCE OUTCOMES -- CAREER GUIDANCE AND PUBLIC POLICY: AN INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY -- INTERNATIONAL POLICY WORK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY -- SUMMARY: KEY POLICY ISSUES -- AUSTRALIAN POLICY CONTEXT - TOWARDS THE 21ST CENTURY -- STATUS OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN AUSTRALIA - 2002 -- THE OECD AUSTRALIA REVIEW -- LEARNING TO WORK REPORT -- INITIATIVES OF THE TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TASKFORCE -- THE AUSTRALIAN BLUEPRINT FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT -- THREE STEPS BACK -- OPPORTUNITY LOST -- NATIONAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY - 2012 -- NATIONAL CAREER EDUCATION STRATEGY - 2016 -- INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT IN THE SECOND DECADE OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8 -- DEVELOPMENT OF A PROFESSION -- TRAINING ISSUES POST WWII -- THE TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS PICTURE - 1990S -- IMPACT OF REVIEWS ON PRACTICE IN AUSTRALIA -- THE OECD REVIEW - AUSTRALIA SHARES ISSUES IN TRAINING AND STATUS OF THE PROFESSION.

OECD COUNTRY REVIEW AUSTRALIA: A TURNING POINT FOR DEVELOPMENT -- INITIATIVES FOLLOWING THE OECD VISIT -- AUSTRALIA: NATIONAL STANDARDS AND ACCREDITATION OF CAREER PRACTITIONERS -- THE ROLE OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS -- WHERE DID THE PSYCHOLOGISTS GO? -- CURRENT STATUS OF CAREER PRACTITIONERS IN AUSTRALIA -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9 -- CONTRIBUTIONS TO AUSTRALIA AND THE INTERNATIONAL FIELD -- PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS -- MAJOR CONFERENCE ACTIVITY -- COURSE DEVELOPERS -- PROFESSION/GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIPS -- CONTRIBUTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN THEORISTS, RESEARCHERS, AND PRACTITIONERS -- AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT (AJCD) -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10 -- PLUS ÇA CHANGE, PLUS C'EST LA MÊME CHOSE -- CAREER DEVELOPMENT - PAST TO PRESENT -- THE CYCLE REPEATS -- THE CURRENT SITUATION - ANOTHER ERA OF REPORTS -- 2018 REPORTS -- REVISITING RATIONALE FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT - RESEARCH EVIDENCE -- EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERVENTIONS: RESEARCH CHALLENGES -- FEATURES OF EFFECTIVE CAREER GUIDANCE PROVISION -- CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE -- FUTURE POLICY CHALLENGES -- FINAL THOUGHTS: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE PAST -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

Career Development as a Partner in Nation Building Australia details the valuable historical place of career development in contributing to the broad growth of Australian society. It challenges policy makers and practitioners to provide a more sustained national systemic approach.

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