Acquire the knowledge and support skills that students need at a crucial time in their training"

Aspects such as socioeconomic differences, disabilities or differences in learning have to be addressed with special interest and in an innovative way through guidance

We propose a different and effective model to help in the pre-university stages based on our experience with a large sample of adolescents and that can be implemented in a simple way with guarantees.

This Postgraduate diploma is aimed at active teachers of high school and vocational training, counselors, and postgraduates of Psychology or Psychopedagogy who want to deepen their knowledge in this field. The recommended ratios of 1 counselor for every 250 students are far from the reality throughout Europe opening a job opportunity for professionals in this area.

Training in this format will allow the participant to be open to different approaches and guidance models, new ideas and resources to access in a simple and agile way. They will acquire new skills in the classroom and a new perspective on how to approach guidance. The resources that the professionals will find in the Postgraduate diploma will allow them to obtain better results in the medium and long term both in the vocational decision and in the preparation for the working life of their students.

Both the activities proposed and the innovative approaches to guidance that you will encounter will enable the student to improve their professional skills and the results of their department in the center.

This training makes professionals in this field increase their capacity for success, which results in a better praxis and performance that will have a direct impact on the educational treatment, on the improvement of the educational system and on the social benefit for the whole community.

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This Postgraduate diploma in Career Guidance in Education Centers contains the most complete and up-to-date educational program on the market. The most important features include:

• 100 practical cases presented by experts in Vocational and Career Guidance
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents provide students with scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential
• New developments and innovations in the different fields
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the situations that are presented to the student
• Special emphasis on cutting-edge methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

A complete training that will open the way to a type of professional intervention of utmost importance in education centers"

It includes a very broad teaching staff of professionals who bring their work experience to this program, in addition to recognized specialists from prestigious reference societies and universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive program designed to learn in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

Increase your confidence as a teacher by updating your knowledge through this Postgraduate diploma"

This Postgraduate diploma marks the difference between a professional with a lot of knowledge, and a professional who knows how to apply it in their daily practice"

The contents of this comprehensive training program have been developed by the sector’s most competent professionals, with a high quality criterion at every stage of the course For this purpose, the most relevant and comprehensive topics have been selected, with the latest and most interesting updates.

An intensively structured educational approach, in such a way that you achieve your learning goals consistently and effectively"

Module 1. Professional and Vocational Guidance: Theoretical Framework

1.1. Historical Development of Vocational and Professional Guidance

1.1.1. Ideological Period
1.1.2. Empiricist Period
1.1.3. Observational Period
1.1.4. Empirical Stage Guidance as Adjustment
1.1.5. Empirical Stage Guidance as Education
1.1.6. Theoretical Stage
1.1.7. Technological Stage
1.1.8. Psychopedagogical Stage
1.1.9. From a Psychometric Model to a Humanistic Approach
1.1.10. Expansion of Counseling

1.2. Theory, Approaches and Models of Vocational Guidance

1.2.1. Non-Psychological Approaches: Chance Theory
1.2.2. Economic factors
1.2.3. Sociological Factors
1.2.4. Psychological Approaches: Trait and Factor Approach
1.2.5. Psychodynamic Model
1.2.6. Need-Based Approaches
1.2.7. Approach to Self-Concept
1.2.8. Socio-Psychological Model of PM, Blan
1.2.9. J.L Holland's Model
1.2.10. Dowald E. Super's Phenomenological Approach
1.2.11. Krumboltz's Social Learning Model
1.2.12. Dennis Pelletier's Activation Model

1.3. Career Guidance: Concept and Scope of Action

1.3.1. What Is Career Guidance?
1.3.2. Differences with Educational Guidance
1.3.3. Institutional Framework
1.3.4. Training Centers
1.3.5. The Family
1.3.6. Guidance Team
1.3.7. The Individual
1.3.8. The Group
1.3.9. The Company
1.3.10. Special Groups

1.4. Levels of Intervention in Career Guidance 

1.4.1. Vocational vs. Occupational Guidance
1.4.2. Intervention and Its Justification
1.4.3. Program Model
1.4.4. Collaborative Model
1.4.5. Clinical Model
1.4.6. Didactic Models 
1.4.7. Consulting Models
1.4.8. Resource Model
1.4.9. Reactive/Proactive Intervention
1.4.10. Group/ Individual Intervention

1.5. Vocational and Career Guidance in High School

1.5.1. Brief Review of Legislation BORRAR
1.5.2. Current Situation BORRAR
1.5.3. Vocational and Professional Guidance in High School from the Perspective of Parents and Guidance Counselors
1.5.4. High School Itineraries BORRAR
1.5.5. Gender and Guidance in High School
1.5.6. Equity and Guidance in High School
1.5.7. Self-Guidance
1.5.8. The Role of the Counselor in High School
1.5.9. The Role of the Family in High School
1.5.10. Future Perspectives

1.6. Vocational and Career Guidance in High School BORRAR

1.6.1. Brief Review of Legislation BORRAR
1.6.2. Current Situation BORRAR
1.6.3. Social Science Itinerary BORRAR
1.6.4. Humanities Itinerary BORRAR
1.6.5. Artistic Itinerary BORRAR
1.6.6. Scientific Itinerary BORRAR
1.6.7. Role of the Guidance and Family Department BORRAR
1.6.8. Influence of the Media BORRAR
1.6.9. Vocational Maturity BORRAR
1.6.10. Transition to University BORRAR

1.7. Labor Integration in Young People Intervention Models

1.7.1. Labor Integration of Young People from a Historical Perspective
1.7.2. Current Situation
1.7.3. Integral Nature of Employment Guidance
1.7.4. Coordination of Institutions
1.7.5. Intervention Program for University Students
1.7.6. Intervention Program for Young People with Training not Adapted to the Labor Market
1.7.7. Intervention Program for Young People with Integration Difficulties
1.7.8. Gender and Socioeconomic Variables in First Employment
1.7.9. Employability Strategies
1.7.10. Future Perspectives

1.8. The Current Labor Market and Its New Requirements

1.8.1. Historical Evolution of the Labor Market
1.8.2. Evolution of Knowledge
1.8.3. Importance of Socio-Emotional Skills
1.8.4. Importance of Collaborative Learning
1.8.5. Importance of Continuous Learning
1.8.6. The New Role of Young People in Employment
1.8.7. Promotion in Work
1.8.8. Precarious Employment
1.8.9. Education-Labor Market Mismatches
1.8.10. Mismatches between University Skills and the Labor Market

1.9. An Evolutionary Approach to Career Guidance

1.9.1. Theoretical Framework: Ginzberg's Model
1.9.2. Early Childhood Stage
1.9.3. Tentative Period
1.9.4. Realistic Period
1.9.5. Models of Transition to Working Life
1.9.6.  Career Development in the Business Environment
1.9.7. Career Self-Development
1.9.8. Professional Maturity and Outplacement
1.9.9. Retirement and Career Guidance

Module 2. Organizational Development of Guidance in Schools

2.1. The Educational Center as an Area of Guidance Intervention

2.1.1. The School as an Educational Organization: The Theory of School Organization
2.1.2. Main Theories and Authors on School Organization I: Classical Authors
2.1.3. Main Theories and Authors on School Organization II: Current Perspectives
2.1.4. Culture and Organization of Schools
2.1.5. Decision-Making Bodies in Schools
2.1.6. The Center and the Classroom as Systems of Relationships
2.1.7. The School as a Community and as a Common Project
2.1.8. The Organizational Documents of the School
2.1.9. Guidance in the Center's Educational Project
2.1.10. Relevance of the Academic and Vocational Guidance Plan (POAP)

2.2. Organizational Structures of Guidance in Schools

2.2.1. Main Organizational Structures of School Guidance
2.2.2. Organization of School Guidance in Early Childhood Education
2.2.3. Organization of School Guidance in Pre-School Education
2.2.4. Organization of School Guidance in Primary Education
2.2.5. Organization of School Guidance in Vocational Training BORRAR
2.2.6. Organization of the Educational Guidance in University Education
2.2.7. Organization of Educational Guidance in Adult Education Centers
2.2.8. Organization of Educational Guidance in Special Education
2.2.9. Organization of School Guidance in Special Education Centers and Occupational Training Centers
2.2.10. Organization of Counseling 

2.3. Role and Position of Guidance Professionals in Schools

2.3.1. The Systemic Approach in the Educational Sphere: The Center as a System
2.3.2. Role and Position: The Counselor's Place in a School
2.3.3. The Paradoxical Situation of the Guidance Counselor in the Educational Center
2.3.4. The Magician without Magic I: Towards an Operational Strategy for the School Counselor
2.3.5. El mago sin magia II: ejemplificación casuística del grupo de trabajo de Selvini Palazzoli
2.3.6. The Magician without Magic III: Current Case Exemplification
2.3.7. The Educational Model of Guidance and the Collaborative Relationship
2.3.8. Collaborative Strategies in School Counseling: Joint Problem-Solving
2.3.9. From my Place I: Why Is a Systemic Approach Important in Educational Guidance
2.3.10. From my Place II: I Like Being a Counselor

2.4. Vocational and Professional Guidance within the Functions of School Guidance

2.4.1. Academic and Vocational Fields: A Continuum Throughout Schooling
2.4.2. Fundamental Principles in Academic and Career Guidance
2.4.3. Roles of the School Counselor related to Vocational and Professional Guidance
2.4.4. Educational and Professional Guidance Planning
2.4.5. Intervention Strategies in Educational and Professional Guidance
2.4.6. Can the Schooling Report and the Psycho-Pedagogical Assessment be Educational and Vocational Guidance Measures?
2.4.7. Support in the Selection of Educational and Vocational Pathways in Compulsory Schooling
2.4.8. Guidance Counseling as a Vocational Counseling Report
2.4.9. Other Functions of the School Counselor
2.4.10. The Place of Vocational and Professional Guidance within the Functions of School Guidance

2.5. Towards a Curriculum for Vocational and Professional Guidance in the School Environment

2.5.1. Let's Build Vocations from the School Environment
2.5.2. The Educational Counselor as a Curator of Relevant Content in Vocational and Professional Guidance
2.5.3. Tools for the Curation of Content Related to Vocational and Professional Guidance
2.5.4. Students' Concerns and Interests in Vocational and Career Guidance
2.5.5. Towards a School Curriculum on Vocational Guidance I: Objectives
2.5.6. Towards a School Curriculum on Vocational Guidance II: Contents
2.5.7. Towards a School Curriculum on Vocational Guidance III: Key Competencies
2.5.8. Towards a School Curriculum on Vocational Guidance IV: Standards and Assessment Criteria
2.5.9. The Curriculum of Vocational Guidance within the Tutoring Action
2.5.10. Vocational and Professional Guidance as Cross-Cutting Content
2.5.11. Spaces and Times for Guidance in the School Day

2.6. From Educational Pathways to Professional Pathways: Developing a Professional Life Project

2.6.1. Accompanying Our Students to Find their 'Ikigai’
2.6.2. Accompaniment in Self-Knowledge I: Self-Concept
2.6.3. Accompaniment in Self-Knowledge II: Self-Competence and Self-Esteem
2.6.4. Accompaniment in the Search and Knowledge of the Educational Offer I: Itineraries and Modalities
2.6.5. Accompaniment in the Search and Knowledge of the Educational Offer II: Certificates
2.6.6. Accompaniment in the Search and Knowledge of the Educational Offer III: Study Plans
2.6.7. Accompaniment in the Search and Knowledge of the Professional Offer I: Qualifications
2.6.8. Accompaniment in the Search and Knowledge of the Professional Offer II: Professional Competencies
2.6.9. Accompaniment in Making Vocational Decisions
2.6.10. Vocational PLE: Development of the Personal Learning Environment (PLE) Related to the Students' Vocation or Future Profession

2.7. Building of Educational and Vocational Guidance Plan

2.7.1. Introduction of Educational and Vocational Guidance Plan
2.7.2. Basic Principles of the Introduction of Educational and Vocational Guidance Plan
2.7.3. Objectives of the Educational and Vocational Guidance Plan
2.7.4. Activities and Timing of the Educational and Vocational Guidance Plan
2.7.5. Bibliographic Resources to Carry Out the Educational and Vocational Guidance Plan
2.7.6. Digital Resources to Carry Out the Educational and Vocational Guidance Plan
2.7.7. Audiovisual Resources to Carry Out the Educational and Vocational Guidance Plan
2.7.8. Human Resources to Carry Out the Educational and Vocational Guidance Plan
2.7.9. Examples for Improvement of the Educational and Vocational Guidance Plan
2.7.10. Examples of Good Practices in Educational and Vocational Guidance Plan

2.8. Vocational and Professional Guidance Activities from the Educational Center

2.8.1. Classroom Activities I: Research and Presentation of Information
2.8.2. Classroom Activities II: Involvement of Extracurricular Experts in the Classroom
2.8.3. Classroom Activities III: Thematic Units Within a Subject
2.8.4. Extracurricular Activities I: Vocational Choice Portfolio
2.8.5. Extracurricular Activities II: Guidance Days
2.8.6. Extracurricular Activities III: Projects and Companies
2.8.7. Extracurricular Activities IV: Simulation Games
2.8.8. Extracurricular Activities V: Service-Learning
2.8.9. Coordinated Activities: Sponsors of Vocational Selection
2.8.10. Others Vocational and Professional Guidance Activities from the Educational Center

2.9. Complementary Activities Outside the School to Work on Vocational and Professional Guidance

2.9.1. Exploration of Family Members' Jobs
2.9.2. Visit to Companies
2.9.3. Shadowing: Professional for a Day
2.9.4. Internships in Companies
2.9.5. Job Fairs
2.9.6. Educational Cooperation Programs
2.9.7. Visit to the Employment Office or Local Employment Services
2.9.8. Visits to Professional Associations
2.9.9. Visits to Universities and Other Educational Centers
2.9.10. Visits to Museums and Exhibitions
2.9.11. Other Complementary Actions Outside the School to Work on Vocational and Professional Guidance

2.10. Assessment and Improvement of the Educational and Professional Guidance Plan

2.10.1. Change, Innovation and Improvement in Guidance
2.10.2. Who Assesses the Educational and Professional Guidance Plan? Hetero-Assessment, Co-Assessment and Self-Assessment
2.10.3. Formative or Summative Assessment of the Educational and Professional Guidance Plan?
2.10.4. What Indexes Can Assess the Effectiveness of the Educational and Professional Guidance Plan
2.10.5. Checklists for the Educational and Professional Guidance Plan
2.10.6. Rubrics to Assess the Educational and Professional Guidance Plan
2.10.7. Targets to Assess the Educational and Professional Guidance Plan
2.10.8. Surveys and Written Forms to Assess the Educational and Professional Guidance Plan
2.10.9. Surveys and Digital Forms to Assess the Educational and Professional Guidance Plan
2.10.10. The Vocational Portfolio as an Assessment of Educational and Professional Guidance Plan

Module 3. Development of Professional Competencies in Career Guidance 

3.1. Employability Model

3.1.1. Current Economic Context
3.1.2. Employment in the 21st Century
3.1.3. Self-Knowledge
3.1.4. The Vision
3.1.5. The mission
3.1.6. Definition of Objectives
3.1.7. New Work Models
3.1.8. Roadmap
3.1.9. Personal Brands

3.2. Development of Competencies

3.2.1. Characteristics of the Competencies
3.2.2. Capabilities, Skills and Competencies
3.2.3. Competencies that will be in Demand in the 21st Century
3.2.4. Personal Competencies
3.2.5. Professional Competencies
3.2.6. Competency Training
3.2.7. Maturity Levels of a Competency
3.2.8. Assessment of Competencies (Indicators)

3.3. Collaborative Work

3.3.1. Teamwork
3.3.2. Characteristics of Collaborative Work
3.3.3. The Power of Teamwork
3.3.4. Structures and Models for Collaborative Work
3.3.5. Communities of Practice
3.3.6. Tools for Collaborative Work
3.3.7. Empathy
3.3.8. Assertiveness
3.3.9. Trust
3.3.10. Self-organized Teams

3.4. Project Work

3.4.1. Work Models
3.4.2. Results Oriented
3.4.3. Organization of Work
3.4.4. Project definition
3.4.5. Project Life Cycle
3.4.6. Project Management
3.4.7. The Figure of the Project Manager
3.4.8. Methodologies for Project Management
3.4.9. Difference between Project Development and Product Development
3.4.10. Product Design and Creation

3.5. Communication

3.5.1. Basic Characteristics of Communication
3.5.2. Effective Communication
3.5.3. Active Listening
3.5.4. Intrapersonal Communication
3.5.5. Interpersonal Communication
3.5.6. Online Interpersonal Communication (e-mail, Social Networks)
3.5.7. Effective Presentations
3.5.8. Visual Communication
3.5.9. Body Communication (Non-Verbal Language)
3.5.10. Speaking in Public

3.6. Adaptation to Change

3.6.1. Context and Basic Concepts
3.6.2. Main Characteristics of Adaptation to Change
3.6.3. Unlearning to Relearn
3.6.4. Flexibility and Versatility
3.6.5. Change Management Process
3.6.6. Factors Favoring Adaptation to Change
3.6.7. Negative Factors or Factors that do not Help Adaptation to Change
3.6.8. Comfort Zone
3.6.9. The Everett Rogers Curve
3.5.10. Moore's Law

3.7. Business Models

3.7.1. Definition and Fundamental Concepts
3.7.2. Business Canvas I
3.7.3. Business Canvas II
3.7.4. Examples of Business Model
3.7.5. Innovation
3.7.6. Innovative Business Models
3.7.7. Basic Organizational Models

3.8. Entrepreneurship

3.8.1. Personal Business Models
3.8.2. Startups
3.8.3. Strategic Business Planning
3.8.4. Lean Canvas
3.8.5. Lean Startup Method
3.8.6. Internet Strategy (Digital Business, Digital Marketing)
3.8.7. Entrepreneurship Skills
3.8.8. Social Entrepreneurship
3.8.9. Corporate Enterprise
3.8.10. The Concept of Value Contribution

3.9. Leadership

3.9.1. What is Leadership?
3.9.2. What Does It Take to Be a Leader?
3.9.3. Types of Leadership
3.9.4. Self-Leadership
3.9.5. Mindfulness
3.9.6. Tribes
3.9.7. Followers
3.9.8. Feedback
3.9.9. Coaching
3.9.10. Emotional Intelligence

3.10. Creativity Development

3.10.1. Fundamental Concepts
3.10.2. Factors that Favor the Development of Creativity
3.10.3. Factors that do not Favor Creativity
3.10.4. Lateral Thinking
3.10.5. Exploration and Management of Ideas
3.10.6. Development and Monitoring of Ideas
3.10.7. Divergent Thinking
3.10.8. Convergent Thinking

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