The article Career development learning in childhood: a collaborative guidance approach in Spanish low-income contexts en la British Journal of Counselling & Development, by Soledad Romero-Rodríguez, Celia Moreno-Morilla y Eduardo García-Jiménez, members of the Literacies Research Group, has been published in the monographic Career development learning in childhood: a critical analysis, coordinated by M. McMahon and M. Watson. The article analyzes the life issues that contribute to the configuration of personal identities in young girls and boys.
This research analyses childhood career development learning through a qualitative career assessment. To help children to make meaning of the career influences, culturally sensitive procedures were used. A case-study design has been carried out, using techniques such as mapping, family portrait, role-playing and self-portrait to unveil the process of 5-year old children's career development learning. The findings illustrate the process of meaning making of the children's system of influences in low-income contexts. They show the life themes that shape the construction of identities. The conclusion highlights the usefulness of qualitative career assessment in enhancing career development learning. The use of culturally sensitive procedures allows children to raise critical awareness about the factors that influence their career construction.
This article was written within the framework of the Apertura project.
Full article available at the following link: https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2021.1943738
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