Impartiality in pre-entry guidance for adults in further education colleges
- 1 August 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
- Vol. 25 (3) , 361-375
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03069889708253814
Abstract
The growth in the provision of guidance through institution-based services in the United Kingdom has raised concerns about whether the principle of impartiality is being compromised. The understandings and practices of impartiality among those involved in providing pre-entry guidance to adults in three further education colleges in London are examined. A complex picture is presented in which impartiality is only one aspect of guidance and one with different and uncertain meanings emerging from and situated within differing individual, social and institutional contexts. Thus while the meaning of impartiality can be clearly stated in professional codes of practice and quality frameworks, its meanings in practice are less clear. Further areas of research are identified.Keywords
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