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Guidance and Counselling in further education: Role, Task, Possibilities and European Dimension

Development of a GV 3 course for staff/trainers working in ACE

 

Institution: Volkshochschule im Landkreis Cham e.V.


Contact: Franz Roider


Objectives: The poster will present the status quo of the project (developed curriculum/materials etc.) that is to improve the quality of counselling in adult and further education by developing a European training course. The project aims at increasing the awareness for counsellors' needs as well as improving  opportunities for guidance and counselling and supporting national policies in this area.


Description:

Target groups:

  1. The training course addresses Europe-wide all those persons, who are working in the field of counselling in adult and further education or will do so in the future, i.e. staff of information centers for further education, of human resources development, pedagogical staff of adult and further education institutions. The course offer is especially aimed at individuals from the new member countries.
     

  2. Indirectly: all people in Europe, who need the counselling for planning their livelong learning

Main activities:

  • Analysis of national counselling systems in the partner countries

  • Developing and evaluating a European quality curriculum consisting of about 30 hours of training

  • Developing and producing training materials for trainers und participants.

Project Outputs:

  • A tested and certified Grundvig 3 training course with

    • a modular curriculum

    • a transnational trainer team for the new course

    • a job specification for the counsellors

    • a manual/CD-ROM for trainers and a folder/CD-ROM for course participants in German, English, Polish and Slovak

    • an internet platform with a trainer`s pool and download area