Title: Division for Guidance
1The Danish Guidance Reform
- Division for Guidance
- The Danish Ministry of Education
- 28 April 2004
2Historical perspectives
- Until mid-1940s
- Vocational guidance only in the public employment
services - Mainly diagnostic, psychometric testing
- From the mid-1940s
- A gradual shift towards a client-centred and
pedagogical /educational approach in guidance.
Inspired by Carl Rogers - No use of tests since the 1960s
- Guidance services in schools implemented during
1960s and 1970s
3Overview of existing guidance services
Orientation towards the education system
Preparatory adult education General adult
education Day folk high schools Folk high
schools Danish as a second language for
foreigners
Primary and lower secondary school Youth
guidance Upper secondary education Higher
education
Youth
Adults
Vocational basic education Upper secondary
vocational education Basic social and health
education Agricultural schools Production schools
Public employment service Union-based
unemployment insurance system Municipal
re-engaging of the unemployed Vocational training
centresThe defense and the prison
service Municipal services for refugees and
immigrants
Orientation towards the labour market
4A reform of the Danish guidance system why?
- The existing system
- does not pay enough attention to young people
with special needs - is too sectorised
- focuses too much on well-known educational
options and does not include labour market/career
perspectives - needs a more efficient quality assurance system
- lacks professional guidance counsellors
5New Act on Guidance
- Act on Guidance in Relation to Choice of
Education, Training and Career (effective from 1
August 2004) - Mainly concerned with youth guidance and the
education sector - Not applicable to guidance services for adults
(2nd phase of reform at a later stage)
6Main aims of new Act
- Guidance should help ensure that choice of
education and career will be of greatest possible
benefit to the individual and to society - Guidance should be targeted especially at young
people with special needs - Apart from the individuals interests and
personal qualifications, guidance should also
take into account the anticipated need for
qualified labour and self-employed businessmen - Guidance should help reduce drop-out rates
- Guidance should be independent from institution-
and sector-specific interests
7Figures youth education
- 97 of a year group continue to a youth education
programme after the Folkeskole (form 9 or 10) - 98 of the girls/96 of the boys
- 54 general upper secondary education
- 63 of the girls/45 of the boys
- 84 complete their gen. upper sec. Education (77
in commercial/technical gen. upper sec.
education) - 36 vocational education and training
- 25 of the girls/45 of the boys
- 81 complete commercial basic course/64
technical basic course - 82 complete their main VET programme
- 7 education programmes not leading to formal
qualifications
8Figures higher education
- 97 with gen. upper sec. education continue
- 66 HE programme
- 14 VET programme
- 10 commercial/technical gen. upper sec.
education programme - 94 with commercial/technical gen. upper sec.
education continue - 51 HE programme
- 34 VET programme
- 3 general upper secondary education programme
- 71 complete short-cycle education programmes
- 72 complete medium-cycle education programmes
- 56 complete bachelor programmes
- 72 complete 5-6 year programmes
- 63 complete master (candidatus) programmes
9Organisation after reform
- Fewer types of guidance services
- Establishment of approx 50 municipal Youth
Guidance Centres - Guidance in relation to transition from
compulsory to youth education - Establishment of 7 regional guidance centres
- Guidance in relation to transition from youth
education to higher education - Still guidance counsellors in schools as well
10Youth Guidance Centres
- Guidance in relation to transition from
compulsory to youth education - Approx. 50 municipal centres ready 1 August 2004
(271 municipalities) - Not necessarily actual centres that are open for
clients - Guidance still provided at the pupils schools
- Each centre covers a sustainable geographical
area - Responsible day-to-day manager
- Mostly full-time guidance counsellors
11Youth Guidance Centres
- Municipal council defines framework for guidance
activities and methods and publishes objectives
and results on the Internet - Centres to cooperate with
- Primary/lower secondary schools and youth
education institutions in the area - Local business life and the public employment
services - Centres to work with development, quality and
coordination of guidance services
12Youth Guidance Centres target groups
- Pupils in compulsory school forms 6 to 9 (10)
- Young people under the age of 19 not involved in
education, training or employment. The Centres
are obliged to contact this group and find a
suitable offer for them - Young people between the age of 19 and 25 who ask
for guidance - Youth with special needs
13Youth Guidance Centres methods
- Guidance as a continuous process
- Help clients become more conscious of their
abilities, interests and possibilities - Help clients make decisions re. education and
employment on a qualified basis - Qualify the young people to draw up a realistic
personal education plan (compulsory) - More resources for and focus on clients with
special needs
14Regional Guidance Centres
- 7 new centres will be established (August 2004)
- New centres selected after a call for tenders
- Most centres are consortia of different
educational institutions, county authorities etc.
- Obliged to cooperate with partners in their
region - Youth education and higher education institutions
- Social partners
- Municipalities
15Regional Guidance Centres
- Guidance in relation to transition from youth
education programmes to higher education - Provide information about HE programmes all over
Denmark - Provide information about possible
occupations/professions after HE - Target groups
- Pupils in youth education programmes
- Young people and adults outside the education and
training system wishing to enter a higher
education programme
16National, virtual guidance portal
- Youth education and training programmes
- Higher education and training programmes
- Occupations/professions
- Labour market
- International information
- Internet-based guidance materials facilitating
the choice of education, occupations and career - E-mail services
17National Dialogue Forum
- Cross-sectoral
- Individual members and member organisations are
appointed for a period of two years. - Examples of member organisations
- National employers and employees organisations
- Guidance counsellor associations
- Youth organisations
- County and municipal authorities
- Relevant ministries
- The Minister may choose to appoint additional
members for a shorter period of time, in case it
is considered relevant
18National Dialogue Forum
- The forum will
- exchange experiences and viewpoints
- discuss new ideas and innovative thinking within
the field of guidance - Overall objectives
- to enhance the level of quality in Danish
guidance services - to secure a close dialogue between the Minister
and relevant organisations, institutions,
guidance counsellor associations and individuals
holding a leading position in Danish guidance
192nd phase of the reform guidance for adults in
employment
- Expected elements
- National, virtual guidance portal including
information on education and career possibilities
for adults - Call Centre/hot-line (similar to learndirect in
the UK) - Regional guidance centres for adults in
employment
20New training programme for guidance counsellors
- One common training programme available for
guidance counsellors from all sectors (starts
August 2004) - Not obligatory, but highly recommended
- Offered by 6 Higher Education Centres across the
country - Tuition fee
- Not just for people who have already been
appointed guidance counsellor - Entry requirements (minimum)
- Completed short-cycle HE programme
- 2 years relevant working experience
21Contents and structure of new training programme
- Part-time training (equivalent to 6 months
full-time studies) - 3 modules
- Guidance theories and methodologies, ethics, ICT
in guidance - Labour market conditions, the education system
and society - Different target groups, human development,
learning theories etc. - Students have the possibility to specialise their
studies according to the sector they come from - Qualification level corresponds to ½ diploma
degree in the Danish parallel competence system
22The Division for Guidance (Ministry of Education)
- Secretariat for the National Dialogue Forum
- Contract business and quality control in relation
to portal, Youth Guidance Centres, 7 regional
guidance centres - Coordination with guidance services in other
sectors - Knowledge centre (analyses, development
projects, collection of best practices etc.) - International activities, incl. Euroguidance
Denmark
23Further information
- Inge Langberg Kjaer inkje1_at_uvm.dk
- Direct tel 45 33 95 53 04
- The Division for Guidance
- The Danish Ministry of Education
- Frederiksholms kanal 26
- DK-1220 Copenhagen K