Career guidance for Vocational Education and Training (VET)

Authors

  • Helmot Zelloth

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.3308

Keywords:

Career guidance, Vocational education and training, VET

Abstract

This paper has been inspired by Tony Watts’ pioneering work which explored the relationship between VET and career guidance. This relationship features traditionally ambiguous and not very clearcut definitions. His helpful distinction between career guidance ‘prior to’ and ‘within’ VET opened new perspectives for analysis. Career guidance cannot only serve as an ‘eye opener’ to stimulate VET demand, but also as a ‘change agent’ to improve VET supply. However, career guidance has come under attack for being ‘VET-blind’ and has been criticised for being inadequately sensitive to VET. Similarly VET needs to consider the relevance of career guidance. It is this potential for a reciprocal interaction between VET and career guidance that this paper focuses on.

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Published

01-10-2014