The InterLife Project: Researching the Potential of Art, Design and Virtual Worlds As a Vehicle for Assisting Young People with Key Life Changes and Transitions.

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The InterLife Project: Researching the Potential of Art, Design and Virtual Worlds As a Vehicle for Assisting Young People with Key Life Changes and Transitions.

Lally, Vic and Sclater, Madeleine Fiona (2013) The InterLife Project: Researching the Potential of Art, Design and Virtual Worlds As a Vehicle for Assisting Young People with Key Life Changes and Transitions. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 41 (3). pp. 1-17. ISSN 0306-9885

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Lally, Vic and Sclater, Madeleine Fiona

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Careers work in the twenty-first century faces a key challenge in terms of digital technologies: to evaluate their potential for careers work in challenging settings. Given the rapidity of developments, technologies require evaluation in research innovations and naturalistic settings. Virtual worlds offer potential for careers and guidance work, and the therapeutic domain. To illustrate this, we present examples in which young people explore their feelings and ideas, plans and difficulties, while preparing for film-making.
During this they develop important life transition skills. We argue that the power of virtual worlds to support emotional and cognitive engagement could be utilised in practice settings. We conclude that they are serious candidates as digital tools in the careers and guidance domain.

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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03069885.2013.773582

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This is an interdisciplinary journal paper which reports research undertaken from a 3 year ESRC Project: Interlife: Interoperability and Transition. I was named as a senior researcher consultant on the ESRC/EPSRC submission proposal/bid. 500 000K Grant. This paper forms part of an ESRC Seminar Series: reframing service delivery, professional practices and professional identities in UK careers work. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/research/semcomprfs. I was named as a senior researcher consultant on the ESRC/EPSRC submission proposal/bid.

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Careers Education, Art and Design Education, Creative Practices, Virtual Worlds.

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Learning & Teaching

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