VALA Implement theory and practice Jukka Lerkkanen VirvaLiisa

VALA. Implement theory and practice Jukka Lerkkanen & Virva-Liisa Pekkarinen, 23. 10. 2013 Malmö

The NICE Core Competences Career Information & Assessment is the core competence of CGC professionals to support people in assessing their personal characteristics and needs and connecting them with information on opportunities and requirements in labour markets and education systems. Professionalism is the core competence of CGC professionals to adopt professional values and ethical standards in all roles of their practice, to develop and to regulate relationships appropriately, to engage in continuous learning and critical Career thinking, and to advocate for their Information & profession. Assessment Career Counselling is the core competence of CGC professionals to Career support their clients in Counselling Education understanding their situations, in working Professionalism towards solutions and in making decisions through the use of ideographic and Programme Social Systems reflective methods. & Service Interventions & Management Development Programme & Service Management is the core competence of CGC professionals to ensure and develop the quality of their organisations’ services. 23. 10. 2013 JAMK/TEC Jukka Lerkkanen ja Virva-Liisa Pekkarinen Career Education is the core competence of CGC professionals to teach and train people to develop the career management competences they need for managing education, training and career transitions. Social Systems Interventions & Development is the core competence of CGC professionals to support their clients by making a difference in education and work related environments (preventatively and in crisis management) through networking, consultation and advocacy. 2

JAMK University of Applied Sciences Teacher Education College Ph. D. Head of Department Jukka Lerkkanen Lecturer Virva-Liisa Pekkarinen Professionalism Portfolio 5 ECTS Programme & Service Management Orientation to Study Counselling 5 ECTS Organizing Counselling 4 ECTS Developing Counselling 5 ECTS Optional Studies 5 ECTS Social Systems Interventions & Development Career Education and Career Counselling Networking Skills 6 ECTS Career Management and Career Planning Skills 5 ECTS Healthy School 3 ECTS Personal Counselling 5 ECTS Guiding Diverse Learners 5 ECTS Theoretical Approaches to Counselling 5 ECTS Culture Sensitive and International Counselling 3 ECTS Career Information & Assessment Lifelong Guidance and Counselling 4 ECTS Facilitating Learning Developing the Educational Environment Continuous Learning Cooperation and Interaction 23. 10. 2013 JAMK/TEC Jukka Lerkkanen ja Virva-Liisa Pekkarinen 3 S Y S T E M I C A P P R O A C H

Implement theory and practice in curriculum Following study units (4/10) mostly include theory and practice: • Personal Counselling • Developing Counselling • Theoretical Approaches to Counselling • Networking Skills 23. 10. 2013 JAMK/TEC Jukka Lerkkanen ja Virva-Liisa Pekkarinen 4

Personal Counselling • The aim is that the student is able: - to create good relationship in different counselling situations - to build a meaningful discussion with a proper beginning and end - to use theoretical approaches in counselling - to build his/her own concept of good counselling - to evaluate his/her own counselling skills and set new aims to his/her own professional development

Personal Counselling Methods: - Litterature review (students read books about how to create a good and trustworthy relationship) discussions in small groups - Two digital counselling sessions in real situations watched and evaluated in small groups

Networking Skills The aim is that the student: - Knows the different laws and rules concerning counselling and guidance in different organizations - Knows how counselling is organized in different contexts - Can co-operate in interdisciplinary teams - Knows the local Employment agency services and working life - Method: three one-week- training periods

Developing Counselling The aim is that the student: - Knows different documents concerning counselling and guidance in his/her own organization - Finds an issue which needs to be developed, plans and fullfils that and writes an article using proper references

Theoretical Approaches to Counselling The aim is that the student: - Knows some of the most important theoretical approaches to counselling - Can choose the most useful approach in a certain situation both in personal and group counselling - Can justify his/her decision theoretically

Possibilities for implement theory and practice • The students have heterogeneous basics with their guidance and counselling skills • Almost all study units include opportunity to develop both theory and practice. The learning-tasks are practical-based and the based on consumption that student has agency to test, develop and apply his/her learning in their working context. • During the contact period the students share their experiences with their peer-group • The learning of reflective approach is the aim of our study counsellor education 23. 10. 2013 JAMK/TEC Jukka Lerkkanen ja Virva-Liisa Pekkarinen 10

Problems /challenges • We meet difficulties when the student has not working context where they could test, develop and apply their theoretical learning • Then we have risk to have too theory orientated education. 23. 10. 2013 JAMK/TEC Jukka Lerkkanen ja Virva-Liisa Pekkarinen 11

Open questions • We have just established new curriculum with NICE core competencies • Nowadays we have more study units and learning tasks. – Do we have too many learning tasks? – Do we manage with timing and avoid stressing peaks? – How well we manage to organize reflective sharing of learning during the contact periods? 23. 10. 2013 JAMK/TEC Jukka Lerkkanen ja Virva-Liisa Pekkarinen 12

Thanks for your attention! More information: • jukka. lerkkanen@jamk. fi • virva-liisa. pekkarinen@jamk. fi • http: //aokk. jamk. fi 23. 10. 2013 JAMK/TEC Jukka Lerkkanen ja Virva-Liisa Pekkarinen 13