Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contributors; 1 Telling stories of childhood career development; PART 1 Theoretical perspectives; 2 Theories of career development in childhood and early adolescence; 3 Childhood: Career construction's opening act; 4 Systems and relational perspectives in understanding children's career development; 5 Supporting the career development of children: The concepts of career choice and attainment model; 6 Children as storytellers: Constructing identity through story; PART 2 Research perspectives
7 Children's career exploration and development: Research overview and agendaPART 3 Contextual perspectives; 8 The antecedents of children's aspirations; 9 Child career development in family contexts; 10 Child career development in developing world contexts; PART 4 Assessment perspectives; 11 Career assessment of children; 12 A review of assessment in child career development; PART 5 Facilitating career exploration and development; 13 School-based approaches promoting children's career exploration and development; 14 Targeted career exploration and development programmes
15 Career development learning in childhood: Theory, research, policy, and practice16 Epilogue; Index