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A New Way to Think About Change

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Super's theory. Educators and practitioners One of Donald Super’s greatest contributions to career development has been his emphasis on the importance of the development of self-concept.

Super's theory

According to Super, self-concept changes over time, and develops as a result of experience. As such, career development is lifelong. Hover your mouse over each stage to read more about its characteristics Download a copy of Super's model (PDF - 272KB) (Word - 167KB) Super developed the theories and work of colleague Eli Ginzberg – he thought that Ginzberg’s work had weaknesses, which he wanted to address. Super argues that occupational preferences and competencies, along with an individual’s life situations, all change with time and experience.

Super’s five life and career development stages Developmental tasks at these different stages Super states that in making a vocational choice individuals are expressing their self-concept, or understanding of self, which evolves over time. Sources. Donald E. Super. John Krumboltz. Basic Concepts and Principles of the CIP Approach. Welcome to PAR - Home. Respected career test, Career, College Major advice. Welcome to the Self-Directed Search...the world's most widely used career interest inventory! O*NET Resource Center - Interest Profiler (IP) World-of-Work Map. The ACT World-of-Work Map is an empirically based system for summarizing and displaying basic similarities and differences between occupations.

World-of-Work Map

It is visual and interactive, designed to engage users in the process of career exploration. Like any map, it needs compass points. All occupations can be organized according to their involvement with four types of basic work tasks, working with Data: facts, records, numbers, business proceduresIdeas: abstractions, theories, insights, new ways of doing thingsPeople: care, services, leadership, salesThings: machines, materials, crops/animals Usually one or two of these basic work tasks capture the primary nature of an occupation; for example, editors work mostly with people and ideas.

To help individuals navigate among hundreds of occupations, the World-of-Work Map organizes 555 occupations into 26 groups of similar occupations (career areas). The New University of Missouri Career Center. The People Development People.