Thoughts on professional counselling

Freshmen’s and Seniors’ thoughts about Education, Professional identity and Work

This paper is part of a comparative European research project funded by the European Commission and concentrating on the mediation of university cultures and work cultures as experienced by students in liberal art and professional programmes. The programmes selected are psychology, political science and mechanical engineering. The focus of this particular paper is Swedish students’ experiences ...

Ideas and thoughts of Italian teachers on the professional future of persons with disability.

BACKGROUND The literature places special focus on the quality of life (QoL) of individuals with disability and on their self-determination and social and work participation. The field of vocational guidance also considers the satisfaction these individuals experience concerning their future crucial to their QoL. At the same time, however, persons with disability are at great risk of not making ...

Chaos or Order? Some Thoughts on the Transition to a Professional Doctorate in Audiology.

here has been much concern for the future direction of the profession of audiology over the past decade, but especially since the development and advocacy of the professional doctorate in audiology, the AuD. Goldstein (1989) first published a 6-year model for the AuD that, although altered considerably in detail, remains the blueprint for “the” AuD degree. Probably one of the more significant a...

CASIDA AWARD: Thoughts on the components of a graduate education: importance of the professional family.

A major component of a successful graduate education is the student's professional family developed throughout the graduate program. Not only important to the student are those directly guiding him or her, such as the advisor and graduate committee, but also those who directly or indirectly influence the student's competence, philosophy, ethics, outlook, and professional development in the chos...

Thoughts on Social Design