%0 Journal Article
%T What Contribution Can the Humanities and Social Sciences Make to Career Guidance in General and Technological Lyc¨¦es? The Case of Economics in Year One of Lyc¨¦e in France
%A Nathalie Richit
%J Journal of Social Science Education
%D 2012
%I Bielefeld University
%X In accordance with the 2008 Resolution of the Council of the European Union on ¡°Better integrating lifelong guidance into lifelong learning strategies¡±, the reform of French lyc¨¦es has included career guidance among its priorities. This reform, which was implemented in 2010, includes lessons on exploring economics for all students in year one (seconde) of the French three-year lyc¨¦e. Will this new feature help to promote career guidance?This research aims to show that academic and vocational guidance is socially controversial, and that the two programmes on economics, ¡°Sciences ¨¦conomiques et sociales - SES¡± (social and economic sciences) and ¡°Principes fondamentaux de l¡¯¨¦conomie et de la gestion - PFEG¡± (basic principles of economics and management), provide knowledge and skills from the humanities and social sciences that are useful for the guidance of year one students, even if the teachers involved do not feel directly involved in assisting with careerguidance.As career guidance is not a discipline, will efficient teachers be those who are able to distinguish between ¡°knowledge that¡± and ¡°knowledge for¡±?
%K Career guidance
%K teaching economics
%K social acute questions
%K French general and technological lyc¨¦e
%K ¡°education for¡­¡±
%U http://www.jsse.org/2012/2012-04/richit-jsse-4-2012