international career development conference, cape town, south africa, 19 – 21, october, 2011...
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International Career Development Conference,Cape Town, South Africa, 19 – 21, October, 2011
CAREER DESIGNING IN CAREER DESIGNING IN LITHUANIA: STATE OF ART & LITHUANIA: STATE OF ART &
CHALLENGESCHALLENGES
KKestutisestutis P PukelisukelisNora PileicikieneNora Pileicikiene
Vytautas Magnus UniversityVytautas Magnus UniversityCentre for Quality of StudiesCentre for Quality of Studies
Issues to be covered
Short information about Republic of Lithuania
Short history of career designing in Lithuania
Development of career designing in Lithuania
Why career designing?
Main challenges for further development of career designing
Lithuania: capital Vilnius
• Population: 3.053.800
• Population growth rate: -0.33%
• Ethnic groups: Lithuanian 83.9%, Russian 5.4%, Polish 6.6%, Belarusian 1.3%, other 2.8%
• Religion: Roman Catholic (primar.)
• Official language: Lithuanian
• Literacy : 99.6%
Population (25-65 years) distribution according to education level:
31 % - higher,
60 % - (vocational) secondary,
9 % - lower.
46 000 – students of higher education40 500 – students of secondary education
9 faculties & 1 academy:
Faculty of Art,Faculty of Catholic Theology,Faculty of Economics and Management,Faculty of Humanities,Faculty of Informatics,Faculty of Law,Faculty of Natural Sciences,Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy,Faculty of Social Science,Music Academy
Number of students:9700
Number of teachers:550
Short history
Republic of Lithuania: 1918-1940Development of national education system;
Soviet period: 1940-1990 Vocational orientation in soviet education system;
Reestablishment of Republic of Lithuania:1990-1995 – period of “silence” for career
designing1995 - up to date – introduction and development of
career designing
Career designing as part of lifelong learning
Introduction of career designing in Lithuania after 1995:
a) support in decision making on the choice of profession (career education)
b) support for further career development
Development of career designing system in Lithuania: first stage
2001-2003
Development of Career designing strategy in Lithuania
2006–2008
National project supported by EU Structural Funds, targeted on introduction of career education in general education and VET systems
Project results
3 standards were designed:
Vocational information standard,
Occupational standard of vocational counsellor,
Occupational training standard of Vocational counsellor
6 learning programmes 10 methodological
guidelines
Appr. 2200
Vocational advisers, teachers, social workers, psychologists were trained.
310 out of 690
vocational information centres were accredited.
Vocational information Centers
Number: 690 Function: provide vocational
information for students and help them to make a right choice of study path.
Spread: in every municipality Location: secondary schools,
gymnasiums, vocational schools, educational centres, municipalities, libraries, etc.
Project results
All project results were summarized in Vocational information and counseling handbook (3 volumes)
Development of career designing system in Lithuania:
second stage
2010-2013National project supported by EU Structural Funds,
targeted on introduction of further career development in higher education system
12 Universities and 15 colleges involved
Aim of the project – to develop accessible and responding to students needs model of career management service (career education, career counselling, career information, career assessment and monitoring of graduates career).
Expected project results
Designed description of model for career management service
8 compendiums of means for career management of higher education students developed
263 specialists trained to provide career management services for HE institutions students.
Expected project results
For 3000 students pilot career education service provided
Designed and introduced virtual national system of career management service based on ICT
Career counsellors’ professional development
Types of study programmesTypes of study programmes
Continuous studiesContinuous studies Continuous inconsecutive studiesContinuous inconsecutive studies Study programmes within projectsStudy programmes within projects
Continuous studiesContinuous studies
Master study programme Master study programme Career Designing Career Designing
(at four universities)(at four universities) The aim is to develop research skills of careerThe aim is to develop research skills of careerdesigning phenomenon to be able to collect and processdesigning phenomenon to be able to collect and processinformation that meets the needs of career counselling targetinformation that meets the needs of career counselling targetgroups, to ensure its availability, to provide it and give advicegroups, to ensure its availability, to provide it and give adviceto each individual or a group of individuals when creatingto each individual or a group of individuals when creatingconditions to make rational decisions related to the choice of aconditions to make rational decisions related to the choice of aprofession or further career development, coordinatingprofession or further career development, coordinatingindividual goals ofindividual goals of personality development and selfpersonality development and selfexpression with theexpression with the constantly changing labour market needsconstantly changing labour market needs
Continuous inconsecutive studiesContinuous inconsecutive studies
Module based learningModule based learning
Module – 2 (3 ECTS) credits, 80 hoursModule – 2 (3 ECTS) credits, 80 hours
Target groups: educators of vocational Target groups: educators of vocational institutions and secondary schools, labour institutions and secondary schools, labour market specialists, labour exchange market specialists, labour exchange counsellors and personnel managerscounsellors and personnel managers.
Continuous inconsecutive studiesContinuous inconsecutive studies
Modular programmes for career counsellors (since Modular programmes for career counsellors (since 2002)2002)
Participants:Participants: Career counsellors from labour exchangesCareer counsellors from labour exchanges Mediators from labour exchangesMediators from labour exchanges Business counsellors from labour exchangesBusiness counsellors from labour exchanges Career counsellors from labour market training Career counsellors from labour market training
authoritiesauthorities
European structural fund project
Development and Implementation of the Master Study Programme
"Career Counselling"
Aim of the project: Aim of the project: To develop master study programme for career To develop master study programme for career counsellors working in education and labour counsellors working in education and labour market institutions and in such a way to market institutions and in such a way to contribute to the researches, evaluation and contribute to the researches, evaluation and quality of human resource management.quality of human resource management.
Main objectives of the projectMain objectives of the project
1. To carry out a research on career counsellor’s 1. To carry out a research on career counsellor’s functions and qualification in European functions and qualification in European countriescountries and abroad.and abroad.
2. To develop and legalize the second stage 2. To develop and legalize the second stage master study modular programme “Career master study modular programme “Career Counselling”.Counselling”.
3. To develop teaching-learning material - tool-3. To develop teaching-learning material - tool-
kits for study moduleskits for study modules..
Why career designing? What kind Philosophy of Education is?
The human being is like a bird:
one wing is a job he/she likes,
another one – person he/she loves.
What kind Philosophy of Career Designing is?
PremisesPremises Career designing: strategicCareer designing: strategic method and mean method and mean
for human resource managementfor human resource management VocationVocation (calling) – keystone of professional (calling) – keystone of professional
choicechoice No incapable people: the only one question is No incapable people: the only one question is
what kind of calling she/he possess?what kind of calling she/he possess? Substantial criterion of vocation – inborn form Substantial criterion of vocation – inborn form
of intellect (special aptitude)of intellect (special aptitude) The form of intellect (special aptitude) could be The form of intellect (special aptitude) could be
recognizedrecognized
What are the Main Principles of Career Designing?
Principles:Principles: In every human being already exist idea of In every human being already exist idea of
prospective profession (Aristotle)prospective profession (Aristotle) The law of matching of ideasThe law of matching of ideas The law of potential (aptitude) and actual The law of potential (aptitude) and actual
(skills)(skills) Vocation is inborn and could be developedVocation is inborn and could be developed The choice of profession must be based on The choice of profession must be based on
(self)selection(self)selection
Career Designing
Is ability to envisage Is ability to envisage prospective tendenciesprospective tendencies of the of the labour market change and in the context of labour market change and in the context of anticipated alterations anticipated alterations to research, plan and to research, plan and implementimplement the processes of one’s professional the processes of one’s professional development in line with development in line with own meaning of the own meaning of the life,life, striving maximally to materialize inborn striving maximally to materialize inborn
aptitudes to compete successfully in the aptitudes to compete successfully in the permanently changing labour market permanently changing labour market
Why career designing?Why career designing?
The semantic analysis of the concept The semantic analysis of the concept “guidance” asserts that in today’s philosophy “guidance” asserts that in today’s philosophy of a rational vocational choice and further of a rational vocational choice and further career development a words combination career development a words combination “career guidance” does not reflect original “career guidance” does not reflect original meaning of phenomenon which this concept meaning of phenomenon which this concept represents, i.e. it contradicts to its semantics.represents, i.e. it contradicts to its semantics.
Why career designing?
The contemporary philosophy of rational The contemporary philosophy of rational vocational choice and further career vocational choice and further career development supports the holistic attitude to a development supports the holistic attitude to a person putting the individual aptitudes and person putting the individual aptitudes and vocation (calling) to the first place;vocation (calling) to the first place;
Holistic approach claims that there are no Holistic approach claims that there are no incapable people;incapable people;
Why career designing?
““Career designing” semantically is more Career designing” semantically is more precise reflection of a phenomenon hidden precise reflection of a phenomenon hidden under nowadays “career guidance”;under nowadays “career guidance”;
The term “designing” comes from “designer”, The term “designing” comes from “designer”, term used in fashion;term used in fashion;
Career designing reflects philosophy where Career designing reflects philosophy where counselling of person is based not on labor counselling of person is based not on labor market needs, but on the inborn qualities of market needs, but on the inborn qualities of the person. This is the claim of the knowledge the person. This is the claim of the knowledge society;society;
Career designing philosophy stresses Career designing philosophy stresses constructivist and holistic approach where constructivist and holistic approach where labor market is understood as a product of labor market is understood as a product of the human being creativity which stems from the human being creativity which stems from inborn qualities, not otherwise; inborn qualities, not otherwise;
The outcome of career designing is a career The outcome of career designing is a career design of a person;design of a person;
Career designing is a lifelong continuing Career designing is a lifelong continuing process;process;
Main challenges for future development of Career designing
To enhance: Accessibility for career designing and
counseling service; Quality of career designing and counseling
service; To bring together efforts of teachers, their
students, professionals, employers, politicians and parents making more coordinated career designing and counseling services
