A self-direct guidance device for educational professions

Journal title EDUCATIONAL REFLECTIVE PRACTICES
Author/s Paolo Federighi, Giovanna del Gobbo, Daniela Frison
Publishing Year 2021 Issue 2021/1 Language Italian
Pages 15 P. 22-36 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/erpoa1-2021oa11488
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Within the POT “Super” project, the University of Florence has designed and applied a self-directed guidance device addressed to Secondary Schools students, to support an aware university choice based on prefigurations and professional attitudes. The alignment with the learning outcomes framework produces by Teco D Pedagogy research facilitated a connection between the guidance device and the degree course, along the same professionalization trajectory, also linking the MIUR Guidelines for the design of Pathways for Transversal Skills and for Orientation (PCTO).The contribution offers a description of the device and the implementation protocol and highlights some dimensions of the POT Project that appeared to be innovative and potentially capable of producing positive impact on guidance models in Higher Education.

Keywords: self-directed guidance, guidance, secondary school

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Paolo Federighi, Giovanna del Gobbo, Daniela Frison, Un dispositivo di self-directed guidance per orientare alle professioni educative in "EDUCATIONAL REFLECTIVE PRACTICES" 1/2021, pp 22-36, DOI: 10.3280/erpoa1-2021oa11488