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Choosing a Vocation at 100: Time, Change, and Context
Author(s) -
Baker David B.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2009.tb00105.x
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , vocational education , context (archaeology) , movement (music) , sociology , epistemology , history , aesthetics , environmental ethics , pedagogy , philosophy , archaeology
Publication of Choosing a Vocation in 1909 has earned Frank Parsons (1854–1908) the distinction of being the founder of the vocational guidance movement in 20th century America. Such designations, often deserving, risk taking events, people, and the movements they endorse out of context, thus reducing their meaning and impact. In this article, the author locates Parsons and the vocational guidance movement in the context of American history. Doing so elucidates a deeper meaning of the origins of modern vocational guidance.