I don’t think anyone here has thought about career really: What the concept of ‘career’ means to Norwegian teenagers and school counsellors
Abstract
Norway is reforming its career guidance system. This article explores how these reforms are experienced in schools around Norway, and attends to the way in which the concept of ‘career’ is understood. There is a difference between an ‘everyday’ and a scholarly understanding of the concept, between seeing it as hierarchical, or viewing career more democratically. This study explores how these tensions are worked through by Norwegian young people and guidance counsellors. The article argues that this tension is pronounced because the concept of ‘career’ has entered Norway as part of a top down policy discourse. Consequently, there is a need to re-contextualise the ideas of career and career guidance to connect them with Norwegian culture.Citation
Bakke, I.B. & Hooley, T. (2020). 'I don’t think anyone here has thought about career really: What the concept of ‘career’ means to Norwegian teenagers and school counsellors'. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, pp. 1-16.Publisher
Taylor and FrancisJournal
Scandinavian Journal of Educational ResearchDOI
10.1080/00313831.2020.1833242Additional Links
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00313831.2020.1833242Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
0031-3831EISSN
1470-1170ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/00313831.2020.1833242