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Career Dreams of Children: Developmental Stages and Gender Differences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2016

Mary McMahon ,
Robyn M. Gillies  and
John Carroll
Mary McMahon*
Affiliation:
School of Learning and Development, Queensland University of Technology
Robyn M. Gillies
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Education, University of Queensland
John Carroll
Affiliation:
John Paul College, Brisbane
*
For reprints or any correspondence please contact Dr Mary McMahon, Centre for Cognitive Processes in Learning, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove Campus, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove Q 4059. Email:m.mcmahon@qut.edu.au
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Abstract

Career development is a lifelong process influenced by a range of factors including gender. The process of career development is accounted for in several ways including models which describe stages through which individuals pass. Career education programs in schools attend to the career development of young people in secondary schools more often than in primary schools. The present study examined the occupational aspirations of Year 6 children in terms of developmental stages and the influence of gender. Data were collected before and after the children participated in a short term career education program. Comparisons were made of the pre-and post-test data.

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Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , November 1999 , pp. 77 - 92
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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