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This chapter introduces the goals and aspirations for this volume, showing how the different chapters build on earlier studies of career guidance in the region in an effort to develop theoretically informed accounts of the field as it is conceived and practised in context. The value of using the Mediterranean as a lens through which to consider career guidance is discussed, suggesting that by so doing, new insights can be generated that promote a deeper understanding of what career guidance might involve, and the forms and shapes it can assume. Such intellectual labour, it is argued, is necessary if we are to develop Southern perspectives, which can serve to trouble mainstream understandings of what career guidance entails, particularly if context-sensitive accounts of the public and private benefits of guidance are to be articulated.

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This chapter reflects on the fund of regional and international knowledge about career guidance that this volume has contributed to. It highlights the opportunities for learning that can result from such comparative study, not only for those inhabiting the contexts that have been the object of analysis, but also for career guidance and development specialists further afield. The chapter then goes on to pull together the different themes and issues raised by the authors, identifying common concerns and challenges, and teasing out the implications that these have for understanding career guidance, especially in relation to youth transitions, across the Mediterranean region. In doing so, the chapter notes some of the more salient gaps and absences, signposting areas for further research in the quest for a more meaningful articulation of context-sensitive career guidance policy and practice. It is argued that the project of developing regional perspectives on career guidance can generate fresh insights into ways transitions throughout the life course can be supported, ensuring that aspirations for social justice and wellbeing are fulfilled.

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This chapter provides a more detailed account of some of the key characteristics that mark the Mediterranean region, which shape and define career education and guidance, its appeal as a policy tool to address, in particular, youth transitions, and the context-sensitive forms it might take in order to serve private and public good. More specifically, such factors as economic inequality, demography, migratory flows, the structure of the labour market, the nature of political regimes, socio-cultural environments, education, and globalisation are examined in detail. In outlining some of the more relevant aspects of context, the chapter pulls together important insights provided by the contributors to this volume, complementing these by drawing on an extensive literature base that provides a wider canvas against which the different chapters can be read. While attention is given to both European and Arab Mediterranean countries, the focus is mainly on the latter, with efforts made to highlight similarities and differences between the two shores when such comparisons serve to generate relevant insights.

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Perhaps no other challenge preoccupies governments and citizens in the Mediterranean region than the mass unemployment of young people, many of who have invested in higher education in the hope that ability and effort lead to fulfilling lives. Transitions to independent adulthood are, however, frustratingly long drawn-out, and often jeopardised by labour markets that are neither youth-friendly nor meritocratic. While such challenges require structural responses at the macro-economic level, career education and guidance have an important role to play in addressing both the public and private good, and in furthering the social justice agenda. This volume provides a review of career education and guidance in Southern Europe and the Middle East and North Africa Region, presenting a multi-faceted portrayal of the situation in each country as well as overviews of cross-cutting themes that are especially relevant to context, such as women's career development in the Arab states, job placement support for refugees, and the impact of faith on livelihood planning.

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The chapters are as follows: Introduction: Anchoring career guidance in the Mediterranean?: in search of southern perspectives / Ronald G. Sultana (pages 3-15); Part one, 'Context', contains the following chapters: Contexts matter: factors influencing career guidance in the Mediterranean countries / Ronald G. Sultana (pages 19-53); Debunking myths surrounding women's careers in the Arab Region: a critical reflexive approach / Fida Afiouni and Charlotte Karam (pages 55-70); Career guidance: perspectives from Islam and from Muslim cultures / Aboubakr Abdeen Badawi (pages 71-85); Syrian refugees in Jordan: providing career guidance services and enhancing access to employment / Maha Kattaa (pages 87-104); Part two, 'The Maghreb', contains: Educational and career guidance in Morocco: vision, plans and projects / Aziza Chbani and Amina Jaouane (pages 107-122); Education and career guidance in Algeria: recurrent dysfunctions / Rosa Mahdjoub and Mohamed Miliani (pages 123-137); Careers information and guidance in Tunisia: institutional and societal challenges / Ammar Mejri and John McCarthy (pages 139-150); Career guidance in Libya: small steps forward, still a long way to go / Ali Elhawat (pages 151-157); Youth education and guidance for employment in Libya: an evolving scenario (pages 159-170).

Part three, 'The Mashrek', contains the following chapters: Career guidance in Egypt: partnership in international cooperation for national development / Shahinaz Khalil (pages 173-186); Exploration process and future plans of Arabs and Jewish Israeli young adults: implications for career interventions / Rachel Gali Cinamon (pages 187-202); Career education and guidance under occupation in Palestine: factors affecting young people's aspirations / Mazen Hashweh (pages 203-224); Career development services in Jordan: international consultants review past efforts and future prospects / Michel Turcotte, Celine Renald and Lynne Bezanson (pages 225-237); Career services in Syrian higher education: policy articulations / Batoul Diab and Neruda Barakat (pages 239-254); The Lebanese education system: heavy on career orientation, light on career guidance / Barend Vlaardingerbroek, Anies Al-Hroub and Cyrine Saab (pages 255-265); Career counselling services in Turkey: building on the past and constructing the future / Binnur Yesilyaprak (pages 267-282); The Saudi experiment with career guidance: borrowing policy and managing the clash of context and theory / Tristram Hooley (pages 283-300); Part four, 'South Europe', contains: Career counselling and guidance in Greece: past, present and future / Michael Kassotakis (pages 303-322); Guidance and counselling in Cyprus: multiple roles, challenges and achievements / Antonis Antoniou (pages 323-335); Career education and guidance in Malta: development and outlook / Manwel Debono (pages 337-350); Career guidance in multicultural contexts: an Italian case study / Roberta Piazza, Paola Magnano and Andrea Zammitti (pages 351-370); Young adults of Maghrebi descent in France: guidance and the challenges to educational and labour market integration / Valerie Cohen-Scali, Alma Hafsi and Patrick Werquin (pages 371-388); Guidance in Catalan secondary education: main features and challenges in a Spanish region / Marius Martinez-Munoz and Carme Martinez-Roca (pages 389-400); Career education and guidance services in Portugal: deeds and needs / Maria Do Ceu Taveira (pages 401-416); Conclusion: Futures for career education and guidance in the Mediterranean?: implications, challenges, and prospects / Ronald G. Sultana (pages 419-437). Show less

This chapter provides an historical overview of the development of career guidance in Turkey, from its inception over fifty years ago, through the different phases of establishment, exploration, and consolidation. Key landmarks in the provision of services in both the education and labour market sectors are described, while also outlining the challenges that have had to be faced. Due attention is given to the drivers of change, including the influence of North American and European approaches to career guidance, and the impact of international funding and aid agencies that have supported the development of local expertise and the professionalisation of services. The chapter concludes by highlighting the main issues that need to be addressed in order for Turkey to build on its past efforts and to construct a future for career guidance based on a more appropriate paradigm, one that truly supports the career development process throughout the life span.

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