1IAEVG International Career Development Conference

Capet Town, 19-21 October, 2011

Pilar Figuera GazoPilar Figuera GazoSoledad Romero RodríguezSoledad Romero Rodríguez

(Coordinators)(Coordinators)Pedro ÁlvarezPedro Álvarez

Cristina MirandaCristina MirandaCristina PolCristina Pol

Magdalena SuarezMagdalena SuarezBeatriz MalikBeatriz Malik

The development of a Network of University Guidance Professors /Lecturers - From Utopy to Reality Beatriz Malik - National University of Distance Education (UNED)

bmalik@edu.uned.es

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THE NETWORK OF GUIDANCE PROFESSORS/ LECTURERS: GENESIS AND PROJECTION

•ORIGIN OF THE NETWORK

•THE LAUNCHING FORWARD: 1st and 2nd Y II SEMINARIO DE ORIENTACIÓN.

•LA CREACIÓN DE SINERGIAS: ELEMENTOS DE IDENTIDAD DE LA RED

•LA PROYECCIÓN DE LA RED: POTENCIALIDADES Y AMENAZAS

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GENESIS OF THE NETWORK: DIFFERENT VOICES, THE SAME PROBLEMS AND A DATE

• GAP BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE

•THE NEED TO ADDRESS GENERATIONAL CHANGE IN THE FIELD OF GUIDANCE (Retiring of Professors, no contact among the remaining)

•FUTURE OF GUIDANCE TRAINING AT THE HIGHER EDUCATION LEVEL(EEES/EAHE)

•PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AT UNIVERSITIES

AIDIPE CONFERENCE-HUELVA SEPTEMBER 2009

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II SEMINAR ON GUIDANCE (November 2010)

• To analyse the situation of guidance based on a survey sent to members during the first year

•To evaluate the development of the network and to elaborate the work plan for the future year - Through Work Packages (WP) addressing different issues or themes

I SEMINAR ON GUIDANCE (November 2009)

•To create the space to discuss and reflect on the situation of guidance in our country.

•To assess the viability of such network.

•Committed to the promotion of a quality guidance system, and fostering the transfer of scientific knowledge to society

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PARTICIPANTS Attendance

Supports Universidad Castilla-La

Mancha Universidad de Girona Universidad de Jaén Universidad de León Universidad de Murcia Universidad Santiago de

Compostela

•Universidad de Barcelona•Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona•Universidad de Huelva•Universidad Jaime I de Castellón•Universidad de La Laguna•Universidad de Las Palmas•Universidad de Lérida•Universidad de Málaga•UNED•Universidad del País Vasco•Universidad Rovira i Virgili •Universidad de Sevilla•Universidad de Valladolid•Universidad de Zaragoza•Universidad de Granada

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WP 1. FRAMEWORK

Clarification and consensus regarding the conceptual framework

& “Map” of the current structures,

programs, intervention models & professionals working in our country.

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WP 2. RESEARCH

Visibility of the “map” of scientific research in the field of guidance, focusing on the lines of work currently going on, and the dimensions addressed by the reseach team.

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WP 3. INTERCONNECTION

Development of a communication strategy among the network, through a virtual platform (alF platform, UNED), and with the Professional Associations and other stakeholders through conferences and meetings.

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The Virtual Platform

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WP 4. TRAINING

Identification of subjects related to guidance in Undergraduate and Postgraduate (Master’s) degrees in the Spanish universities, in order to promote professionalization of guidance workers in all contexts where they work.

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WP 5. POLICY

Formulating of proposals aimed at improving legislation related to guidance and establishment of official institutions that guarantee the right to guidance, as well as its promotion and development.

A specific task being carried out by one of the working groups is the development of quality indicators in Higher Education guidance.

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WP 6. SOCIAL VISIBILITY

Fostering visibility of the role of guidance in society, through the dissemination of relevant developments, comuniqués, and other news in: mass media and the Internet, conferences and publication in scientific journals.

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Finally, the work yields its results

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Shared space

IntergenerationalRelationship

Exchange of work dynamics within the new degrees

Overcoming barriers and

obstacles

ProfessionalIdentity

And points toward the future

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Sevilla, spring 2012Sevilla, spring 2012III Seminar on Guidance:Research and innovation

in guidance

Sharing our work

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And we will continue networking.... in Spanish: ‘en-

redados’ (which means “tangled”)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

IAEVG International Career Development ConferenceCapet Town, 19-21 October, 2011