Wednesday 3rd, 15.00 - 16.30
Working life knowledge in vocational counselling
Ann-Christine Ringström & Kai Koivumäki
Careers guidance professionals have different qualifications and competences in different countries. However, something that the professionals do have in common every where, is the need for working life knowledge. Knowledge about working life is an imperative skill for the counsellor in his/her effort to make the client aware of what factors will make him successful when he enters the labour market. Through the understanding of the counsellor about society and the labour market, the client can from an individual perspective establish a basis on which he/she can construct a vision for the future. A Nordic network of guidance counsellors from Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland decided to take a look at the concept and made a minor study on working life knowledge. Participants in the network compared the counsellor training and interviewed practising counsellors in the Nordic countries. In this workshop we are going to present the results of the study and discuss the subject together. How can you define working life knowledge? How can it be integrated in the counselling process? How could it be better represented in the basic and further training for counsellors?
Special Euroguidance workshop
Miika Kekki, Euroguidance Finland
Nina Ahlroos, Euroguidance Sweden
Klaaspeter Kuperus, Euroguidance Norway
Interactive workshop on international mobility as a tool for young people´s professional and personal development. This special workshop has a very practical approach. The participants will have a chance to exchange ideas and discuss in small groups. A maximum amount of participants will be 25 people.
Thursday 4th, 14.00 - 15.30
Skill-building integrative life planning
Sunny Hansen
Purpose of this session is to provide a skill-building experience primarily for career counselors and guidance practitioners in higher education and adult counseling settings. The workshop is focused on a holistic concept of career guidance and counseling based on the presenter’s career development model developed over the last several years. The content is based on six critical tasks for individuals in their culture. It will include a brief introduction to the concept of Integrative Life Planning: Weaving our Lives into a Meaningful Whole (ILP); and the six tasks which are 1) Finding Work that Needs Doing in Changing Global Contexts; 2) Attending to Our Health—Physical, Mental, Emotional; 3) Connecting Family and Work; 4) Valuing Diversity and Social Inclusion; 5) Exploring Spirituality and Life Purpose; and 6) Managing Personal Transitions and Organizational Change. Because of time limitations, the workshop will focus primarily on tasks l and 6.
Participants also will be introduced to the large variety of ways in which ILP is being implemented and applied with diverse settings and populations.
Friday 5th, 9.00 - 10.30
Multicultural counselling
Kai Koivumäki, Sauli Puukari & Matti Taajamo
Multiculturalism in our current societies has a significant impact on how we as guidance professionals should develop our competencies and approaches and how multiculturalism should be addressed as part of the systemic development of guidance and counselling services. The session provides the participants with an opportunity to follow presentations and share ideas on current issues and challenges dealing with multicultural guidance and counselling.
For Finnish participants (session in Finnish):
Suomalaisen ohjaustutkimuksen SIG-tapaaminen
Torstaina 4.6. klo 16.30 - 18.00
Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Finnish Educational Research Association (FERA)
“Network for Guidance and Counselling research” (Ohjausalan tutkimuksen verkosto) national meeting
The meeting is open for the SIG members and other people interested in guidance and counselling research in Finland. Please note that the language will be Finnish.
Jutustelu etenee suomeksi.
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