Quality assurance and evidence in career guidance in Europe: Counting what is measured or measuring what counts?

International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-104

  Plant, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Career guidance; Evidence; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864401409     PISSN: 18730388     EISSN: 15731782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10775-011-9195-2     Document Type: Review

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