1. LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME TRANSFER OF INNOVATION, MULTILATERAL PROJECTS, LEONARDO DA VINCI “Attractive Vocational Guidance for Pupils”- “@VGP” 24-25 September 2010, Sofia Juliana Dobreva

2. TRANSFFERED METHODOLOGY For early vocational guidance of pupils from primary school

3. Design Key actors: pupils, professional, psychologist Main role of the actors………………… Format: group discussion Resources: written information, movies, face to face communication

4. Instruments CD Basic theoretical information The results from empirical surveys Information about 18 professions in 9 economical branches Short movies about every profession

5. Stages Theoretical presentation Psycho diagnostic Vocational guidance Feedback

6. Theoretical presenting and group discussion the benefit from vocational guidance; the role of self knowledge for vocational guidance – personality typology; the typology of professional environment.

7. Psycho diagnostics questionnaire for identifying personality types; questionnaire for identifying preferences towards types of professional environments; processing of results and preparing each pupil’s profile.

8. Feedback to each pupil about the results from psycho diagnostics Individual approach Direct communication Written information

9. Vocational guidance Distribution of flyers among pupils with information about vocational guidance and useful links with information; Summary of the main terms and conclusions from the theoretic presentation; Presenting the concrete profession and sector, based on information materials from CD; Showing the film about the respective profession from the CD; Discussion between pupils and representative of certain profession – a well known professional is invited  Presentation about benefits from the training for development of social skills

10. Main topics oneself, one’s job, one’s motivation to start this job, the advantages and disadvantages of the job, the personal qualities necessary for the optimal implementation of the job’s requirements, the proper education type needed and perspectives for development; replies to pupils’ questions.

11. Feedback from a questionnaire What was most useful? What was most interesting? What is unforgettable for you? Whom did you chare this information? Did the vocational guidance classes influenced your choose for secondary school?

12. Results Psychological tests helped me to know my self better- 67/23/10 The tests results fit with my own imagination for myself-37/43/20 The presentations for vocational guidance and self-knowledge were -Interesting – 53/34/13 -Useful- 52/40/8 I remember from the classes for vocational guidance: - the movie for the professions- 41/41/18 - the information from the psychologists- 40/41/19 - the dialog with professional- 62/26/10 I talk about all of this with: parents- 61/19/17 school mates- 55/28/13 friends outside the school – 33/26/36 Vocational guidance classes helped me to choose my secondary school- 48/19/33

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