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European competence standards – a brief introduction
Katsarov, Johannes | Institute of Educational Science, Heidelberg University | DE |
Lerkkanen, Jukka | Jyväskylä University of applied sciences, Finland | FI |
Pouyaud, Jacques | LInstitut national détude du travail et dorientation professionnelle | FR |
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Date Issued |
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2014 |
With the concept described on the following pages, we aim at establishing common “European Competence Standards” (competence standards) for the professional field of career guidance and counselling. There are numerous reasons for developing such competence standards, as a special form of occupational standards: First of all, we hope that the standards will help to establish career guidance and counselling as a recognized profession around Europe, by offering the basis for a common professional identity of career professionals around Europe. Only when citizens, institutions and career professionals themselves have a common idea about “what career professionals do”, will our profession really be recognized and appreciated. For this reason, our framework begins with the question, what people should be able to expect from career professionals? Our starting point needs to be a clear picture of the professional roles and functions, which career professionals perform for society, particularly for the wellbeing of individuals.[...]