An invaluable handbook for all those involved in careers education both for forward planning and reference. It provides a succinct introduction to the topic, combining insights from government guidelines with understanding based on the authors' experiences.

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Anthony Barnes is Careers Education Consultant for the Careers Resource Unit of the Careers Enterprise Group, based in Godalming, Surrey. Andrew Edwards is a senior lecturer in education at Canterbury Christ Church College, who specialises in the professional development of careers teachers and careers advisers.

Effective Careers Education and Guidance is designed for those responsible for planning, developing, managing and implementing careers education and guidance in schools and colleges. It provides a succinct introduction to some key areas, combining insights from the literature with understanding based on the authors¹ experiences, to suggest fresh ideas for the development of readers¹ own professional practice.

The needs of the student are the central focus throughout. While the material is designed to provide practical advice and strategies for change for teachers, the students who take part in the careers programmes developed as a result of its use will also reap the benefits. For 'beginners', the book provides practical and theoretical insights into the issues facing those managing careers education and guidance today. For more experienced practitioners, this resource will aid personal reflection, and help in the undertaking of a constructive review of existing practice. It is an invaluable handbook both for forward planning and for 'on-line' reference during the course of careers work.

What the book covers:

• the strategic planning of the careers programme as part of the wider curriculum
• practical considerations of managing careers education and guidance
• practical activities for reflection and personal learning, and case studies where such activities have been used
• aspects of guidance and counselling involved in helping students to understand their own capabilities and form career plans
• strategies for reviewing and developing existing practice

The School Effectiveness Series Effective Careers Education and Guidance is the sixth title in The School Effectiveness Series, which focuses on practical and useful ideas for individual schools and teachers.

The series addresses the issues of whole school improvements and new knowledge about teaching and learning, and offers straightforward ideas which teachers can use to make life more rewarding for themselves and those they teach.