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DOTS
the original version
This
analysis of ‘decision’, ‘opportunity’, ‘transition’
and ‘self’ probably influenced twentieth-century careers
education and guidance more than any other framework for thinking.
It needs development for the twenty-first century careers work. But, if
it is to be developed usefully, it must be well understood. Get hold of
the original version in this ready-to-download version
find about a C21st extension |
New
Thinking for Connexions and Citizenship
Comprehensive
and fully-referenced theory, explaining why we must pay more attention
to the person in his or her social group. An account of how good and bad
feelings about work and society help and hinder any sense of stakeholding.
The most radical account of 'NewDOTS' thinking to date.
also
available at the Centre for Guidance Studies
University of Derby |
to
further develop this stream of ideas
from up-to-date sources
take a look also at...
Diagnosing
Career-learning Needs
Which
Way is Forward? - Fewer Lists, More Stories
CPI - a coverage-process-influences model for contemporary career development |
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NewDOTS
This
thinking added a process dimension to the DOTS analysis. It was useful
to 1990's thinking for the way it emphasised the importance of how
people learn for career, how this can be developed into life-long learning
and what this means for effective practice. It is still the most concise version
of career-learning theory. Find about a C21st extension.
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Community-interaction Theory
People work with, for, and in response to other people. These are community interactions, and they lie outside anything that DOTS-like psychological matching can find. Career is not managed in a social vacuum. And that means that what we say about ‘D’, ‘O’, ‘T’ and ‘S’ is understood by our students and clients in terms of what experience says about work-life. And that experience is encountered in inner city, leafy suburb or gated community. Community interactive influence is informal, but its implications for practice are radical. This reprint of Bill’s original article has a new commentary - because, these days, those encounters are as likely to be made on the net as in the neighbourhood. We need also to learn how to work with community interaction in virtual communities.
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How
do Careers
Really Work?
Career
in the contemporary world is increasingly complex and dynamic. Career
planning always evokes strong feelings, sometimes challenges valued cultures
and may well question deeply-held assumptions. We must develop an understanding
of how careers really work.
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