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Scientific Training and Further Education on Career Guidance in International Comparison Most international experts insist that neutral and efficient career guidance can only be guaranteed by a very high professional proficiency of the counsellors. In recent years qualification offers for trainers have huge differences in both quality and contents of training. The contribution illustrates, on the basis of international studies, the efforts to establish European standards of qualifications fo…
Etymologically contemplated, »validation« labels a process though which an object is awarded sturdiness or worthiness. In the educational area the word - under consideration listed in the series »glossary« here – aims at the process of acknowledgement and on making use of informally acquired competencies. The term »validation« is therewith the counterpart in the area of informal learning for »certification« in contexts of formal education.