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Age, and Midcareer Crisis: An Empirical Study of Academics.

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Entrekin, L.V.; Everett, J.E. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1981

Examines the midlife career/crisis transition period of academic staff surveyed in four Australian Universities. Supports a generalized career stage model and a specific career stage model of academic staff, who are shown to be particularly susceptible to the midlife crisis/transition phenomenon. (Author/JAC)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Career Change, Career Development, College Faculty

Not So "Significant Others": Problems with the Field-Based Classroom Supervision of Mature-Age, Technical Trainee Teachers.

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Mealyea, Robert J. – Australian Journal of Education, 1992

A study of 16 middle-aged adults undergoing a career change into teaching investigated their relationships with their practicum supervisors, focusing on sources of tension arising from prior occupational identity and self-concept. A strong effect of prior occupational identity on social dynamics of the classroom supervision process was found.…

Descriptors: Career Change, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Middle Aged Adults