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Article: INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE: CAREER ISSUES IN EDUCATION.
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- Education
- Article date:
- June 22, 2000
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Career issues have long been an integral component of the educational process. Career or vocational development in the schools was advocated, at the onset of the industrial revolution, as far back as the late 1800s. This concept of including career preparation in our schools was supported by one of the basic principles set forth by John Dewey (1859, 1952, 1995); that the most powerful learning comes from combining the practical with the intellectual.
This concept of the importance of career exploration and the facilitation of the career development process in our schools was the precursor to the more expansive theme of this special issue. As manuscripts were ...