Table of Contents

1. Telling Stories of Childhood Career Development Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives 2. Theories of Career Development in Childhood and Early Adolescence 3. Childhood: Career Construction’s Opening Act 4. Systems and Relational Perspectives in Understanding Children’s Career Development 5. Supporting the Career Development of Children: The Concepts of Career Choice and Attainment Model 6. Children as storytellers: Constructing identity through story Part 2: Research Perspectives 7. Children’s Career Exploration and Development: Research Overview and Agenda Part 3 Contextual Perspectives 8. The Antecedents of Children’s Aspirations 9. Child Career Development in Family Contexts 10. Child Career Development in Developing World Contexts Part 4 Assessment Perspectives 11. Career Assessment of Children 12. Assessment in Child Career Development Part 5 Facilitating Career Exploration and Development 13. School-Based Approaches Promoting Children’s Career Exploration and Development 14. Targeted Career Exploration and Development Programmes 15. Career Development Learning in Childhood: Theory, research, policy and practice 16.

About the Author

Mark Watson is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa.

Mary McMahon is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, The University of Queensland, Australia.

Reviews

‘Career development is a lifespan process, but to date the early part of the lifespan has received little attention. This book represents a much-needed impetus to change this. Watson and McMahon have assembled a diverse group of scholars to document how childhood experiences serve as precursors of future occupational roles and identities and to review the functions of theory, research, and practice in understanding and facilitating the underlying processes. This book will expand the scope of the field and should be required reading for students of career development and career counselling.’Fred W. Vondracek, Professor Emeritus of Human Development at The Pennsylvania State University