Struggling for Space: Narrative Methods and the Crisis of Professionalism in Career Guidance in England

Autor/inn/en	Reid, Hazel; West, Linden
Titel	Struggling for Space: Narrative Methods and the Crisis of Professionalism in Career Guidance in England
Quelle	In: British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 39 (2011) 5, S.397-410 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0306-9885
DOI	10.1080/03069885.2011.566321
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Career Counseling; Career Guidance; Experiential Learning; Interviews; Personal Narratives; Biographical Inventories; Personal Space; Caseworker Approach; Qualitative Research; Professional Identity; Resistance (Psychology); Performance Factors; Counseling Techniques; Counseling Services; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Berufsorientierung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Erlebniserzählung; Biography; Biographies; Research; Biographie; Forschung; Biografieforschung; Biografische Methode; Biografisches Interview; Intimsphäre; Qualitative Forschung; Resistenz; Leistungsindikator; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode
Abstract	We report in this article on the second phase of an in-depth project examining practitioners' use of a narrative model for 1-1 career guidance interviews in England, derived from the work of Mark Savickas. Using biographical narrative interviews, we explored the impact and constraints experienced by eight practitioner participants when engaging with a new model, and their struggles to learn, reflexively, from the experience. Further, in-depth interviews were conducted with four practitioners who "risked" engaging with narrative methods to enhance practice, and achieved some success, but not without struggle and difficulty, professionally and personally. The narratives were analysed using protocols developed in previous research. The results illuminate the difficulties of creating space for experiment within a hard economic environment, dominated by outcomes and targets, as part of what can be seen as the "technicising" of the guidance profession. Although drawing on all the interviews, we focus in this article on two participants' narratives which are particularly evocative of the need for creative space, in contexts where professionalism appears to have diminished. The research itself provided space to think and imagine career guidance in more holistic ways. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10