Presentation Handout

Presentation Handout:

Super’s Career Theory: 1. Biographical Information of Super •

A professor emeritus at Columbia University

• • • 2.

Two major concepts in career theory • Self-Concept Theory—behavioral patterns I. II. • Developmental Psychology—life stages I. II.

3.

5 major Life Stages • Growth • Exploration • Establishment • Maintenance • Disengagement/Decline

4. Life Rainbow/ Roles in Life

5. Vocational Developmental Tasks • The crystallization stage, ages 14-18 • Specification stage, ages 18-21 • Implementation stage, ages 21-24 • The stabilization stage, ages 24-35 • Consolidation, age 35 • Readiness for retirement, age 55

6. Super’s propositions in vocational development: • People differ in their abilities, interests and personalities. • •

7. Application of Super’s Theory in Adult Education • Identify the stages of learners

• • • •

8. Conclusion • •