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KIT – University of the State of Baden-Württemberg andNational Large-scale Research Center of the Helmholtz Association

Dr. Daniela Reimann, Kerstin Huber MA, Nina Müller, BA, Prof. Dr. Martin Fischer

Symposium

'Facilitating learning by enabling young unemployed people to visually reflect their vocational and educational biography in different European countries'

ECER Budapest, 10 September 2015

1. Daniela Reimann2. Fernando Hernandez, Juana M.Sancho, Rachel Fendler,3. Liliana Voicu4. Graham Attwell, Jenny Hughes

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Dr. Daniela Reimann, Kerstin Huber MA, Nina Müller, BA, Prof. Dr. Martin Fischer

Introduction to the project

The concept of ‘visual ‘Vocational Biography Design’ in the framework of digital media and German VET research

Dr. Daniela Reimann

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KIT – University of the State of Baden-Württemberg andNational Large-scale Research Center of the Helmholtz Association

Dr. Daniela Reimann, Kerstin Huber MA, Nina Müller, BA, Prof. Dr. Martin Fischer

Show your own Gold (Acronym)

A European concept to visualize and reflect the ‘vocational biography’ using digital media

Erasmus+Key Action 2Strategic partnerships9/2014-8/2017

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Dr. Daniela Reimann, Kerstin Huber MA, Nina Müller, BA, Prof. Dr. Martin Fischer

Presenters (11.00-12.20/ 30)1. Daniela Reimann, IBP/KIT (11.00- 11.20)The Concept Of Visual ‘Vocational Biography Design In The Framework Of Digital Media And German VET Research

2. Fernando Hernandez, Juana Maria Sancho, Rachel Fendler, University of BarcelonaVisual Biographical Narratives As Living Inquiring Process (11.40-12.00)

3. Liliana Voicu, SC AxA Consulting 99 SRL: (12.00-12.20)Targeting Youth Unemployment Through Financing Of Vocational Preparation – A Case Study From Romania

4. Graham Attwell, Jenny Hughes, Pontydysgu (11.20-11.40)New Skills And New Jobs: Developing Vocational Biographies In A Time Of Precariousness And Austerity

12.20-12.30 general discussionDiscussant: Martin Fischer, IBP/KIT

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The concept of ‘Visual ‘Vocational Biography Design’ in the framework of digital media and German VET research

1.Project aims & tasks, partners2. Challenges of pre-VET in Germany3.Concept of ‚Vocational biography design‘ & visual research approach to it4.Workshop and learning goals5.Concluding remark

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Project aims and partnership>to develop a concept to make young people visually reflect their educational/vocational biography

>Curriculum design/learning goals for hands-on-workshops

>Enable participants to display their so called 'vocational biography‘, capacities to encourage self-awareness of young people, fostering competencies for approaching the labour market.

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A ‘digital biographical narrative’

is realized, using digital media, to be provided online

>as opposed to standardized online applications and digital CV

>to map, reflect and create the digital identity using visual means

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Work packages & tasks

1. Country reports about pre-VET situation & its‘ embeddedness in the VET system

2. Transnational comparison3. staff training event4. Curriculum + realisation of workshops

with young people in all countries

5. Evaluation of the workshops6. Final transfer conference in 2017

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Dr. Daniela Reimann, Kerstin Huber MA, Nina Müller, BA, Prof. Dr. Martin Fischer

Strategic partnershipKIT‘s Institute of Vocational and General Education, GermanyDaniela Reimann, Kerstin Huber, Martin Fischer, Nina Müller

Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Art and Multimedia Laboratory, Portugal Aldo Passarinho, Ana Sofia Velhinhu Sousa

PONTYDYSGU LTD, Wales/UK: Graham Attwell, Jenny Hughes

SC AxA Consulting 99 SRL, Romania: Liliana Voicu

UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA, Esbrina Research Group, Catalonia/Spain Fernando Hernandez, Juana Sancho-Gill, Rachel Fendler

Zavod NEFIKS, non profit org, recognition of non formally acquired skills Slovenia: Alenka Blazinšek

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Challenges of Pre-VET in Germany

Pre-VET is organized in the so called transition-system („Übergangssystem“) bothat school level and outside schoolsCriticised for offering a diversity of uncoordinated measures which do not lead to an official ‚Beruf‘/vocation‚jungle of measures‘´, difficult to select by the youngMissing quality criteria/ Curriculum contents intransparent

‚transfer to nowhere‘ participants enrolled are out of unemployment statistics, but often they get stuck in the situation of transition, in loops from measure to measure

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Pre-VET in the German VET system

Outside school program (BVB) of one year, offered by the employment agencies of the cities and communities, who enrole and administer the participantsin collaboration with training providers authorized to offer pre-VET measures

media offered for pre-VET (by the job agency):- Mainly as resources (information, data base, job profiles) using

technology as simple tools (self presentation, job matching) Media platforms are not used in pre-VET measures Go beyond this idea of using dig. media for learning

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Target groupKreatives Denken und Handeln im

Prozess• Young unemployed people, age 16-22 in pre-VET• negative learning experiences in common• familiar with the defizit-oriented learning culture at

public schools• Did not experience their own competences and

abilities Low self-confidence, self esteem

They take the bad reputation they have in society for granted

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Active learnersresponsive approach to enable young people to develop interest in themselves and research their own biography and display their experiences

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Creative project work

Subject-oriented approach:In the workshops, every participant develops, designs, documents, reflects and presents a digital narrative about him/herself, including vocational and educational experiences, strenghts and abilities

and provides it online

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Concept of ‚vocational biography design‘

Merging 2 concepts: from VET research & media/art education research

Translated from in German term of ‚Berufsbiografiegestaltung‘ and ‚berufsbiographische Gestaltungskompetenz‘‘

visual ‚biogaphying‘ (‚Ästhetisches Biografieren‘) as a process and visual entrance to their own biography and ‚educatedness‘ by means of digital media

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The concept of ‚Vocational Biography Design‘

‚Berufsbiografiegestaltung / Berufbiografische Gestaltungskompetenz‘ – translated as ‚vocational biography design‘, defined as a competence to cope with the demands and discontinuities in life, to be developed by the learner

Introduced in German VET research by Hendrich (2003) and Kaufhold (2004) in response to the adaptability of the „flexible worker“ To better handle changes in society and its‘ discontinuities1. To cope with internal and external claims and request of

flexibility 2. To balance and reflect vocational experience

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The concept of ‚Vocational Biography Design‘traditional career orientation focused on the categorisation of the personal strenghts of a person (e.g. „You are the technical/creative/artistic type.“ contributes to thinking in boxes)

The concept of ‚Vocational Biography Design‘ as opposed to it, is about being proactive towards the reflection of one‘s own vocational (& educational) biography

Activating the learners though it is not in the hand of the individual to get employed in the future

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BARB-model (Witzel & Kühn, 1999)

refering to the BARB-Model: „Balancing - Aspirating - Realisation – Balencing“includes situative contexts & dynamics of time into the

reconstruction of vocational orientation, decision making and acting processes in one‘s life (vita)

Addressing the questions for reflection> Where do I stand? (Wo stehe ich?)> Where do I want to go to? (Wohin möchte ich?)> How can I meet this target? (Wie kann ich das Ziel umsetzen?)> What did I learn from it? (Was hat das für mich gebracht?)

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The process of ‚visual biographying‘

Derived from art education („Ästhetisches Biografieren“) and visual research (Ästhetische Forschung), a didactic concept in linking research to visual culture (Kämpf-Jansen, 2001)

Is about making visible and aware phases of one‘s biography, using different kinds of media, materials, collections, and memorabilia as a starting point for the reflection

„Life/the vita has to be drawn, documented, written or sketched in the first place“ in order to visually appear („Bio muss erst grafiert werden“ Pazzini, 2002)

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Dr. Daniela Reimann, Kerstin Huber MA, Nina Müller, BA, Prof. Dr. Martin Fischer

General aims of the workshops

To supportSelf-developmentAuthorshipCollaborationCommunicationMultimodality (diverse modes of interacting with media,

diverse materials, modes of access and perspectives)Digital presence

Definition of learning goalsTo be realized through team based arrangements & mentoring

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Concluding remarkVariety of measures exist which deal with writing letters of application, CV , preparing job interviews but without individual tailor made support of the learners

variety of pre-VET media platforms for job guidance and vocational orientation exist, which focus on information about a particular profession, rather than on the individual learner and his/her capacities, strengths and experience

The project is subject-oriented and intends to support the individual learner as personalities, rather than „participants“