Study Career Counseling during the First Year of International Education How can the STARR refection method empower students to recognize their talents and create a personal learning route?

Workshop Program Introduction Exercise: STARR reflection method Discussion Conclusion/ Evaluation

Study Career Counseling First Year Education Orientation to the Education Orientation to Motives, Talents and Experience Creating a Personal Development Plan Self-Steering, and empowering the student to develop their Personal Learning Route

Personal Development Plan Who am I? What am I capable of? What do I want? State of the art and where do I want to go?

STARR Reflection Method S- Situation T-Task A-Action R-Result R-Reflection

Situation Visualize the situation What happened? Time and place? Who was involved?

Task Clarify the role What was the objective, goal? What role, tasks?

Action Identify action and/or behavior How were tasks performed?

Result Identify the effect of the behavior What was the effect, result?

Reflection About the behavior Summarize How representative is the identified behavior? What are improvement possibilities?

Procedure Form pairs Each 10 minute interview + 5 minute reflection and evaluation, change roles How did you approach the interview? Were you able to apply the method? Did the interview achieve the desired result? What was the effect? After first interview/evaluation 5 minute plenary evaluation change roles 10 minute (I

STARR Reflection Exercise Situation 1: Student is passing her practical examinations, but she is not satisfied with her grades Situation 2: Use a situation from your own personal (work) environment that occurred in recent history

Discussion What situation did you choose? What was your simulated role in the interview? How did you approach the interview? Were you able to apply the method? Did the interview achieve the desired result? What was the effect? How and where could you see yourself using this method in your working situation?

Conclusion/Evaluation STARR: a systematic approach to help the student analyze a situation helps the student to see his/her role, actions and the results of the actions empowers the student