A framework for defining a guidance approach support: typology, concepts, and practice guidelines

ABSTRACT

The paper presents a framework for school guidance in the twenty-first century that focuses the guidance approach, on promoting lifelong learning and takes into account the impact of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity). It outlines the goals, objectives, and key players involved in guidance approach and provides a structured approach based on six levels: actors, devices, practices, main issues, objectives, and general aim. Four types of practices are defined to address four main societal objectives, which are linked to current challenges facing society. The framework aims to provide a tool for schools to implement and structure an educational approach to guidance.

KEYWORDS:

• School guidance
• lifelong guidance
• education
• oriented approach to leaning
• VUCA world

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Notes

1 https://sites.uef.fi/unitwin/

2 Duplessis calls these tools orientation tools. To avoid an amalgam due to the use of the term orientation, i have preferred to call these tools activity guidance tools.

3 These 4 types of practices are explained in the following section.

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Damien Canzittu

Damien Canzittu Professor and researcher in Psychology and Educational Sciences (University of Mons, Belgium). His research focuses on educational and professional guidance. He works on the implementation of an educational approach to guidance in French-speaking Belgium and on the concepts related to Life Design in educational practices of lifelong guidance.

Damien Canzittu. D. in Psychology and Educational Sciences (University of Mons, UMONS; 2019) and professor. His first research interests were in the study of Her first research focused on the study of teaching-learning situations and more particularly on the analysis of teachers’ didactic variability as well as on the thematic analysis of school programmes. Today, her main work concerns the issues of school and vocational guidance and more precisely the implementation of an educational approach to guidance within schools in French-speaking Belgium. His research also focuses on the integration of Life Design concepts in the educational practices of lifelong guidance. He is also a member of the Unitwin international network, Life Designing Interventions (counselling, guidance, education) for decent work and sustainable development. Damien Canzittu also works in the field of coaching professionals in education, management, social action, and health. In this context, he participates in the training of adults, trainers, team leaders, counsellors, HR managers, etc. in the support of teams and the professionals who make them up.