Introduction: Constructivism and social constructionism in the career field |
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Authors: | Richard A Young Audrey Collin |
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Institution: | a Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4 b De Montfort University, UK |
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Abstract: | The impact of constructivism and social constructionism upon vocational psychology has often been through the use of the more generic “constructivism.” In this article constructivism is distinguished by its focus on how the individual cognitively engages in the construction of knowledge from social construction which claims that knowledge and meaning are historically and culturally constructed through social processes and action. The considerable ambiguity in the use of these terms is also discussed. Their contributions, challenges, and opportunities to the career field’s dominant discourses are examined: the dispositions discourse, the contextualizing discourse, the subjectivity and narrative discourse, and the process discourse. Broader challenges and opportunities for the field are also noted. The historical construction of knowledge, concern with language, action, and process problematize traditional understandings of career. They raise opportunities to question fundamental assumptions, focus on context, culture, the person-environment interaction, and practice. |
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Keywords: | Constructivism Context Discourse Epistemology Historical construction Language Meaning Ontology Practice Social constructionism |
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