International competencies for educational and vocational guidance practitioners: an IAEVG trans-national study

Int J Educ Vocat Guidance (2008) 8:135195

DOI 10.1007/s10775-008-9144-x

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Elvira Repetto

Received: 12 November 2006 / Accepted: 5 May 2008 / Published online: 23 October 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008

Keywords Competencies Career practitioner Guidance

International competencies for educationaland vocational guidance practitioners: an IAEVG trans-national study

E. Repetto (&)

Facultad de Educacin, Departamento de Mtodos de investigacin y Diagnstico en Educacin, Universidad Nacional de Educacin A Distancia (UNED), c/Senda del Rey no. 7, 28040 Madrid, Spaine-mail: [email protected]

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This research was possible thanks to the participation of many professionals in the eld of guidance and counselling all over the world: Bernhard Jenschke, past President of the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG), who encouraged and pursued the project untiringly. The members of the Steering Committee: Diana Aisenson and Silvia Gelvan (South-Latin America), Gabriela Cabrera (North and Central Latin America), Joachim Ertelt (European Union), Terujukin Fujita (Asia), Bryan Hiebert (Canada), Sasa Niklanovic (Europe non-European Union Countries), Judith Leeson (Australia and New Zealand), Mark Savickas (USA) and Mark Watson (Africa and Arab World). Other professionals whose contribution was crucial for translating the questionnaire or contacting the respondents include: Lynne Bezanson in Canada, Peter Plant in Denmark, Epp Veski in Estonia, Heli Piikkila and Raimo Vuorinen in Finland, Rena Schenk in Germany, Despina Sidiropolou in Greece, Hugo Glvez in Guatemala, Marta Consolini and Roberta Trapanni in Italy, Wojciech Kreft in Poland, and Mark Pope in the USA. Thanks also is extended to Beatriz Malik, Belen Ballesteros, and Gabriela Topa for their support. Special thanks is extended to the IAEVG for the initiative and Universidad Nacional de Educacin A Distancia (UNED) for the support to make this research possible.

Elvira Repetto, President Project Steering Committee Paula Ferrer-Sama, Project Coordinator

Universidad Nacional de Educacin A Distancia (UNED), Spain

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Table of contents

Preface

Elvira Repetto

Chapter 1: Setting the scene: Competencies for training counsellor practitionersElvira Repetto, Paula Ferrer-Sama, & Nuria Manzano

Chapter 2: Development of the competency assessment instrument Paula Ferrer-Sama, Nuria Manzano, & Elvira Repetto

Chapter 3: Pilot study of the International Counsellor Qualication Standards(ICQS) questionnaireNuria Manzano, Paula Ferrer-Sama, & Elvira Repetto

Chapter 4: Validation...