Method evaluation
Advantages:
- allows the active involvement of the beneficiary in the counselling process;
- represents support for self-knowledge, development of competences and
attitudes necessary for elaborating future projects; - has positive effects on learning motivation, by raising awareness on the
necessity for further study in case of pupils and students, or continuing
training in case of adults; - supports equal chances in education by personalized approaches;
- favours maximal use of human resources by failure prevention and reaching
educational and professional performances; - prepares beneficiaries for lifelong learning.
Disadvantages:
- lack of a unitary national strategy for implementing the curricular area
Counselling and guidance, involving the main stakeholders (pupils, parents,
teachers, school counsellors, principals, representatives of the community); - limited access to training, initial and continuing, of teachers in charge with
the Counselling and guidance activities, focused on adequate atmosphere,
use of interactive strategies, and topics with applicability in daily life; - discontinuity between Counselling and guidance activities in the educational
system and those promoted in the labour system.
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Consiliere şi Orientare. Ghid (2000). M. Jig ău, (coord.). Bucureşti, Editura Afir.
Curriculum naţional pentru învăţă mântul obligatoriu. Cadru de referinţă (1998).
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