Introduction: Constructivism and social constructionism in the career field

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 373-388

  Young, Richard A ^a   Collin, Audrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Context; Discourse; Epistemology; Historical construction; Language; Meaning; Ontology; Practice; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442658133     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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