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Jean-Jacques Ruppert, Bernd-Joachim Ertelt
Proposing an emancipatorymodel for vocational guidance More -
Vidmantas Tūtlys
Interaction between career designing and vocational training in Lithuania: solving the problem of the opportunity trap More - Judith Frübing
Developning quality of career guidence services - the German approach of open coordination and its international context More
Abstracts
Jean Jacques Ruppert, Bernd Joachim Ertelt
Applied Vocational Psychology and Policy Research Unit, University of Mannheim
Proposing an emancipatory model for vocational guidance
This paper outlines the approach of emancipatory guidance. It is a critical examination ofthe traditional trait and factor approach, of the normative modelof rational decision-making and of the concept of employability, with its emphasis on individuals having to adapt their skills to the requirements of labour markets. At present emancipatoryapproaches tocareer counselingareused less frequently than theclosedmodelsand are only referred to as a“works inprogress”.
Key terms
Protean career, emancipatory counseling, emancipatory model for vocational guidance, information management, vocational counselling, vocational guidance.
Vidmantas Tūtlys
Vytautas Magnus University
Interaction between career designing and vocational training in Lithuania: solving the problem of the opportunity trap
This article analyses interaction between the processes of career designing and vocational training in Lithuania. The analysis of the area of these interrelations focuses on their micro and macro context. The potential impact of the interaction between career guidance and vocational training is analysed and discussed by focussing on the problem of the opportunity trap and the potential of this interaction in solving the problem. The analysis has revealed that: 1) the area of interaction between career designing and vocational training can be analysed through different perspectives but the factors related to a person, the labour market, vocational training and state policy should be taken into consideration; 2) characteristics of the interaction between career designing and vocational training depend on the socio-economical and institutional models of vocational training; 3) the problem of the opportunity trap presents significant challenges to the systems of vocational training and career designing not only in developed but also in transitional economies (Lithuania); 4) existing and currently developed instruments and measures of vocational training and career designing in Lithuania can help to solve the problem of the opportunity trap, however, this is a long and complex process.
Key term
Labour market, opportunity trap, career, career designing, vocational training.
Ferdinand Eder, Gabriele Hörl
University of Salzburg
Career counselling tests for trainee teachers
This article analyses a set of career counselling tests that are offered to teacher training students in the second semester of their studies. Participants complete tests and questionnaires on vocational interests, abilities, and personality traits, and receive written feedback, which allows them to compare their own scores with the averages of relevant peer groups and make clear how each dimension reflects the requirements of the teaching profession. The counselling tests are aimed at stimulating a reflection of vocational choice, not at selection. The results of evaluation indicate a developmental impact on participants. Deliberations about a change or break in the study are rare. First tests on the predictive validity of the career counselling tests for teacher training students show that a prognosis based on the test results would be justifiable.
Key terms
Person-environment interaction model, trainee teachers/teacher training students, career counselling, career development theory, career counselling tests at the University of Salzburg, occupational aptitude.
Judith Frübing
National Guidance Forum in Education, Career and Employment
Developing quality of career guidance services – the German approach of open coordination and its international context
To meet the challenges of our changing societies and economies, quality and professionalism in career guidance and in the development of services are increasingly important.Different countries have taken action to develop and introduce quality standards and professional competence frameworks for guidance practitioners. While some countries introduced quality standards top-down by government bodies, others preferred to set up a bottom-up process with many stakeholders. In Germany, where political leadership in the area of education, career and employment is complex and split over several government departments on federal, regional and local level, a bottom-up process seemed to be appropriate. Hence, a comprehensive set of quality criteria, a competence profile for guidance practitioners and a Quality Development Framework have been developed through the “Open Process of Coordination for Quality Development” by the German National Guidance Forum (nfb) and a research group at the University of Heidelberg. The project was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). This bottom-up method involved many actors and stakeholders from the career guidance community like practitioners, providers, policy makers, researchers, social partners and professional associations. Their participation in the development assured that the results gained a high level of awareness, acceptance and feasibility in the professional community. The article describes the process, the theoretical model and the results of the German quality development project and refers to the international context and influences from other countries.
Key terms
Open Process of Coordination for Quality Development, career guidance, quality, quality criteria, educational guidance, vocational guidance, professionalism.