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Young people
- Educational and vocational guidance in schools
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- Educational and vocational guidance in schools.doc
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The challenges of developing youth career guidance services include the accessibility, quality and diversity of guidance services in schools and in regional, multidisciplinary cooperation networks
- Guidance services for young people in Finland
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- Developing youth guidance services in Finland.doc
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Brief overview. Developing guidance services for young people involves the sectors of basic education, general upper secondary education as well as vocational education and training and higher education (universities and polytechnics). Development measures are also required for preventing the social exclusion of young people outside formal education and training.
- Educational Choices At Higher Education Institutions
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- educational choices at HE.doc
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Päivi Vuorinen, Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä - In our research, the foundations of applying to higher education institutions and the educational choices of young people in the dual system of Finnish higher education, in which the polytechnic and university sector function side by side, were clarified. The study sample (n=1 890) was gathered from those applying to higher education institutions in the spring of 2001.
- Higher education career and educational guidance services
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- Higher education career and educational guidance services.doc
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Brief overview. The career guidance services offered on the higher education level also require development. According to the OECD reviews (2004), career guidance services do not exist at all in several countries. A development objective specific to higher education career guidance services is that they should be diversified. In addition, the decision-making concerning the provision of career guidance services should be enhanced
- Student guidance at the Open University of Jyväskylä
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- guidance at open university.doc
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Ulla Maija Valleala - The purpose of the Open University is to promote educational and regional equality and offer the opportunity for lifelong learning for all those interested in university studies, irrespective of their age, prior education or place of residence. The tasks and objectives of educational guidance at the Open University of Jyväskylä are defined on the basis of the above-mentioned tasks
- Early intervention
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- Early intervention.doc
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Brief review...Guidance services represent a pivotal component of the preventive efforts of schools and educational institutions. In Finland, the new national core curricula obligate schools and educational institutions to compile a plan for pupil and student welfare services
- Problems in decision-making regarding education and career
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- Career_choice_problems_final.doc
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In his study, Jukka Lerkkanen (2002) surveyed the dysfunctional thoughts that hinder the reaching of educational and career choice goals, in addition to examining the connection of such thoughts with the progress of polytechnic school studies and the guidance needs of students.
- Reform Programme 2005–2008 for Growth and Jobs: a perspective on the education of young people
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- reform programme.doc
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The objectives of Finland’s national employment policy include increasing the rate of employment and improving the functioning of the labour market. The attainment of these goals can be supported by extending careers at both the entry and exit ends. People should stay in work longer, and young people should be able to enter the world of work earlier
Guidance for adults
- Guidance services for adults in Finland
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- Developing guidance services for adults in Finland.doc
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Brief overview. Finland has two established guidance service systems that complement one another when it comes to both activity and objectives: guidance provided by educational institutions and the career-planning as well as the training and occupational information service provided by employment authorities
- Guidance services for the aging population
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- Guidance services for the aging population.doc
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The aging population and problems in pension arrangements in several EU member states call for raising the age of retirement and more flexible forms of retiring. According to the OECD reviews, policy makers have not really supported active aging by creating new kinds of services. Employers and employee representatives can promote or take initiative in developing guidance services for the aging population as partnerships between public and private organizations. (OECD 2004.)
- Adult education
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- Adult education.doc
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Brief overview. The educational legislation reform (1998) amended the regulations so that they are independent of the way in which education is provided. The regulations on basic education, general upper secondary education and vocational education and training therefore apply to both youth and adult education.
- Guidance services for unemployed adults
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- Guidance services for unemployed adults.doc
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Career guidance has been shown to prevent long-term unemployment. Public employment services emphasize precisely this prevention in their operations. Strong cooperation strategies of employment authorities, private and public local actors and educational organizations have been proven to support the re-entry of unemployed adults into working life or education. (OECD 2004.)
- Rehabilitative employment activities
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- Rehabilitative employment activities.doc
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The act on rehabilitative employment services (189/2001) regulates the measures which are used to break long-term unemployment
- Geronet – Integrating seniors with the information society
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- Geronet.ENG.doc
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Anneli Hietaluoma - In the autumn of 2000 the Jyväskylä Summer University initiated an education, research and development project called Geronet –Integrating seniors with the information society (Ikääntyvät tietoyhteiskuntaan) (www.cec.jyu.fi/kesayo/geronet), which is partly financed by the Finnish National Board of Education
Improving accessibility
- Improving the accessibility of guidance services in Finland
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- Improving the accessibility of guidance in Finland.doc
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By using more flexible and diverse working methods, including the use of information and communication technology as well as telephone services, the accessibility of services can be improved. This is why Finland has also developed more flexible and diverse means of providing educational and career guidance
- The Development Of A Regional Guidance Network As A System
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Seija Nykänen, Merja Karjalainen, Raimo Vuorinen, Lea Pöyliö; University of Jyväskylä, Institute for Educational Research - The aim of the CHANCES subproject of the Institute for Educational Research (IER) was to gain an understanding of guidance service arrangements as a whole by assessing, consulting and studying regional, multiprofessional and cross-sectoral guidance cooperation. A systemic model was constructed during the project in which guidance is examined as regional service arrangements
- Web-based resource-centre for period of work experience (comprehensive school, grades 7-9)
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- Web-based resource-centre.doc
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Jaana Kettunen, Institute for Educational Research - project report
Improving systems
- The development of a guidance service system in vocational education and training
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- development of guidance in VET.doc
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Seija Nykänen, Merja Karjalainen, Lea Pöyliö, Institute for Educational Research... The Finnish National Board of Education has launched a development project for educational and vocational guidance in basic, upper secondary and adult education...
- Descriptions of regional projects on guidance activities
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- regional projects.doc
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Merja Karjalainen & Helena Kasurinen - During the development project on educational and vocational guidance, new operational models and good practices have been created for different regions, and seventeen good practices for regional projects have been selected for this report.
- Basis for the development of the educational system and educational guidance in Finland
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- Basis for the development of the educational system and educational guidance in Finland.doc
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Brief document covering: Policy premises of the educational system | Curriculum reform | Instruction and guidance | More effective use of information and communication technology | Internationalization | Administrative reform
- Laws and regulations
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- Laws and regulations.doc
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A central starting point for developing and implementing guidance services is provided by the legislation.
- Interaction between research and instruction for the development of the guidance and counselling field
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- research.doc
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Välijärvi, Jouni & Lairio, Marjatta - 15 page report, with extensive references
- Guidance review by the OECD
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- OECDn arviointi_en.doc
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The OECD evaluated the effectiveness of national career guidance policies for young people and adults during the years 2001–2003. The review report was published on 16 February 2004.
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