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Guidance policies: the Trojan horse

Guidance policies are often formulated in general terms. The recent European Union Resolution on Lifelong Guidance,... Show more
Guidance policies are often formulated in general terms. The recent European Union Resolution on Lifelong Guidance, for example, runs along two main lines. One line pursues the policy goal of creating a more inclusive society with active citizens. The other line pursues global competitiveness. These two pursuits may seem to present conflicting policy goals. The dilemmas that guidance practitioners encounter in this context are typically for individual guidance practitioners to resolve on their own. This article points to some of the issues at stake in terms of policy-making against social exclusion, and it suggests three possible guidance strategies: solving, preventing and coping.
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Authors: Plant, Peter

Date: 2005

Resource type: Article

Journal title: International journal for educational and vocational guidance

Subjects: Policy; Disadvantaged; Career development ... [+] Show more
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Quality in careers guidance

OECD's Education Committee, together with its Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee, endorsed a new activ... Show more
OECD's Education Committee, together with its Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee, endorsed a new activity on policies for information, guidance and counselling services in 2000. The main aim of the activity is to understand how the organisation, management and delivery of these services can help to promote key policy activities such as lifelong learning for all and active labour market policies. Fourteen OECD countries were involved in this activity: Australia; Austria; Canada; the Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; Germany; Ireland; Korea; Luxembourg; the Netherlands; Norway; Spain; and the United Kingdom. Information about these countries was gathered using a national questionnaire, country visits, commissioned papers and meetings of national experts and policy makers.
This paper, jointly commissioned by the OECD and the European Commission, provides an overview, with examples from the USA, Canada and the European Union Member States, of national quality standards and national approaches to the definition of quality for the delivery of career guidance services, the skills and qualifications required of career guidance workers, and occupational and educational information used in career guidance. The author comments on the need for, and adequacy of, such standards and definitions, on the roles of government and professional career guidance organisations in developing, implementing and monitoring such standards and definitions, and the steps that governments can take to raise the quality of career information, guidance and counselling services.
Documents from the OECD review of career guidance policies are indexed from TD/TNC 73.122 to TD/TNC 73.151. Show less

Authors: Plant, Peter

Date: 2001

Geographic subjects: North America; Europe; United States ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Qualifications; Quality; Lifelong learning ... [+] Show more
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The five swans: educational and vocational guidance in the Nordic countries

Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland: these are the Nordic countries, the Five Swans. This article covers m... Show more
Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland: these are the Nordic countries, the Five Swans. This article covers main Nordic guidance issues with characteristic examples from the various countries under the headings of Professionalisation, Guidance policies, Activities, Staff and professional background, Linkages, and Materials and ICT [information and communication technology].
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Authors: Plant, Peter

Date: 2003

Geographic subjects: Europe; Denmark; Sweden ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Article

Journal title: International journal for educational and vocational guidance

Subjects: Policy; Management; Career development ... [+] Show more
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Paradigms under pressure: green guidance

As the tectonic plates of society move, so do career guidance and career development. Old paradigms are under press... Show more
As the tectonic plates of society move, so do career guidance and career development. Old paradigms are under pressure. New guidance concepts are needed, some of which may be viewed as utopian. Guidance philosophies of our times need to envisage a shift towards a greener and sustainable future. Green Guidance puts a wider perspective to career choices and career development. Guidance needs a re-orientation, a new approach: a genuine paradigm shift.
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Authors: Plant, Peter

Date: 2020

Resource type: Article

Journal title: Nordic journal of transitions, careers and guidance

Subjects: Career development; Innovation; Sustainability
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Transnational vocational guidance and training for young people and adults: synthesis report of eight studies carried out on behalf of CEDEFOP

Based on 8 regional studies of transfrontier vocational guidance, this report argues that, in the single European m... Show more
Based on 8 regional studies of transfrontier vocational guidance, this report argues that, in the single European market, the vocational guidance services of the member states will face a growing demand for transnational educational and vocational guidance.
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Authors: Plant, Peter

Date: 1990

Geographic subjects: Europe

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: Cedefop document

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Career development; Participation
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Early school leaving and lifelong guidance

Early school leaving (ESL) is costly for the individual, for society and for the economy. Not just in economic term... Show more
Early school leaving (ESL) is costly for the individual, for society and for the economy. Not just in economic terms, but also in terms of low self-esteem, and the risk of social exclusion. More, and, in particular, better education can lead to positive outcomes, in relation to employment, level of salaries, better health, less crime, higher social cohesion, lower public and social costs, and higher productivity. This is why ESL is a policy focal point. In these terms, lifelong guidance has a key role to play in terms of both prevention, intervention, and of compensation strategies. ESL should never be the final stage in terms of learning, whether this is formal, non-formal, or informal. In this report, these approaches are represented through a number of examples of such strategies and practices, with a view to the role of lifelong guidance in relation to combating ESL, and with a particular focus on the advocacy and feedback roles of guidance.
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Authors: Oomen, Annemarie; Plant, Peter

Date: 2014

Geographic subjects: Europe

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: ELGPN concept note

Subjects: Participation; Youth; Career development ... [+] Show more
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Voice of users: promoting quality of guidance for adults in the Nordic countries

This two volume publication (report and annexes) examines both the value of adult guidance to its users and their i... Show more
This two volume publication (report and annexes) examines both the value of adult guidance to its users and their involvement in developing and organising guidance services in adult education. The first goal of this study is to describe if and how adult users of guidance have an impact on the services provided, as well as to compare user involvement in adult guidance in the Nordic countries. A second goal is to evaluate learning outcomes of guidance for adults in the Nordic countries that seek guidance in adult learning centres. The results are first reported for each of the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) and then compared. Annexes contain: focus group interview frameworks (clients, practitioners, managers); focus group reports (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden); and questionnaires (in English, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden).
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Authors: Vilhjalmsdottir, Guobjorg; Dofradottir, Andrea G.; Kjartansdottir, Guorun Birna; Loven, Anders ... [+] Show more

Date: 2011

Geographic subjects: Denmark; Finland; Iceland ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Career development; Participation; Outcomes ... [+] Show more
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Expected outputs/outcomes of guidance services for adults in the Nordic countries

This report discusses an initiative launched by a Nordic network (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) on ... Show more
This report discusses an initiative launched by a Nordic network (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) on effectiveness and quality in guidance for adults funded by the Nordic Network for Adult Learning (NVL). The initiative builds on recent international evaluations of guidance policy development and has three components: (1) analysis of the expected outcomes of adult guidance from the perspectives of guidance providers, policy makers and relevant stakeholders; (2) analysis of the existing data collection frameworks, i.e. how the data is used in relation to the expected outcomes; and (3) a summary of the existing question and answer mechanisms in the Nordic countries and description of the future challenges based on the findings. The data is reflected also from the European lifelong guidance policy development perspective. Based on the findings, recommendations are made for further steps at national level in the respective countries.
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Authors: Vuorinen, Raimo; Leino, Leila; Mjornheden, Tomas; Plant, Peter ... [+] Show more

Date: 2009

Geographic subjects: Europe; Norway; Sweden ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Career development; Outcomes; Policy ... [+] Show more
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Unheard: the voice of users in the development of quality in career guidance services

The centrality of the users as partners in quality development is highlighted in official documents on career guida... Show more
The centrality of the users as partners in quality development is highlighted in official documents on career guidance, such as the EU Resolutions on Lifelong Guidance from 2004 and 2008. In addition, increased numbers of scholars in the field of organisational development and public service innovation highlight the importance of user participation as key in building stronger and more relevant services. Thus, policy rhetoric and research-based knowledge point in this direction: the main person in guidance interventions is the user, and the user should be involved. With this backdrop, it would seem evident that the voice of users was taken seriously in the planning, in the selection of methods and in the practical ways of offering guidance. Nordic research, however, shows that there is quite a gap between the rhetoric and realities when it comes to the systemic involvement of users in designing and offering guidance, even in the Nordic countries where democracy and active citizenship are so deeply rooted. This situation reveals some aspects of the uneasy relationship between individual and society.
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Authors: Plant, Peter; Haug, Erik Hagaseth

Date: 2018

Geographic subjects: Denmark; Finland; Iceland ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Article

Journal title: International journal of lifelong education

Subjects: Quality; Participation; Outcomes
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Nordic research on educational and vocational guidance: a systematic literature review of thematic features between 2003 and 2016

Educational and vocational guidance has received increased attention with regard to policymaking in the Nordic coun... Show more
Educational and vocational guidance has received increased attention with regard to policymaking in the Nordic countries over the last 15 years. This has led to a growing interest in research-based knowledge. Updating an earlier article, we undertake a systematic literature review of guidance research in the Nordic countries during this 15-year period. Features and themes, both country-specific and in the region as a whole, are revealed through the analysis of a variety of research documents. Therefore, this article provides insight into research-based knowledge grounded in the Nordic context-relevant for both practitioners and policymakers on a national, Nordic, and international level.
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Authors: Haug, Erik Hagaseth; Plant, Peter; Valdimarsdottir, Soffia; Bergmo-Prvulovic, Ingela ... [+] Show more

Date: 2019

Geographic subjects: Denmark; Iceland; Finland ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Article

Journal title: International journal for educational and vocational guidance

Subjects: Career development; Policy; Research ... [+] Show more

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