TY - JOUR
T1 - Writing as soul work
T2 - training teachers in a group-based career-narrative approach
AU - Lengelle, Reinekke
AU - Ashby, Sjon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2017/8/8
Y1 - 2017/8/8
N2 - Writing as soul work refers to the active engagement of students in transformative writing activities in a group setting with the aim to enable students to develop new, more empowering narratives. This article explains how soul work through writing can be used to foster career adaptability, expressed in the form of increased awareness and self-direction. We summarise the labour market realities that underlie a need for more narrative approaches and introduce writing as soul work as a potential method to respond to these contemporary career challenges. We define what is meant by soul work and writing, illustrate its use with several stories from practice, and make recommendations for teachers and implementation in institutions.
AB - Writing as soul work refers to the active engagement of students in transformative writing activities in a group setting with the aim to enable students to develop new, more empowering narratives. This article explains how soul work through writing can be used to foster career adaptability, expressed in the form of increased awareness and self-direction. We summarise the labour market realities that underlie a need for more narrative approaches and introduce writing as soul work as a potential method to respond to these contemporary career challenges. We define what is meant by soul work and writing, illustrate its use with several stories from practice, and make recommendations for teachers and implementation in institutions.
KW - Career counselling
KW - career training for teachers
KW - career writing
KW - creative writing
KW - emotional competence at work
KW - soul work
KW - teachers
KW - transformative learning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84962878016&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/03069885.2016.1169366
DO - 10.1080/03069885.2016.1169366
M3 - Journal Article
AN - SCOPUS:84962878016
SN - 0306-9885
VL - 45
SP - 402
EP - 416
JO - British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
JF - British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
IS - 4
ER -