- important books for people who want to get to grips with
the basic ideas
Richard
Sennett's The Corrosion of Character
an
authoritative and powerful account of the corrosive impact of contemporary
working life, illustrated with up-to-date accounts of working life, and
reviewed, and questioned for what it means for careers work today
Suzy
Harris's Careers Education: Contesting Policy and Practice
a
thoughtful, distinctive and valuable take on the impact of policy on careers
work over several decades, and the need - now - for careers workers to take
more command of their own language of help
Christchurch
University College's Challenging Biographies
the
review author - a former careers adviser - is in search of new thinking
for her work in Connexions, and wondering whether the use of narrative offers
any clues to what that might be?
Helen
Colley's Mentoring
for Social Inclusion - A critical approach to nurturing mentor relationships
the
book's author - a former careers adviser - investigating why mentoring is
a good idea. But also asking whether it does it do all that is claimed?
And raising questions about how we get the best from what it can do?