Include work life visits in study units
How are work life visits implemented?
The Duuniskooppi website connects educators and employer representatives by offering a guided path and resources for implementing on-site or online work life visits for upper secondary school students. Get to know local organisations using the search function and select a workplace suitable for your study unit.
Work life visits aim to help young people make career choices based on their interests and strengths and to connect the studied subject to working life. This helps upper secondary school students in future career choices by expanding their knowledge of jobs.
Educator and employer representative roles
Educators (subject teachers and guidance counsellors)
- Find an appropriate workplace to visit
- Contact the organisation and agree on a time
- Review the Educator resources
- Use the resources to prepare for the visit
- Implements the visit during the study unit (online or on-site)
Employer representatives
- Review the employer representative resources before the visit
- Use the resources to prepare for the visit
- Prepare a presentation to support the visit
- Implements the visit for an upper secondary school study unit (remote or on-site)
Required temporal resources
The visit path and resources have been prepared in cooperation with subject teachers, study counsellors and employer representatives. Temporal constraints have been factored in the plan.
Schedule
- Educator resource review approx. 20 min
- Pre-visit preparations in class approx. 20 min
- Work life visit during one lesson: minimum visit duration 45 min, post-visit summary discussion at the end of the lesson
How to get started
- If you want to arrange a visit for your students, use the search engine to find a site and contact an employer representative. Suggest a few suitable timeslots and describe your course content.
- Review the resources to create a pedagogical work life visit path for students.
Resources
Our resources include help for student orientation, instructions for implementation of a visit as part of a study unit and support for visit debriefing. The resources include current information on how young people feel about employment and education, which helps in preparing a work life visit from their perspective.
Palvelu aineenopettajille ja opinto-ohjaajille
Duuniskooppi – työelämävierailumalli koostuu kolmesta vaiheesta: valmistautuminen nuorten kanssa, vierailun toteutus ja keskustelu nuorten kanssa jälkikäteen. Voit toteuttaa vierailun jakamalla sen eri päiville / viikoille tai valita projektiluontoisen toteutustavan esimerkiksi päättöviikolla yhden iltapäivän aikana. Työelämävierailujen tavoitteena on tukea nuoria omien kiinnostusten ja vahvuuksien mukaisissa valinnoissa, auttaa heitä löytämään merkitys opiskeltavan aineen ja työelämän välillä sekä tukea opetushenkilöstöä opetussuunnitelman mukaisten tavoitteiden saavuttamisessa.
Tarvittavat aikaresurssit
Aika herättää paljon keskustelua – mutta ei huolta. Me duuniskooppilaiset olemme laatineet sekä vierailuprosessin että perehdytysmateriaalit yhteistyössä aineenopettajien ja opinto-ohjaajien kanssa aikaresurssit mielessä pitäen. Tässä näet yleiset raamit ajankäytölle:
Opetushenkilöstön oman perehdytysmateriaalin läpikäyminen: n. 20 minuuttia
Valmistautuminen nuorten kanssa: n. 20 minuuttia oppitunnistasi
Vierailu: 45 minuuttia (lähivierailun pidentämisestä voi neuvotella työelämäedustajan kanssa)
Vierailusta keskustelu nuorten kanssa: n. 20 minuuttia oppitunnistasi
Näin pääset mukaan
Rekisteröidy käyttäjäksi. Käyttäjätunnuksesi saatuasi, pääset kirjautumaan perehdytysmateriaaliin, jonka avulla saat luotua pedagogisesti toimivan kokonaisuuden. Materiaali sisältää myös tarkemmat ohjeet yhteistyöhön työelämäedustajan kanssa. Myös me duuniskooppilaiset olemme tukenasi. Autamme luomaan yhteyden valitsemaasi vierailukohteeseen.
Yhteystiedot: duuniskooppi@lists.oulu.fi
Find a place to visit
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Equity and equality are implemented in our organisation by equal treatment of all employees. The basis of Mectalent's operations is a satisfied and competent team backed by activity maintaining work ability, modern and safe working conditions, and encouraging and open interaction.
The most important school subjects for our staff include Finnish and literature, mathematics, physics, chemistry, information and communication technology, as well as English. Any additional languages are a definite plus.
Our staff consists of product design professionals, engineers, process engineers, machinists, product inspectors, electricians, assemblers and experts of many other fields.
