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Who wants to play "Careers"? New research into young people's priorities and the future of careers guidance
The Parker Brothers' 1971 game of "Careers" may be light-hearted but the career decisions faced by young people leaving school today are no game. Those decisions are considered more serious and seem more complex now.
Karen Vaughan discusses findings from the Prospects and Pathways study of young people moving into tertiary study and employment, and their bearing on career guidance principles.
Total eclipse of the heart? Theoretical and ethical implications of doing post-structural ethnographic research
Tale of two hyphens: working the policy-research and researcher-researched hyphens in a longitudinal youth transition project
Down under: Careers education in New Zealand
Developing a 'productive' account of young people's transition perspectives
Daring to be different: The rise and fall of Auckland Metropolitan College
Alternative education today
What is alternative education today? What is the nature of its relationship to mainstream schooling? What is and is not possible within a framework that now encompasses alternative as well as mainstream education?
Considering the assessment landscape in 2024
With the new National-led government now in office, we can expect changes to assessment policy for schools. Given the critical role assessment plays in schooling, it is important that any proposed policy shifts are carefully scrutinised. In this Assessment News column, we identify some possible proposals the new government may be considering and make some brief comments on each one. We conclude with some recommendations.
With the new National-led government now in office, we can expect changes to assessment policy for schools. Given the critical role assessment plays in schooling, it is important that any proposed policy shifts are carefully scrutinised. In this Assessment News column, we identify some possible proposals the new government may be considering and make some brief comments on each one. We conclude with some recommendations.