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Guidance processes in Vocational Education and Training

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Guidance processes in Vocational Education and Training

Instructors: Aleix Barrera Corominas

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7 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

No prior experience required

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

7 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

No prior experience required

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

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Taught in English

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There are 7 modules in this course

The development of appropriate educational and vocational guidance in Vocational Education and Training (VET) requires action strategies from guidance and tutors as a way of tackling early leaving and supporting young people in their transition to and retention in VET. This MOOC aims to contribute to this end delivering topics related to Career Guidance and Counselling in VET education, as follows: core concepts, models and function; new approaches; orientation and tutorial strategies; good practices across Europe; and the future of career guidance and counselling in VET education. This MOOC represents a dynamic and accessible tool for VET counsellors, administrators, and tutors, and it is useful for guidance professionals providing access to proven and innovative methods to enhances the educational experience and success of VET students.

Module details

This MOOC contains 6 modules delivering topics related to Career Guidance and Counselling in VET education, as follows: Core concepts, models and function; new approaches; orientation and tutorial strategies; good practices across Europe; and the future of career guidance and counselling in VET education.

What's included

1 video8 readings

This module is designed to present the main concepts that will be the core of the course. Definitions such as career counselling, career education, career information, orientation, tutoring, coaching, and mentoring, etc.; will be examined and distinguished among each other to provide the conceptual framework in which this MOOC is based on.

What's included

9 videos1 reading1 assignment

9 videosTotal 65 minutes

Presentation1 minute
Career counseling and career education6 minutes
Orientation and tutorial action8 minutes
The elements of the tutorial action8 minutes
Tutorial action. Objectives. The Why7 minutes
Tutorial action. Contents. The What8 minutes
Tutorial action. Agents. The Who8 minutes
Tutorial action. How, with what, when, where13 minutes
To sum up6 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Readings10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 10 minutes

Quiz 110 minutes

This module examines the relationship of Career Guidance and Counselling in VET education. The aim is to identify and analyse what is the purpose of career guidance and counselling in VET education, its rationale, benefits, and drawbacks in preparing students for employment and in meeting labour market demands.

What's included

10 videos1 reading1 assignment

10 videosTotal 57 minutes

Presentation1 minute
An introduction6 minutes
Personal Factors10 minutes
Family Factors5 minutes
Social-Relational Factors5 minutes
Institutional Factors9 minutes
Structural-Systemic Factors5 minutes
The importance of research and evidence4 minutes
Interview: The Collaboration between VET counselors and educators10 minutes
To sum up1 minute

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Readings10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 10 minutes

Quiz 210 minutes

This Module will focus on recent theoretical and practical approaches in career guidance and counselling in VET education. The goal is to provide a base of analysis and evidence to underpin the current challenges when it comes to prepare students for employment and to the labour market.

What's included

9 videos1 reading1 assignment

9 videosTotal 61 minutes

Introduction2 minutes
Challenges of Today5 minutes
Handling the Challenges10 minutes
The Capability Approach11 minutes
Senses, Imagination, and Thought10 minutes
Practical Reason6 minutes
Affiliation9 minutes
Control Over One's Environment6 minutes
To Sum Up1 minute

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Readings10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 10 minutes

Quiz 310 minutes

This module will provide VET educational agents with guidance processes and orientation and tutorial action strategies as integrated elements of their teaching and learning processes within a European / transnational vision and adapted to specific needs and requirements of VET educational agents and contexts. Therefore, this makes possible the adoption of new perspective and / or new action opportunities for VET educational agents.

What's included

16 videos1 reading1 assignment

16 videosTotal 91 minutes

Presentation9 minutes
Strategy 1. Individual planning or personalised plans5 minutes
Strategy 2. Mentory in VET Education4 minutes
Strategy 3. Motivational activities to learn or activities to self-development to engage young VET student in learning9 minutes
Strategy 4. Peer to peer learning and support in VET Education7 minutes
Strategy 5. Family support in VET Education5 minutes
Strategy 6. Support for young people's learning outside of formal curriculum4 minutes
Strategy 7. Establish links with the wider community4 minutes
Strategy 8. Curriculum Guidance in VET Education6 minutes
Strategy 9. Response services or Responsive crisis resolution services for young VET Education students4 minutes
Strategy 10. VET Education Training: didactic strategies and practices for educational success4 minutes
Strategy 11. Support with mid-term and end of key-stage educational transitions6 minutes
Strategy 12. Promoting quality inclusive learning environament and Alternative learning arrangement in VET Education7 minutes
Strategy 13. Support in building and navigating healthy peer relationships4 minutes
Interview: Orientation and tutorial strategies in VET education. The case of the Bernal El Ferrer Institute9 minutes
Conclusion3 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Readings10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 10 minutes

Quiz 410 minutes

This Module is aimed to provide examples of Good Practices in VET education by each partner from the VET Project. Therefore, the Module will present examples of Denmark, Germany, Portugal, Romania, and Spain focusing on their contribution to the development of VET education in each country.

What's included

9 videos1 reading1 assignment

9 videosTotal 68 minutes

Presentation1 minute
Country-specific good practices in VET education: An introduction. Part I3 minutes
Country-specific good practices in VET education: An introduction. Part II9 minutes
Good practices in VET: Denmark13 minutes
Good practices in VET: Germany11 minutes
Good practices in VET: Portugal14 minutes
Good practices in VET: Romania6 minutes
Good practices in VET: Spain10 minutes
To sum up1 minute

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Readings10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 10 minutes

Quiz 510 minutes

The final Module is designed to present and describe the trends on career guidance and counselling in VET education. The content will focus on programmes, training and models that are currently being used for career guidance and counselling practice. It is expected that this Module will also provide practical implications for VET educational agents to offer effective career guidance, according to quality standards, in the near future.