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The articles in this section explore different aspects of adult guidance. Click on the links to download.
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Adult Guidance Profession
- 6 articles
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- Latest article:
- Observation of Adult Guidance Practice in Finland
- Lucy Hearne's observations and experiences of Finnish guidance provision in the education and employment sector.
- Download: finland-review.pdf [75kb]
Developments in Adult Guidance
- 5 articles
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- Latest article:
- Response to Wales Consultation
- Skills that Work for Wales: A skills and employment strategy
NAEGA welcomes the publication of this comprehensive and timely document, responding as it does to the economic priorities set out in the Leitch agenda for the achievement of world-class skills in the UK by the year 2020. Read our response. - Download: response-to-wales-consultation-april-2008.pdf [113kb]
Guidance in Rural Areas
- Latest article:
- Supporting Rural Access to Guidance
- Andrea McCarthy and Martina Harte. Rural access is a developing issue in many parts of the UK and Ireland. This is a shortened version of a conference paper outlining experience in south-east Ireland.
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Millennium Research Bursary
- 2 articles
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- Latest article:
- Learning Routes for Practitioners: Skills and Knowledge for Adult Guidance Work
- Lande Wolsey, Careers Service, Queen Margaret University College and Joy Clark, Continuing Education, East Lothian Council. NAEGA millennium bursary report investigates the routes taken by adult guidance practitioners into this field of work, and how they acquired their professional skills and knowledge.
- Download: learning-routes.pdf [99kb]
Supervision
- 6 articles
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- Latest article:
- Whither Practice and Practitioners in Adult Guidance? (Leading feature for News and Views)
- Professor Jonathan Brown. Argues that all adult guidance practitioners should have a supervisor (using the model of supervision in counselling).
- Download: whither-practice.pdf [69kb]
What is Adult Guidance?
- Latest article:
- Opening the Door to Opportunity: Adult Guidance holds the key
- Professor Jonathan Brown. First appeared in Journal of Access Policy and Practice (JAPP). JAPP is an academic journal published by NIACE which has kindly given permission to NAEGA to make the paper available for you to download. The author reflects on his work as editor of the NAEGA Occasional Publication, The Challenge of Change (2003) and goes on to consider three questions: What is the distinctive nature of work with adults? What are the barriers to adult participation in education, training and work? What is the nature of adult guidance?
- Download: opening-the-door.pdf [46kb]