Adolescent Career Development in Urban-Residing Aboriginal Families in Canada

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Title: Adolescent Career Development in Urban-Residing Aboriginal Families in Canada
Language: English
Authors: Marshall, Sheila K., Young, Richard A., Stevens, Alison, Spence, Wayne, Deyell, Stewart, Easterbrook, Adam, Brokenleg, Martin
Source: Career Development Quarterly. Dec 2011 59(6):539-558.
Availability: National Career Development Association. 305 North Beech Circle, Broken Arrow, OK 74012. Tel: 866-367-6232; Tel: 918-663-7060; Fax: 918-663-7058; Web site: http://www.ncda.org
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 20
Publication Date: 2011
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Development, Indigenous Populations, Urban Areas, Adolescents, Parent Child Relationship, Goal Orientation, Social Support Groups, Altruism, Family Environment, Social Influences, Political Influences, Academic Persistence
Geographic Terms: Canada
ISSN: 0889-4019
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to understand how urban-residing Aboriginal adolescent-parent dyads (n = 11) jointly constructed and acted on goals and strategies with their social supports (n = 17) to facilitate the adolescents' career development. A modified protocol following the qualitative action-project method was used. A discrete joint project was identified for each family. These joint projects can be clustered into 3 joint career development projects: (a) navigating toward a safe future, (b) negotiating school continuance, and (c) intergenerational continuity through tradition of care. A 4th project emerging from the data was family survival. Family survival projects supplanted participants' efforts to engage in career development projects.
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 47
Entry Date: 2011
Access URL: https://www.counseling.org/Publications/Journals.aspx
Accession Number: EJ948302
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:The purpose of this study was to understand how urban-residing Aboriginal adolescent-parent dyads (n = 11) jointly constructed and acted on goals and strategies with their social supports (n = 17) to facilitate the adolescents' career development. A modified protocol following the qualitative action-project method was used. A discrete joint project was identified for each family. These joint projects can be clustered into 3 joint career development projects: (a) navigating toward a safe future, (b) negotiating school continuance, and (c) intergenerational continuity through tradition of care. A 4th project emerging from the data was family survival. Family survival projects supplanted participants' efforts to engage in career development projects.
ISSN:0889-4019