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Introduction: An Emerging Model for Changing Times.
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French, Fred; And Others – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1994
Highlights need for collaboration, integration, and expansion in designing evaluation models for career development programs. Outlines fledgling evaluation model that began to emerge at Symposium on Issues and Solutions for Evaluating Career Development Programs and Services. Notes that model addresses dimensions critical in evaluation of career…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Career Development and Hermeneutical Inquiry Part II: Undertaking Hermeneutical Research.
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Collin, Audrey; Young, Richard A. – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1988
Uses three hermeneutical or quasi-hermeneutical studies in career development to illustrate important dimensions of this type of research. Discusses collecting, recording, and analyzing research material and presenting the interpretative framework. Addresses issues of subjectivity, reliability, validity, accessibility, feasibility, and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Confidentiality, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Evaluation of Career Development Programs from an Action Perspective.
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Young, Richard A.; Valach, Ladislav – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1994
Presents action-theoretical approach to evaluation of career development programs based on constructionist epistemology. Propositions from action-theoretical perspective center around career and action as related, interpretative constructs. Propositions give rise to implications for evaluation of career programs that address ongoing nature of…
Descriptors: Career Development, Counseling Effectiveness, Epistemology, Evaluation Methods
The Critical Incident Technique: An Innovative Qualitative Method of Research.
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Woolsey, Lorette K. – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1986
The critical incident technique is an exploratory qualitative method of research which generates a comprehensive and detailed description of a content domain. It consists of asking eyewitness observers for factual accounts of behaviors (incidents) which signficantly contribute to a specified outcome (are critical). This paper illustrates how to do…
Descriptors: Critical Incidents Method, Evaluation Methods, Observation, Qualitative Research
Resistance, Reactance, and the Difficult Client.
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Dowd, E. Thomas; Sanders, Daniel – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1994
Describes effect of client resistance and reactance in counseling and methods for assessing these phenomena. Conceptualizes client symptoms as ego-syntonic, where symptom is consonant with client's self-image, or ego-dystonic, where it is not. Uses concepts in deriving counseling strategies for working with difficult clients according to model…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Models
A Framework for Quality Control, Accountability, and Evaluation: Being Clear about the Legitimate Outcomes of Career Counselling.
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Hiebert, Bryan – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1994
Contends that, as career counseling shifts from educational to psychological focus, accountability issues become harder to address. Sees need for new model for career counseling evaluation, one that counselors consider relevant/practical, that can address formative and summative evaluation, and that is capable of embracing informal observations…
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Counseling, Career Development, Counseling Effectiveness