Abstract
In today’s industrialized societies, the current societal issue underlying personal and career development interventions (counselling or education) can be summed up as follows: “How can individuals be helped to direct their own lives within their own human societal context?” This question can be converted into the following scientific question: “What are the factors and processes of life-long self-construction?” In order to answer this question, three major propositions (sociological, cognitive and dynamic-semiotic) need to be articulated. This articulation gives rise to a theoretical construct that differentiates universal processes and specific processes and contents.
Résumé: Se construire tout au long de la vie
Le problème sociétal d’orientation sous-jacent aux activités d’aide à l’orientation (conseil ou éducation en orientation) dans les sociétés industrialisées d’aujourd’hui peut s’énoncer ainsi: comment aider les individus à orienter leur existence dans la société humaine où ils interagissent? Ce problème peut conduire à formuler la question scientifique suivante: quels sont les facteurs et les processus de la construction de soi tout au long de la vie? Tenter d’apporter une réponse à cette question suppose d’articuler trois propositions (sociologique, cognitive et dynamique-sémiotique). Une telle modélisation conduit à différencier dans cette construction, des processus universels, d’une part, et des processus et contenus particuliers, d’autre part.
Zusammenfassung: Lebenslange Selbst-Konstruktion
In den heutigen industrialisierten Gesellschaften kann das grundlegende gesellschaftliche Thema, das allen Interventionen zur Berufslaufbahnentwickung (Beratung oder Unterricht) in der folgenden These zusammengefasst werden: “Wie können Individuen dabei unterstützt werden, für ihr eigenes Leben innerhalb ihres gesellschaftlichen Kontexts Regie zu führen” Dieses Thema kann in die folgende wissenschaftliche Fragestellung überführt werden: “Was sind die Faktoren und die Prozesse einer lebenslangen Selbst-Konstruktion” Um diese Frage zu beantworten, werden drei wichtige Grundbedingungen (soziologisch, kognitiv und dynamisch-semiotisch) formuliert. Diese Ausführung führt zu einem theoretischen Schema das differenziert zwischen universalen Prozessen, spezifischen Prozessen und Inhalten.
Resumen: Auto-Construcción a lo Largo de la Vida
En las sociedades industrializadas de hoy, puede resumirse la preocupación que subyace a las intervenciones para el desarrollo personal y de la carrera (de orientación o educativas), en la siguiente frase: “?Cómo se puede ayudar a los individuos a dirigir sus vidas dentro de su propio contexto humano comunitario?” Esta preocupación puede reformularse a través de la siguiente pregunta científica: ?Cuáles son los factores y procesos que caracterizan la auto-construcción a lo largo de la vida? Para responder a esta cuestión, tienen que articularse tres proposiciones principales (sociológica, cognitiva y dinámica-semiótica). Esta articulación da lugar a una representación teórica que distingue entre procesos universales, procesos específicos y contenidos.
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Guichard, J. Life-Long Self-Construction. Int J Educ Vocat Guidance 5, 111–124 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-005-8789-y
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