COUNSELING TECHNICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS FOR THE TEACHING PROFESSION
COUNSELING TECHNICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS FOR THE TEACHING PROFESSION

Summary/Abstract: The study regarding the counseling needs of students for the teaching career was realized during the psychological and pedagogical module of the Teaching Personnel Preparation Department of the Politehnica University of Bucharest. The ‘professor-engineer’ qualification is assured through a package of classes provided by the curriculum of each faculty; at this programmed of the psychological and pedagogical module are added the counseling and consulting activities regarding the option of the students for educational profession. We are expecting the advantages of the counseling/consulting programs in career created based on a strong needs analysis, following logical and psychological criteria of the content and strategies, will lead to these results: increase of quality in the consulting field for educational career through utilizing modern methods and means; developing necessary competences of a future teacher and correlating them with European educational policies and workforce demands; raising awareness of future professors about training for the didactical career; increasing the rate of access to knowledge and information sources; greater satisfaction for the students that follow the psychological and pedagogical module; developing a culture of responsibility of the professor’s status; developing a best practices guide. In short, this paper opens new ways, generates new significant challenges on counseling, and, in general, and, in special, for the didactical profession, suggests new ways and strategies for managing a practical situation. The paper demonstrates its practical utility by satisfying the need of information in the counseling and consulting field for didactical career, also offering openings for project management in counseling and orientation for the teaching field.

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