Donald Super Career Development Theory

1. MA 106 - A
MANAGEMENT OF GUIDANCE AND
COUNSELING SERVICES
Donald E. Super

2.  Born on July 10, 1910, in Honolulu, Hawaii
 Received his Doctorate of Science Degree
from Oxford University
 Published his first book about vocational
guidance in 1942
 Founder and director of the Cleveland
(Ohio) Guidance Services as well as director
of Clark University's Student Personnel
Bureau
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Donald E. Super

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Donald E. Super
 Began his career working as a YMCA
employment counselor throughout the 1930s
and 1940s
 In 1975, he had been promoted to the rank of
Professor at Columbia Teacher's College where
he had worked for several years
 He served as president of APA's Division of
Counseling Psychology
 in 1983, he received the American Psychological
Association's Award for Distinguished Scientific
Contributions to Applications of Psychology
 He died on June 21, 1994, at the age of 83.

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 Defines and describes career development through five life
stages and sub-stages
 Provides an expansive definition of career as a combination of
interacting life roles
 Stresses the centrality of self-concept as the driving force in
career choice
 Stresses the role of values in making career choices
 Depicts the balance of internal and external influences on
career choice

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-Focus on how careers unfold over time
Theory’s Propositions
 People differ in their abilities, personalities, needs, values,
interests, traits and self-concepts
 People are qualified by virtue of these characteristics for a
number of occupations
 Each occupation requires a characteristics, pattern of abilities
and personality traits
 Career pattern is determined by the individuals' parental
socioeconomic level, mental ability, education, skills, personality
characteristics, career maturity and by the opportunities to
which an individual is exposed.

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Three Aspects of Super’s Theory
1. Self-concept- a picture of who we are and what we are like
 A blend of how we see ourselves and how we would like to be
seen
2. Life Span- the length of one’s career
 Five Developmental Stages
Stage 1- Growth Stage 4- Maintenance
Stage 2- Exploration Stage 5- Decline
Stage 3- Establishment
 Five Developmental Tasks

7. 5 Life and Career Developmental Stages
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Three Aspects of Super’s Theory
3. Life Space- the breath of one’s career
 Career is defined as the combination of life roles that one
plays of a given life stage.
Eight life roles
 Child
 Student
 Leisurite
 Citizen
 Worker
 Parent
 Spouse
 Homemaker

9. Your intelligence and competence may take you far, but it is
integrity that will sustain you there
-Myron Sta. Ana

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