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McWhirter, Ellen Hawley; McWhirter, Benedict T. – Journal of Career Development, 2012
In this article, the lens of critical psychology is applied to adolescent career development and vocational guidance in Chile. The authors describe and critique the status of adolescent vocational guidance in Chile, the reproduction of extant social inequities in Chilean education, and offer recommendations for enhancing vocational guidance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Guidance, Career Development, Adolescents
Watts, A. G.; Fretwell, David H. – World Bank Education Advisory Service, 2004
The following pages summarize the findings of seven case-studies of public policy in career guidance carried out in Chile, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa and Turkey. The objectives of this World Bank study were: to identify and describe the distinctive issues faced by developing and transition economies in forming effective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Cultural Influences, Careers
Law, Bill – 2002
This paper sets out career-related stories of people and their struggle to make sense of a life through work. They show that career management is not primarily a matching process but, for most, the making of a life the best way one can. The nine stories from five continents have these focuses: a feeling for a career; a career is other people or…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Career Change, Career Development