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BOQua Digital: Professional changes through digitisation - a European qualification for specialists of
vocational orientation
Programme: Erasmus +
Key Action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
Action Type: Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training
Project Number: 2020-1-DE02-KA202-007386
Duration: 01/09/2020 - 31/08/2022 (2 years)
Coordinated by: Pädagogische Hochschule Schwäbisch Gmünd (Germany)
Project website: https://www.boqua.eu/
EU Projects Database: BOQua Digital
Partners
Pädagogische Hochschule Schwäbisch Gmünd (Germany) - coordinator
36.6 Competence Centre (Scotland) (United Kingdom)
Comunidad Foral de Navarra - Gobierno de Navarra (Spain)
ibw Österreichisches Institut für Bildungsforschung der Wirtschaft (Austria)
Šolski Center Nova Gorica (Slovenia)
Project description
The BOQua digital project was initiated to update the knowledge and skills of vocational orientation (VO) specialists and to develop new measures and tools for guiding young people in their career choices. While VO has traditionally focused on general topics related to professions, the increasing impact of digitization on the world of work - affecting professional profiles, requirements, and challenges - necessitates a shift in focus. Therefore, the project emphasizes the topic of digitization. VO specialists will not only update their understanding of how digitization is transforming selected vocational fields but also familiarize themselves with digital teaching methods, resources, and new tools. This will enable them to provide up-to-date advice and support to young people. Additionally, the newly developed, profession-specific VO measures and a training overview, which prioritize digitization, will help young people access the information they need to make informed and sustainable career choices.
Objectives
The project aims to achieve the following:
Specialists in vocational orientation (VO), such as teachers, social workers, and professionals in employment administration or chambers, should acquire the necessary know-how and skills to conduct vocational orientation with a focus on the changes in the work and professional world due to increasing digitization. The goal is to ensure that these specialists can gain up-to-date knowledge and have the ability to keep their knowledge current in the future.
Young people in the career decision-making process should be able to acquire field-specific information, comparable across the EU, on how digitization is affecting professions, including new requirements and challenges. They should receive optimal guidance and support from VO specialists on this topic. The aim is for young people to obtain the necessary information about professional profiles and the impact of digitization on them, enabling them to make future-oriented career decisions. This will help prevent training interruptions due to a lack of information about the role of digitization in professions and the requirements it imposes.
Target group
specialists of vocational orientation
teachers
social pedagogues
social workers
career counsellors
employment agencies
Results
Qualification modules (5 items), including an introduction for
the use in digital media
Field-specific vocational
orientation measures (5 items)
Overview of the EU core
training professions
Quality standards for the new vocational orientation measures
Assessment instrument
for evaluating vocational
orientation measures
National guidelines for
the implementation of the qualification modules
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