The Research and Teaching Unit on Education, Guidance, and Life Courses explores the intersections between education, guidance, and individuals’ life trajectories. Its work investigates how people envision their futures and construct meaningful life paths within changing social, cultural, and ecological contexts.
Key research themes include:
The unit brings together researchers from education, sociology, and guidance studies to understand how educational and guidance practices shape life courses in diverse contexts and contribute to more equitable futures.
The Unit holds Doctoral Research Seminar.
The group trains counsellors through a Master's degree, separate training courses for counsellors and specialised training for career counsellors. Find out more about the training courses here:
https://www.jyu.fi/fi/tule-opiskelemaan/tutustu-aloihimme/kasvatus-koul…
The guidance and counselling can also be studied as continuing education in the form of open university studies.
https://www.jyu.fi/fi/avoin-yliopisto/opinnot/ohjausalan-opinnot-avoimessa-yliopistossa
Ohjaus ja sivistys- podcast series takes listeners to the fundamental issues of guidance. How does guidance promote inclusion, equality and social cohesion? What is the concept of civilisation of our time and what goals do we want to set for guidance in a rapidly changing society?
The podcast series is free to listen to for anyone interested in governance.
https://peda.net/p/MiraKalalahti/ohjauksen-50-vuotisseminaari/ohjaus-ja-sivisty-podcast
