The significance of gender sensitive career guidance
Work towards promoting equality in education and the society has been on-going for years. Equality affects every aspect of society, and practices that promote equality may sometimes be difficult to recognize. The KoKiVa project promotes gender equality in education and work life through work life visits for upper secondary school students. Student counsellors, subject teachers, […]
What do young people wish from work life visits?
The KoKiVa project develops work life visits for upper secondary school students from the perspectives of educators, guidance staff, and companies. We also consider it important to highlight the wishes that upper secondary school students have for work life visits and their needs regarding educational and career choices. Research (Kaleva et al. 2019; Kunnari et […]
Technology experiment to support KoKiVa work life visits
Co-operating with Mectalent and KoKiVa, University of Oulu Learning, Education and Technology (LET) Master’s Programme students Joanita, Faith and Nisha experimented utilizing technology as part of work life visits. The students built examples of Mectalent premises by using Thinglink and 360-degree photos. Clickable tags providing details were added onto images. Have a look at the […]
Occupational segregation by gender requires attention
Occupational segregation, or segregation by gender, is a complex phenomenon that involves several factors. Segregation is only the top of the iceberg: there are multiple factors under the surface. Occupational interests are affected e.g. by subject interests, support and barriers, culture, attitudes, expectations and perceptions of each field as well as belief in one’s abilities […]
