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The education professiona : from imaginary to knowledge : a laboratory experience

2021 - Franco Angeli

P. 50-62

  • The Autor describe a training orientation experience intended for fourthand fifth year of secondary school students aimed at promoting consciousaccess to the university world and facilitating the process of building theirown professional prefigurations. These paths led by career advisors, expertsin the world of work and guidance representatives involved 16 classes fromfour institutes for a total of 278 students.Each meeting was structured in two moments: a Photolangageworkshop and a seminar, which consisted in making the experts in the fieldtalk with the students of the schools participating in the guidance activity.The Photolangage workshop was followed by a moment dedicated to themeeting with experts from the world of training present in the territory,each of whom described their field of action.
  • As it is written in theGuidelines, the guidance activity should also be done by those who havespecific professional skills, who are outside the school and who canintroduce the girls and boys to the world of work in order to promote theprocess of work inclusion. The experts in the area working in the field ofeducation were asked to present to the students the professional profiles forthe degree course: social educators, child educators and trainers.The experts called to converse with the students each representeddifferent areas of education and social work: one coordinator of aneducational service for children, two company trainers, two social planners.Each of the eight meetings included, at the beginning of the activity, theadministration of a semi-structured questionnaire aimed at surveying thestudents' previous knowledge about the educator's field of action, the skillsof this professional profile, as well as future aspirations and expectationswith respect to the guidance experience. [Publisher's text]

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Educational reflective practices : 2, 2021