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Vocational Identity and Career Construction in Education Tuncer Fidan Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey A volume in the Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership (AEMAL) Book Series Published in the United States of America by IGI Global Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global) 701 E. Chocolate Avenue Hershey PA, USA 17033 Tel: 717-533-8845 Fax: 717-533-8661 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.igi-global.com Copyright © 2019 by IGI Global. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or distributed in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without written permission from the publisher. Product or company names used in this set are for identification purposes only. Inclusion of the names of the products or companies does not indicate a claim of ownership by IGI Global of the trademark or registered trademark. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Fidan, Tuncer, 1978- editor. Title: Vocational identity and career construction in education / edited by Tuncer Fidan. Description: Hershey PA : Information Science Reference, [2019] | Includes bibliographic references. Identifiers: LCCN 2018035056| ISBN 9781522577720 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781522577737 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Teaching--Vocational guidance. | Teachers--In-service training. | Teachers--Training of. Classification: LCC LB1775 .V64 2019 | DDC 371.10023--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018035056 This book is published in the IGI Global book series Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership (AEMAL) (ISSN: 2326-9022; eISSN: 2326-9030) British Cataloguing in Publication Data A Cataloguing in Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. All work contributed to this book is new, previously-unpublished material. 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Talbot (Radford University, USA) Information Science Reference • copyright 2018 • 327pp • H/C (ISBN: 9781522534624) • US $195.00 (our price) 701 East Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, PA 17033, USA Tel: 717-533-8845 x100 • Fax: 717-533-8661 E-Mail: [email protected] • www.igi-global.com Table of Contents Preface.................................................................................................................................................xiv Acknowledgment.................................................................................................................................xx Chapter 1 ReconsideringtheCareerConstructioninModernEra..........................................................................1 Gökhan Arastaman, Hacettepe University, Turkey Chapter 2 CareerPatternsandDevelopmentalTasksinCareerDevelopment......................................................16 İnci Öztürk Fidan, Ankara University, Turkey Chapter 3 TheTurkishAcademicLaborMarketasanEcosystem........................................................................37 Yehuda Baruch, University of Southampton, UK Tuncer Fidan, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey Chapter 4 ImportantFactorsinVocationalDecision-MakingProcess.................................................................58 Ümüt Arslan, Izmir Democracy University, Turkey Mustafa Kılınç, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey Chapter 5 PromotingStudentCreativeProblem-SolvingSkills:DoPrincipalInstructionalLeadershipand TeacherCreativePracticesMatter?.......................................................................................................78 Ibrahim Duyar, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA Keri D. Mina, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA Jeremy S. Owoh, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA Chapter 6 TransitionFromSchooltoWork:ANationalPerspective..................................................................100 Çiğdem Apaydın, Akdeniz University, Turkey Chapter 7 CareerJourney:CareerandLifeDesign.............................................................................................122 Ebru Oğuz, MSFAU, Turkey Kamil Kasacı, KOK Career Center, Turkey Chapter 8 AnExplorationofCareerAdaptationofTeachers:AComparisonBetweenPublicandPrivate SchoolTeachers..................................................................................................................................141 Mehmet Hilmi Koç, İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi, Turkey Chapter 9 TheOld-GenerationSchoolManagersandtheNew-GenerationSchoolManagersFromthe AspectofCareerAdaptability............................................................................................................160 Caner Cereci, Ministry Education of Turkey, Turkey Chapter 10 VocationalPersonalitiesofSchoolPrincipals:APhenomenologicalStudy......................................178 Ahmet Bozak, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Turkey Tuncer Fidan, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey Chapter 11 Bourdieu’sHabitusforAcademicians:IsSocialJusticeforAcademiciansOnlyaFancyPhrasein the21stCentury?................................................................................................................................198 Eda Başak Hancı-Azizoglu, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA Chapter 12 TeacherLeadershipasaTeacherCareerPath.....................................................................................216 Ali Balcı, Ankara University, Turkey Chapter 13 AcademicLeadership..........................................................................................................................238 Erkan Kıral, Adnan Menderes University, Turkey Ramazan Başaran, Adnan Menderes University, Turkey Chapter 14 WomenPrincipals’CareerPaths:Difficulties,Barriers......................................................................258 Bilgen Kıral, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Turkey Chapter 15 ScientificPublishinginEnglishforNon-English-SpeakingAcademicians:DoesNon-English MeanUnscientificinAcademia?........................................................................................................278 Eda Başak Hancı-Azizoglu, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA Compilation of References...............................................................................................................295 About the Contributors....................................................................................................................337 Index...................................................................................................................................................343 Detailed Table of Contents Preface.................................................................................................................................................xiv Acknowledgment.................................................................................................................................xx Chapter 1 ReconsideringtheCareerConstructioninModernEra..........................................................................1 Gökhan Arastaman, Hacettepe University, Turkey Therehavebeensignificantchangesinbusiness—inthenatureofemployment—influencedbythe transformationsintheeconomy,societyandtechnology.Thesechangesledtouncertaintyandcompetition inthelabormarket,insecurityinemployment,anddivisionsincareerpaths.Thiswasespecially importantinthe21stcenturywherethetechnologicaladvancementshavecreatedamoremobile, unstableenvironment.Careerconstructiontheorydescribeselucidativeandrelationalprogressthrough whichindividualimposemeaninganddirectiononhis/hervocationalbehaviors.Thischapter,which approachestheideaofSavickasinatheoreticalbasis,offersaconsiderationonthecareerconstruction thinkingbasedonhispropositions.Thechapterprovidesaframeworkforviewingvocationalbehavior acrossthelifespanasadynamicprocesswhichconsiderslifethemes,vocationalpersonality,andcareer adaptability.Tothisend,itaimstosupportacademics,humanresourcesspecialists,andcounsellorsto benefitfromSavickas’seminalthought. Chapter 2 CareerPatternsandDevelopmentalTasksinCareerDevelopment......................................................16 İnci Öztürk Fidan, Ankara University, Turkey Eachofthecapabilities,connections,confidence,andcognitiondimensionisacareerpatternwhichallows anindividualtoadapttohis/herchangingworkenvironment,work,andoccupation.Careerpatternsare thetoolsenablinganindividualtoadapttohis/herenvironmentduringthecareerconstructionprocess. Careerstagesinvolvingdevelopmentaltasksrevealhowanindividualconstructhis/hercareerbasedon his/herself-conceptduringacertainstageofthedevelopment.Thegoalofthischapteristodescribecareer patterns,suchascapabilities,connections,confidence,andcognition,andinfluencesofcareerpatterns oneachcareerstage.Itisarguedinthischapterthatthecareerpatternscanenhanceentrepreneurship skillsofemployeesandensuretheestablishmentofintraandinter-organizationalconnectionsandgive risetonewbusinesspartnerships. Chapter 3 TheTurkishAcademicLaborMarketasanEcosystem........................................................................37 Yehuda Baruch, University of Southampton, UK Tuncer Fidan, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey Careerecosystemtheoryhavebeendevelopedtoexplaininteractionsbetweenindividuals,organizations, andotheractors,whichinfluencetheflowofhumancapitalinresponsetotheinadequacyoftraditional careermodels.Theaimofthischapteristoexaminetherelevanceandapplicabilityofcareerecosystem theorytotheTurkishacademiclabormarket.Inlinewiththisaim,theoreticalunderpinningsandbasic assumptionsofecosystemtheorywaselaborated.Individualandinstitutionalfactorsaffectingcareer movementsofacademicsareidentified,andchangesinthelandscapeofTurkishhighereducationsystem arediscussed.Resultsindicatedthatthetheoryisapowerfultoolofunderstandingthecomplexityof academiccareersinTurkishacademiclabormarket. Chapter 4 ImportantFactorsinVocationalDecision-MakingProcess.................................................................58 Ümüt Arslan, Izmir Democracy University, Turkey Mustafa Kılınç, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey Havingindividualoccupationtoproduceworkandtobeeffectiveisnecessaryforindividuals.Concurrently, societydesirestorespondtosocialexpectancieswhilemeetingthisneed.Vocation,asbothsocialand individualneeds,expandspeople’slifetimes.Thisrateisevenhigherindevelopingcountriesthanin economicallydevelopedEuropeanandNorthAmericancountries.Therefore,careerchoiceisimportant tomeetindividualhappinessaswellasaddressingsocialexpectations.Choosingvocationcarefully hasbeenaddressedbymanydifferenttheories(Parsons,Super;Holland,andKrumboltz).Whilethese theoriescomprehensivelyexaminetheimportanceofthetheoreticalknowledgeonthecareerchoice,age, personality,ability,andgenderrolesaresignificantaffectingfactors.Solutionsandrecommendations basedonavoidingstress,culture-infusedcareercounseling,avoidingnegativethinking,andusingfamily treeintocareercounselingareadditionallyprovided. Chapter 5 PromotingStudentCreativeProblem-SolvingSkills:DoPrincipalInstructionalLeadershipand TeacherCreativePracticesMatter?.......................................................................................................78 Ibrahim Duyar, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA Keri D. Mina, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA Jeremy S. Owoh, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA Creativeproblemsolvinghasemergedasoneofthemostsoughtskillsetsbyemployers.Thepurposeof thischapterwastocomparativelyexaminetherelationshipsbetweenprincipalinstructionalleadership, teachercreativepractices,andstudents’creativeproblem-solvingskillsinpublicandprivateschools intheUnitedStatescontext.Specialattentionwasgiventotherelationshippatternsbetweenvariables forthehigher(1stquartile)andlowerperforming(4thquartile)studentpopulations.Thedatasource wasthePISA2012datasets.Findingsshowedthatthereweresimilaritiesanddifferencesbetween therelationshipsofstudyvariablesintwoschoolingsystems.Findingsidentifiedsimilaranddifferent relationshippattersbetweenthestudyvariablesinthesetwodistinctschoolsettings.Findingsalsoshowed relationshippatternsdifferedforlowerandhigherachievingstudentgroupsineachschoolingsystem. Chapter 6 TransitionFromSchooltoWork:ANationalPerspective..................................................................100 Çiğdem Apaydın, Akdeniz University, Turkey Althoughthepatternandissueoftransitionfromschooltowork(TSW)iscommonlydiscussedin France,Germany,Japan,theNetherlands,Sweden,theUK,andtheUS,itcannotfindaplaceasatopic ofdiscussioninthepressandacademeinTurkey.Inreality,transitionfromschooltoworkconstitutes oneofthemostcriticalstepsinyoungpeople’scareers.Itisthereforenecessarytodiscussthepowerof publicpoliciestoimprovepoliciesforyoungpeople,suchastheregulationofthelabormarket,labor marketprograms,theeffectofeducationonhavingaprofession,andtransitionfromhighereducation towork,allofwhichareunderlinedintheliterature.Theaimofthischapteristodiscusstheprocessof transitionfromhighereducationtoworkwithinthecontextofTurkeybasedontheliterature. Chapter 7 CareerJourney:CareerandLifeDesign.............................................................................................122 Ebru Oğuz, MSFAU, Turkey Kamil Kasacı, KOK Career Center, Turkey Inthischapter,careerandlifedesignconceptswereexaminedthroughthelensofSavickas’theoryand relatedstudiesinrelatedliterature.Inthisrespect,howcareerconceptionshavegoneintotransformation andturnedintoalifedesignapproachwereanalyzedbyusingdifferentperspectivesinrelatedliterature. Howtheseissueswereperceivedwasrevealedthroughanalyzingtheopinionsofyoungparticipants betweentheages24-28,whoseawarenessofcareerwasraisedasaresultoftheseminarsandprojects theyhadparticipatedin.Aqualitativephenomenologicaldesignwasusedinthisstudy.Accordingtothe resultsofthestudy,participantsrequiredcareertrainingstoexplorethemselves.Themoreparticipants wereoptimisticaboutthemselves,themoretheyweremotivatedincareerdevelopment.Despiteofthe problemsregardingfamilialbackgroundsandeducationsystem,participantscouldmaketheirownways bythehelpoftheirentrepreneurshipskillsandsocialenvironment. Chapter 8 AnExplorationofCareerAdaptationofTeachers:AComparisonBetweenPublicandPrivate SchoolTeachers..................................................................................................................................141 Mehmet Hilmi Koç, İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi, Turkey Thischapteraimstorevealtheeffortsofteachersworkinginprivateandpublicschoolstoadaptinto theircareer.Itemploysphenomenology,oneofqualitativeresearchdesigns.Thestudygroupwas composedof20teachersworkinginhighschools.Maximumvariationsampling,whichisatypeof purposefulsampling,wasusedinthisstudy.Whileteachersworkinginpublicschoolsfoundteaching restrictedasacareer,thoseworkinginprivateschoolsthoughttheyhadamoredynamicprofession.It maybestatedthatteachersworkinginpublicschoolsandinprivateschoolsencounterdifferenttypes ofdifficultiesandthattheyhavedifferingstrategiestocopewiththedifficulties.Anewcareersystem, inwhichteacherscouldspecializeintheircareersandroutinescouldbeavoid,couldbeintroducedin bothpublicandprivateschools.
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