HOW THE POTENTIAL OF ICT IS INTEGRATED IN COUNSELLING AND GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT ROMANIA
HOW THE POTENTIAL OF ICT IS INTEGRATED IN COUNSELLING AND GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT ROMANIA

Summary/Abstract: The present article analysis the results obtained from a national survey, conducted by the Institute of Educational Sciences in October 2015. The purpose of this survey was to provide an overview of the activity of the County Psycho-pedagogical Assistance Centres (CPPAC) in pre-university education and the Career Counselling and Guidance Centres (CCGC) in higher education. The design of the paper looks into data collected from counsellors and coordinators from different counselling centres regarding the following issues: the training needs of counsellors from pre-university education and from higher education in Romania; number of beneficiaries of counselling centres who benefited from ICT-based counselling and guidance; examples of educational projects on ICT-based counselling and guidance accomplished in the counselling centres at pre-university and university level and difficulties faced by counsellors in their daily professional activities. The discussion approaches important questions related to the following aspects: how ICT is used by the counselling services, if ICT training is sufficient for practitioners today, types of ICT based projects of guidance and counselling, either in schools or in universities. The paper foresees also a theoretical analysis on the basis that ICT is an essential tool for counsellors in any field of professional practice. The documentary analysis concerns the opportunity of using ICT resources, type of training provided for the counsellors working in the County Centres for Resources and Educational Assistance and in the Career Counselling and Guidance Centres and last but not least, the educational projects as support for their institutional development. The questionnaire survey is the main sociological method used on a sample of counsellors and coordinators of counselling centres at pre-university and university level, with the aim to extract relevant conclusions for readers (opportunities, threats, strengths and weaknesses) that resulted from the investigation.

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