Module Code - Title:
EN6093
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CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES ON VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESSION ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
The purpose of this module is to develop the student's knowledge base, skills and competencies with regard on lifelong and life-wide career development and decision-making, labour market information and career counselling interviewing skills pertinent to the role of the Guidance Counsellor.
Syllabus:
Theoretical perspectives of lifelong career development grounded in psychology, sociology, education and labour economics is addressed. Issues related to social justice, gender and multiculturalism in career decision making and progression are covered. The students develop career counselling interviewing skills based on contemporary practice based models to support young people and adults in their career development.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
Distinguish the key developmental events and transitions for young people and adults clients within a lifelong learning framework.
Critically evaluate different theoretical perspectives and approaches related to the career development, career learning and decision-making of individuals across the lifespan.
Demonstrate the practical application of different career counselling techniques in guidance counselling with individuals across the lifespan.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
Show an awareness of the complexity of vocational and educational decision-making for individuals across the lifespan.
Display a professional commitment to ethical practice in career guidance counselling with individuals from different age groups and backgrounds.
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
N/A
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
Lectures, small group teaching, case study, and experiential role play. Critical pedagogical techniques used to develop reflective skills and attributes.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Herr, E. L., Cramer, S.H., & Niles, S.G. (2004)
Career Guidance and Counseling Through the
Lifespan; Systematic Approaches, 6th edn
, Boston: Pearson Education
Kidd, J.M. (2006)
Understanding Career Counselling, Theory, Research and Practice
, London:
Sage
Savickas, M.L (2011)
Career Counseling
, Washington DC: APA
Sharf, R.S. (2010)
Applying Career Development Theory to Counseling, 5th edn
, Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning
Bassot, B., Chant. A. & Barnes, A (2013)
A Practical Guide to Career Learning and Development; Innovation in Careers Education,
, NY: Routledge.
Inkson, K., Dries, N. & Arnold, J. (2015)
Understanding Careers, 2nd ed.
, London: Sage.
Sugarman, L. (2001)
Life-Span Development; Frameworks, Accounts and Strategies,
, Hove: Psychology Press Ltd.
Ali, L., & Graham, B. (1996)
The Counselling Approach to Careers Guidance
, London:
Routledge
Blustein, D.L. (2006)
The Psychology of Working; A New Perspective of Career Development,
Counseling, and Public Policy
, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Swanson, J.L. & Fouad, N.A. (2015)
Career Theory and Practice; Learning Through Case Studies, 3rd ed.
, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Other Relevant Texts:
Knowles, M.S., Holton, E.F. & Swanson, R.A. (2015)
The Adult Learner; the definitive classic in adult education and human resource development, 8th ed.
, London: Routledge.
Merriam, S.B., & Grace, A.P. (Eds.) (2011)
Contemporary Issues in Adult Education,
, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Pryor, R. & Bright, J. (2011)
The Chaos Theory of Careers; a new perspective on working in the 21st century.
, NY: Routledge.
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Spring
Module Leader:
petra.elftorp@ul.ie