A PPLIED V OCATIONAL P SYCHOLOGY AND P OLICY R ESEARCH U NIT Proposing an Emancipatory Model for Vocational Guidance IAEVG International Conference Jyväskylä, Finland, June 3-5, 2009 Jean-Jacques Ruppert and Bernd-Joachim Ertelt A PPLIED V OCATIONAL P SYCHOLOGY AND P OLICY R ESEARCH U NIT 4 priority areas • to encourage the lifelong acquisition of career management skills • to facilitate the access to guidance services for all citizens • to develop the quality assurance of guidance provision • to encourage coordination and cooperation among the various national, regional and local stakeholders 1
A PPLIED V OCATIONAL P SYCHOLOGY AND P OLICY R ESEARCH U NIT career management skills - learning about the economic environment, businesses and occupations - being able to evaluate oneself, knowing oneself and being able to describe the competences one has acquired in formal, informal and non-formal education settings - understanding education, training and qualification systems A PPLIED V OCATIONAL P SYCHOLOGY AND P OLICY R ESEARCH U NIT traits of information overload - specific information has to be increasingly “visible” in order to compete effectively with other sources - the informee’s interest in information decreases to the point where he/she may even develop a defensive attitude towards new information - the importance of pictorial communication increases as the attractiveness of verbal expression decreases 2
A PPLIED V OCATIONAL P SYCHOLOGY AND P OLICY R ESEARCH U NIT demand-orientation systems allow users: - to define their needs - to select sources that lead to desired results - to obtain information on how to use the sources relevant to their needs - to realise when personal assistance by a guidance counsellor is necessary - to use only those links that provide ‘effective’ assistance A PPLIED V OCATIONAL P SYCHOLOGY AND P OLICY R ESEARCH U NIT effective information marketing - What type of information to provide to different clients and target groups? - How and in which order to communicate this information? - When should a career counsellor intervene? - What resources are required for effective information marketing? 3
A PPLIED V OCATIONAL P SYCHOLOGY AND P OLICY R ESEARCH U NIT people’s relationship to work and missions of guidance - pre-established order: there is a suitable job for everybody support in realising or ‘restoring’ this harmonious design - man has needs and values regarding his professional development must take those needs and values into account A PPLIED V OCATIONAL P SYCHOLOGY AND P OLICY R ESEARCH U NIT people’s relationship to work and missions of guidance - personal development enable the individual to use his professional activity as a means to develop his personality - “work alienates man” should minimise that alienation 4
A PPLIED V OCATIONAL P SYCHOLOGY AND P OLICY R ESEARCH U NIT evolution of research issues - “How to match individuals and occupations?” - “How to match individuals and working sets?” - “What are the factors and processes involved in life- long career adaptation and development?” J. Guichard, 2009 A PPLIED V OCATIONAL P SYCHOLOGY AND P OLICY R ESEARCH U NIT evolution of research issues - “What are the factors and processes in the development of future intentions and prospects in young people?” - “What are the factors and processes implicated in the development,the taking of stock and transfer of competences?” - “What are the factors and processes at stake in psycho- social transitions?” J. Guichard, 2009 5
A PPLIED V OCATIONAL P SYCHOLOGY AND P OLICY R ESEARCH U NIT “... in our current societal context, vocational issues are never simple questions of work, employment or career. They always point to a major question addressed to the individual: that of designing his/her life.” J. Guichard, 2009 A PPLIED V OCATIONAL P SYCHOLOGY AND P OLICY R ESEARCH U NIT “Ideal” conditions for optimising decision-making - the goals must be well defined in quantitative terms - the decision-maker’s values must be stable - the situation must be stable - the task is restricted to the selection between options - the number of alternatives generated must be exhaustive - the optimal choice can be selected without disproportionate time and effort G. Klein, 2002 6
A PPLIED V OCATIONAL P SYCHOLOGY AND P OLICY R ESEARCH U NIT “Ideal” conditions for optimising decision-making - the options must be thoroughly compared to each other - the decision-maker must use a compensatory strategy - the probability estimates must be coherent and accurate - the scenarios used to predict failures must be exhaustive and realistic - the evaluation of each scenario must be exhaustive G. Klein, 2002 A PPLIED V OCATIONAL P SYCHOLOGY AND P OLICY R ESEARCH U NIT “fast and frugal heuristcs” “bounded rationality” “ecological rationality” “fast and frugal heuristics employ a minimum of time, knowledge and computation to make adaptive choices in real environments” G. Gigerenzer, P. Todd and the ABC Research Group, 1999 7
A PPLIED V OCATIONAL P SYCHOLOGY AND P OLICY R ESEARCH U NIT research questions in emancipatory guidance - “What is the true meaning of ‘emancipation’ in vocational guidance in the context of “sanction-counselling?” - “How does emancipatory counselling fit in with the placement policies in PES?” - “Do counsellors have the necessary qualifications and attitudes to deliver emancipatory guidance?” - “What could be the role of emancipatory counselling in HR Management and Change Management?” A PPLIED V OCATIONAL P SYCHOLOGY AND P OLICY R ESEARCH U NIT Thank you for your attention. prof.ertelt@gmx.net jean-jacques.ruppert@education.lu 8, rue Joseph Wester L-4349 Esch-sur-Alzette e-mail: info@avopp.lu LUXEMBOURG website: www.avopp.lu 8
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