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Lydia Lauder; Siobhan Neary – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2024
Political impetuses for raising the professional status of the careers sector in England have spanned more than a decade, driving an assiduous pursuit for professionalisation linked to the training and upskilling of its workforce. This paper builds on previous work by the authors and explores the necessity, and integration of theory for practice…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Continuing Education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Counselor Training
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Lauder, Lydia; Neary, Siobhan – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2020
A new qualification benchmark, the Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) Diploma Level 6 in Career Guidance and Development was established in the UK in 2011. This study was conducted to ascertain whether a theoretical nexus is necessary for practice and how this could contribute to the professionalisation of the adult careers sector in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Guidance, Career Development, Training
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Collin, Audrey – British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 1996
Discusses practitioners' doubts about the value of theory in counseling. The relationship between theory and practice is a sensitive one in the debate on competencies, and an illuminating one in that on postmodernism. Practice is improvisational, and is refined by frameworks provided by theory, critical thinking, and "reflective…
Descriptors: Adults, Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Theories