Children are commonly asked by adults “what do you want to be when you grow up?”. Most
adults can remember what they, as a child, aspired to be when they grew up. Childhood, the …

Mark Watson a and Mary McMahon b aEmeritus Professor, Nelson Mandela University,
Gqeberha, South Africa; bThe University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia This special …

There has been an understanding for centuries that the foundations of adolescent and adult
development lie in childhood. Thus, the seventeenth century poet, John Milton, stated (in the …

Career exploration enables children to gain self-and occupational knowledge, and to assign
meaning towhat is learnt at school. Children's career exploration can be conceived as a …

Career Exploration and Development in Childhood presents chapters from leading figures in
the field of childhood career exploration and development. The first substantive edited …

Childhood is a time of career exploration where career development learning begins as
children begin to observe the world around them and realise that work is a part of adult life …

There is a story to tell when considering childhood career development within the broader
context of lifespan career development. It is a story of an orphaned stage of the lifespan that …

This chapter considers the need to revisit the career lifestage of childhood within the
conceptualisation of career development as a lifelong process inclusive of all life stages …

This paper examines the processes of career development experienced by children and
adolescents in the school age groups: preschool, infant, primary, secondary and post …

Within lifespan career development, the career development of children is limited in its
theoretical and research foundations as well as in its practical application. A critical process …