The overall evaluation of education and training in career guidance

This evaluation examined the current state of both the Finnish and Swedish-language education and training provision in career guidance in Finland in terms of the structures and content of the education. The evaluation also assessed the functionality of the educational structures and identified possible areas for further development. The structures and content of guidance education were evaluated against the National Competency Framework for Career Professionals.

Table of contents

Project duration
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Core fields of research
Learning, teaching and interaction
Research areas
FIER - Research areas
Education, working life, and lifelong guidance
JYU.Edu
Faculty
Finnish Institute for Educational Research
Funding
EU Next generation

Project description

The overall evaluation of education and training in career guidance examined the current state of both the Finnish and Swedish-language education and training provision in guidance in Finland in terms of the structures and contents of education. The evaluation also assessed the functionality of the educational structures and identified possible areas for further development. The structures and content of guidance education were evaluated against the National Competency Framework for Career Professionals.

The evaluation findings provide a well-founded and comprehensive picture of the current state of the structures and content of guidance education and training as well as identify possible areas for improvement for decision-makers, funders, education providers and those in education.

The project is a part of a development project on lifelong guidance co-ordinated by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, and the Development and Administrative Services Centre (KEHA Centre) and it was implemented by the Finnish Institute for Educational Research.

Publications

  • Kasurinen, H., Vuorinen, R., Kettunen, J., Ruusuvirta-Uuksulainen, O. & Kukkaneva, E. (2024). Ohjausalan koulutus Suomessa: selvitys koulutusten rakenteista ja sisällöistä. Koulutuksen tutkimuslaitos, Raportteja ja työpapereita 11. Jyväskylän yliopisto, Koulutuksen tutkimuslaitos.
     
  • Vuorinen, R., Kasurinen, H., & Kettunen, J. (2024). Ohjausalan koulutus Suomessa: selvitys koulutusten rakenteista ja sisällöistä. Ajankohtaista elinikäisestä ohjauksesta, 2024 (30), 7-9.

Key findings

Expert Raimo Vuorinen will present the main findings of the report on Training in Guidance in Finland: a survey on the structure and content of training.

Project team

External members

Helena Kasurinen

Asiantuntija
HK career guidance and consulting Ldt

Raimo Vuorinen

Erityisasiantuntija
Koulutuksen tutkimuslaitos