Careers Work in Schools by Hughes Catherine;

Author:Hughes, Catherine;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Australian Academic Press

Chapter 4

Using the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale for Readiness Assessment and Career Intervention

Historically career development programs in schools have prepared students to deal with the vocational development tasks they encounter as they emerge from childhood into adolescence, during adolescence and into emerging adulthood. Vocational development tasks refer to societal expectations about preparing for and adapting to the work role (Super, Savickas, & Super, 1996).

Typically Year 7 students are aged between 12 and 13. At this time most students are at the Growth stage of career development. During the period of career growth children are presented with the vocational development tasks of developing a future orientation, including the capacity to look ahead and anticipate future work scenarios and multiple life roles for themselves, developing a sense of control over their life, gaining the capacity to make decisions, building confidence in their abilities, practising competent work habits and forming an initial vocational self-concept (Hartung, 2013; Super et al., 1996). At approximately 14 years of age, the Growth stage gives way to the Exploration stage of career development. The exploration stage remains with students throughout secondary school and into their early adult years and is revisited at times of career transition throughout life. As adolescents and emerging adults, secondary school students are presented with the vocational development tasks of crystallising their vocational self-concept, building career decision-making skills, specifying a preferred career direction and related educational pathways and making flexible plans and taking action steps to implement their career and course preferences (Super et al., 1996). These stages of career development and vocational development tasks are reflected in the career development frameworks implemented in several countries; for example, the Australian Blueprint for Career Development (MCEECDYA, 2010).

To help students to manage these vocational development tasks, schools deliver career education programs and career services that focus on developing student:

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