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Non-participation in guidance: An opportunity for development?

  • Rie Thomsen
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Abstract

This article discusses how new opportunities for guidance can emerge from an analysis of the interplay between the participation (or lack of participation) of the individuals in career guidance, and the career guidance practitioner’s response. The article suggests critical psychology as a framework for career guidance research and presents the analytical categories of “participation” and “conduct of everyday life” as means to analyse the dialectical relationship between participant and structure, as well as individual and society. Finally, it is argued that flexible career practices that adapt to the needs of participants have the potential effect of greater social justice.

Keywords

Career guidance in communities Critical psychology Individualisation 

Résumé

La non-participation dans le conseil en orientation: une occasion de développement. Cet article discute la manière dont de nouvelles opportunités pour l’orientation peuvent émerger de l’analyse de l’interaction entre la participation (ou la non- participation) des individus dans le conseil en orientation et la réponse des praticiens. L’article suggère d’utiliser la psychologie critique comme cadre pour la recherche en orientation et présente les catégories analytiques de “participation” et “conduites de la vie de tous les jours” comme des moyens d’analyser la relation dialectique entre le participant et la structure, aussi bien qu’entre l’individu et la société. Pour finir, il est soutenu que des pratiques de carrière flexibles qui s’adaptent aux besoins des participants ont potentiellement l’effet d’accroître la justice sociale.

Zusammenfassung

Nicht-Teilnahme an beruflicher Beratung—eine Chance zur Weiterentwicklung? Dieser Beitrag erörtert, welche neuen Chancen zur Gestaltung von Beratungsangeboten sich ergeben können, wenn man das Zusammenspiel der Teilnahme (oder fehlender Teilnahme) von Menschen an Beratungsangeboten untersucht. Als Bezugsrahmen für die Beratungsforschung wird die Kritische Psychologie vorgeschlagen, und die analytischen Kategorien der ‚Teilnahme‘und der ‚alltäglichen Lebensführung‘werden als ein Mittel präsentiert, um die dialektische Beziehung zwischen Teilnehmenden und Strukturen, ebenso wie zwischen Individuum und Gesellschaft zu analysieren. Daraus wird die Schlussfolgerung gezogen, dass flexible Beratungspraktiken, die sich den Bedürfnissen der Teilnehmenden anpassen, potenziell auch einen Effekt für mehr soziale Gerechtigkeit haben.

Resumen

La no participación en Orientación-Una oportunidad para el Desarrollo. Este artículo explica cómo nuevas oportunidades para la orientación pueden surgir a partir de un análisis de la interacción entre la participación (o no participación) de los individuos en la orientación profesional, y la respuesta del propio orientador. El artículo sugiere la Psicología Crítica como marco para la investigación de la orientación profesional y presenta las categorías analíticas de “participación” y “conducta de la vida cotidiana” como medio para analizar la relación dialéctica entre los participantes y la estructura, así como el individuo y la sociedad. Por último se argumenta que la práctica flexible de las carreras que se adaptan a las necesidades de los participantes consigue el potencial efecto de una mayor justicia social.

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Acknowledgments

The author wishes to thank two anonymous reviewers for their feedback and productive comments.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of EducationAarhus UniversityCopenhagenDenmark

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