The context or career counselling: Lessons from social constructionism and hermeneutics

Perspectives in Education

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 93-105

  Mkhize, Nhlanhla ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b South African Research Ethics Training Initiative (SARETI)   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hermeneutics; Narrative; Possible selves; Social constructionism; Voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044464695     PISSN: 02582236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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