Mirko Cutrìlvh-Education and Service cooperation, Bozen (Italy)

Career guidance and recognition of dual education

...but why do we need something like this?

To make it fair, everyone gets the same test task:

climb up this tree!

Analysis of orientation needs of youngsters

Enhancement or development of orientation tools

Transnational exchange and peer validation of tools

Development of career guidance toolbox

Increasing public recognition of dual education

• Knowing the target group(s)• Is career guidance important for the target

groups?• Who is in charge for orientation?• What background do the target groups have (in

their education and profession)?• What orientation services do they know and use

and how are they satisfied?

• Do they really know the existing talents?• What do they care about mostly when education

path is chosen?• What fears they have?• What factors do they consider and who is

influencing most?• Are there differences between the point of view of

children and parents?• Do they know the system and the benefits of each

education path?

• Children / youngsters / students• Parents / future parents• Schools, teachers and instructors• Career adviser• Politicians and officials

More abstract:General opinion with its prejudices againstVET and dual education

Addressed to the “client”

What do children say?How much it differs from what parents mean?

Which orientation services have you used at least once? How well have your questions on orientation opportunities for young people been answered?

List order (Children-Parents)

List order (Children-Parents)

Questions to parents and children.

Do you know:- your strengths / strengths of your child(ren)- Your interests / interests of your child(ren)

The most important factors influencing the choice of the next education path

Are there different views/opinions in the education to choose?

Questions to parents and children.

What recognition and value do they give to various graduations?

Do they know the dual system?

Graduations (alphabetical order):• Apprenticeship diploma from dual vocational training• Bachelor (university/university)• High school diploma (classical, scientific, linguistic, technical)• Master (University)• Master professional (Meister/maestro professionale)• VET diplomas and certificates

Ranking:• ... by the best / fastest employment opportunities!• ... by further training and development opportunities!• ... by the best earning opportunities!• ... by prestige and social recognition!• ... by possibilities of independence (own company)!

Challenges in classifying and keep comparable different graduations from different regions of the Alpine Space

We will see the complexity in the WP3

Kept the evaluation simple and readable for the purpose of the project

Ranking by the best / fastest employment opportunities!

- Vocational and technical graduations (above all the Master professional) are rated highest

- Academic graduations like Master and Bachelor have also a good rate

- Scientific and humanistic graduations are rated lowest

Ranking by further training and development opportunities!

- All academic graduations are rated high, followed by technical and scientific graduations (high schools)

- Vocational graduations are rated lowest

Ranking by the best earning opportunities!

- Master (University) and Master professionals are on the top

- VET graduations is rated low

Ranking by prestige and social recognition!

- Master (University) and Bachelor are rated high- From vocational education, only Master

professional is considered- VET graduations are rated low

Ranking by possibilities of independence (own company)!

- Master professional is the top followed by Master University and all technical graduations

- Scientific and humanistic graduations are rated poor

Enhancement or development of orientation tools

Transnational exchange and peer validation of tools

Development of career guidance toolbox

Increasing public recognition of dual education

“Each of us has an

incredible potential! But

if a fish is judged by

how well it can climb a

tree, it will always think

it is stupid!”

– Albert Einstein –