Master f Philsphy (M. Phil.) in Career Cunselling and Livelihd Planning. September 2012 t April 2014 An initiative f The Prmise Fundatin 1. Backgrund 1.1. Relevance f career guidance and livelihd planning In times past, ccupatinal rle allcatin was relatively autmatic and children fllwed in the ftsteps f their parents. Changes unleashed by ecnmic mvements such as the industrial revlutin and tday, glbalizatin, have disrupted this prcess f rle allcatin. The pst industrial labur market, characterised by the frces f glbalisatin and the free market, requires the ability t make skilful educatinal and ccupatinal chices. The service that is expected t address this need has been variusly referred t as career cunselling, career guidance, vcatinal cunselling and vcatinal guidance. The develpment f this field f research and applicatin has remained pr utside the Western cntext. At the mst fundamental level, the meanings f terms such as career, livelihd and vcatin carry deeply cultural cnntatins. Career is ften assciated with what the rich can affrd and is smetimes dismissed as being irrelevant t the needs f the disadvantaged and thse wh are living in pverty. It is essential that career develpment is defined within the multiple realities and paradxes that cmprise the Indian situatin. When understd t mean livelihd r ccupatin r vcatin r in its mst simple sense, a suitable jb, the crsscutting relevance f career develpment t all sectins f the ppulatin becmes immediately evident. Frm this brader perspective, career cunselling culd serve as a tl t supprt yung peple t chse and plan effectively fr a successful career. It is with the intentin f develping human resurce that is capable f engaging with the deeper prcesses that bind wrk, livelihd and career tgether in the develping wrld cntext, that this M.Phil prgramme has been designed by The Prmise Fundatin. 1.2. Academic Partner The Centre fr Career and Persnal Develpment (CCPD) at Canterbury Christ Church University, based in the Faculty f Educatin, Canterbury Christ Church University (UK), is ne f the wrld's leading institutins in the career educatin and guidance sectr. As Jiva's academic partner, faculty frm CCPD cntribute t curriculum develpment as well teaching sme f the mdules in the MPhil curse. Further infrmatin: http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/educatin/career-and-persnaldevelpment/hme.aspx 1.3. Affiliatin This M.Phil degree is awarded by the Martin Luther Christian University (MLCU), Meghalaya. MLCU was created by Act N. 11 f 2005 f the Legislative Assembly f Meghalaya and received the assent f the Gvernr n July 06, 2005. The Gvernment f Meghalaya issued the Gazette Ntificatin n February 22nd 2006. The creatin f the University is in accrdance with the University Grants Cmmissin Act, 1956 under Sectin 2(f) and the University is empwered t grant degrees under Sectin 22 f the UGC Act. Further infrmatin: www.mlcuniv.in An initiative f The Prmise Fundatin. Page: 1
1.4. Accreditatin Successful candidates will receive accreditatin frm the Indian Assciatin f Career and Livelihd Planning (IACLP). IACLP is a prfessinal assciatin funded with the intentin f creating a fraternity f prfessinals and facilitating the delivery f services, related t career guidance and livelihd planning f the highest quality by cmpetent and recgnized prfessinals. The IACLP is a member f the Internatinal Assciatin f Educatinal and Vcatinal Guidance (IAEVG), which is cmpsed f memberships frm mre than 60 cuntries. Further infrmatin: www.iaclp.rg 2. Abut the Curse 2.1. Curriculum Apprach: Papers: The curse blends thery with practice. Training includes systematic practice under the supervisin f experienced career psychlgists. Significant emphasis is laid n acquiring cmpetencies fr career guidance and cunselling. Papers take an interdisciplinary perspective and include: 1. General Psychlgy: Emphasis n Career Develpment. 2. Career Psychlgy: Emphasis n culture resnant mdels and theries. 3. Basic skills fr cunselling and skills fr career cunselling. 4. Scilgy f Wrk. 5. Labur Market and Career Develpment. 6. Psychlgical Testing. 7. Scial Science Research: Orientatin t basic methds. 8. Career Infrmatin Management. Credits: These 8 papers are f varying weightages and will be ffered in verlapping mdules. Each paper will have a varying credit value depending n the weightage given t the unit in the verall curse structure. The ttal credits add up t 60, where, 15 lecture hurs will carry 1 credit and 30 practical hurs will carry 1 credit. 2.2. Curseware and Resurces Readers: Students will receive a Reader fr each paper. The Reader will be made up f ntes, key papers and references. JIVA Career Cunselling Kit The skill training fr career cunselling is lcated arund the Jiva Kit. This Kit has been prepared as a cmprehensive cmpendium f career develpment resurces required t set up a Career Resurce Centre. Each M Phil student receives a cmplete Jiva Kit which includes the fllwing: Cunsellr Training Manual, Flip Charts, Student Wrksheets, Career Infrmatin Cards, Learning Cards, a set f 20 Careers Dictinaries, Career Resurce Handbk, the Jiva Life Lines Bard, Career Infrmatin Data Manager (a database with career infrmatin). Fr the details f different cmpnents f the kit please visit: http://www.jivacareer.rg/prject/page/jiva-kit.html An initiative f The Prmise Fundatin. Page: 2
Library All students will have access t a small but ne f the mst cncentrated libraries related t career and livelihd planning. Our cllectin includes ver 600 bks and mre than 5000 reprints and articles frm clse t 44 internatinal jurnals. 2.3. Curse Delivery The curse will be delivered in a mdular manner as fllws: 5 mdules f direct cntact with faculty at The Prmise Fundatin Training Centre in Bangalre. Each mdule will be 10 days lng, nt including weekends. Systematic submissin f curse and field wrk between mdules, as per a pre-prepared schedule, frm the candidate s preferred lcatin, via email. This wuld include the fllwing: Assignments based n readings and curse wrk. Reviews f jurnal articles and bks. Practical assignment submissins based n clearly defined target grups. Develpment f teaching-learning material fr career guidance One f the mdules will be cnducted at the MLCU Campus in Shillng, Meghalaya. 2.4. Teaching and Learning Methds Curse tutrs will emply a cmbinatin f teaching-learning methds, ensuring that the emphasis is n learning rather than teaching: Lectures based n guided readings. Written assignments based n lectures and field experience. Seminars presented by students. Jurnal / bk reviews. Supervised field wrk. Prjects either applied r research riented. An ver all guiding principle wuld be that all teaching-learning interactins aim fr utputs frm students in the frm f any r all f the fllwing: Articles that culd be published. Teaching-Learning Material. Demnstratins f skill / cmpetency as relevant t the mdule being taught. 2.5. Anticipated Curse Outcmes Successful candidates wuld be able t: Deliver career cunselling and livelihd planning services t students and yung peple. frm varied backgrunds, thrugh ne-t-ne sessins and grup wrkshps. Establish career resurce centers. Establish departments f career guidance and livelihd planning. Teach career guidance and livelihd planning at the pst graduate level. Cnduct further research and cntribute t building a deeper and wider knwledge base in the area f career develpment and livelihd planning. An initiative f The Prmise Fundatin. Page: 3
2.6. Assessment fr award f degree The student will be assessed alng tw parameters: Cmpletin f papers: The student is expected t successfully cmplete all 8 papers, as described in Sectin 2.1 abve. These curses will be assessed thrugh methds as relevant t the particular subject matter. This wuld include the fllwing: Grading f assignments. Grading f prjects. Grading f essays. Written examinatin Assessment f skills fr individual cunselling. Assessment f skills fr grup cunselling. Assessment f skills fr teaching. Assessment f skills fr accessing, managing and transmitting careers infrmatin. Prtfli The traditinally expected final utput frm an M.Phil is a thesis. Students f this curse will draw the varius inputs tgether t prduce a Prtfli f their experiences and learnings. This prtfli will be cmpiled ver the curse f the M.Phil prgramme. The prtfli will be based n a particular theme selected by the student in cnsultatin with his/her supervisr. Themes culd be based n any aspect f the target grup s characteristics including the fllwing: Nativity (e.g. rural, urban, castal) Gender Age grup Educatin level SES status The prtfli will present the fllwing t address the selected theme: Prtfli cmpnent Descriptin Length / Requirement Narrative Reprt (1) 4 persnal experiences ver the curse f the M.Phil with 1500 wrds reference t the chsen target grup, interpreted int ne f the Theries f Career Psychlgy. Narrative Reprt (2) A narrative reprt f the impact f the Career Resurce 1500 wrds Centre n the chsen target grup. Bk Review / Jurnal 1 bk review n the chsen target grup. 600 wrds Review Wrksheets and teaching learning material (students) Wrksheets that wuld address a specific livelihd planning r career develpment need f the chsen target grup 4 wrksheets Research Prject Summary Papers On the chsen target grup, drawing frm any f the papers being studied. A summary f selected papers being studied, interpreted frm the perspective f the target grup being studied. 5000 wrds 1500 wrds per paper An initiative f The Prmise Fundatin. Page: 4
3. Faculty Giden Arulmani, Ph.D Giden, is a clinical psychlgist with an M.Phil in Medical and Scial Psychlgy frm the Natinal Institute fr Mental Health and Neur Sciences (India) and a dctral degree in Career Psychlgy frm the University f Prtsmuth (UK). He als hlds an advanced diplma in Cunselling and a diplma in Philsphy and Thelgy. He is the Funder and Managing Trustee f The Prmise Fundatin, headquarted in Bangalre, India. Papers and mdules: Giden is the Directr f this prgramme. He will lead the papers n Career Psychlgy and Skills fr Career Cunselling. He will teach mdules in Labur Market and Career Develpment, Psychlgical Testing and Career Infrmatin Management. Papers and mdules: Giden has been interested in the interface between culture and cunselling with specific reference t the psychlgy f wrk and career. His research has been presented at internatinal cnferences as well as in peer reviewed scientific jurnals. He is well knwn fr his bk n the thery and practice f career cunselling (McGraw Hill, 2004). Giden is an internatinal cnsultant fr the Wrld Bank, UNICEF and the Asian Develpment Bank, fr whm he has executed assignments n guidance and cunselling in Sub Saharan Africa and Suth Asia. He is a bard member f the Internatinal Assciatin fr Educatinal and Vcatinal Guidance and an Hnrary Research Fellw, University f Prtsmuth, UK. He is an Internatinal Fellw f the Natinal Institute fr Careers Educatin and Cunselling, UK, Visiting Senir Lecturer at the University f Canterbury Christ Church UK and Visiting Prfessr at the Martin Luther University, India. He is the president f the Indian Assciatin fr Career and Livelihd Planning (IACLP). He is a member f the Gvernment f India Planning Cmmissin s cmmittee fr Adlescents' Develpment and Yuth Affairs. Snali Nag, PhD Snali is a clinical psychlgist trained at the Natinal Institute fr Mental Health and Neur Sciences (NIMHANS) in India. She is a Newtn Internatinal Fellw presently at the University f Yrk (UK). She leads the Cnsultant Psychlgists Grup which has an internatinal netwrk. She has wn grants frm the British Academy and is an internatinal cnsultant t rganizatins such as the ILO and UNICEF. Her research has been widely published in internatinal jurnals and as bk chapters. Snali is cmmitted t interpreting research frm the behaviural sciences int applicatins that have relevance t children and adlescents. Snali will lead the Amng ther cntributins, Snali is well knwn fr her wrk related t papers n General the preventin f child labur thrugh which she has develped Psychlgy, handbks and training material fr teachers and cmmunity wrkers. Psychlgical Testing She has participated in large scale surveys and experimental studies and Research Methds. ranging frm career cunselling and literacy acquisitin t examining the impact f pverty and disadvantage n psychlgical develpment. She is particularly interested in the schl-t-wrk transitin f individuals with special educatinal needs. An initiative f The Prmise Fundatin. Page: 5
Anita Ratnam Papers and mdules: Anita will lead the paper n the Scilgy f Wrk. Anita hlds a Master f Arts degree in Develpment Studies, frm the University f East Anglia, UK and has specialised in Rural Management frm the Institute f Rural Management Anand, India. She is a specialist in Institutin Leadership, Develpment and Gvernance, Training Design, Curriculum Develpment and Facilitatin. She has evaluated a wide variety f NGOs fr the impact f their prgrammes and rganisatinal prcesses. Anita has guided varius research prjects including a study f the linkages between Call Centres and Experiences f Yuth-hd, dcumentatin f dying sprts and indigenus games in Rural Bangalre, Situatin f Textile Artisans in different parts f India and presented this as a pht-exhibitin and guided students research int land sales in the wake f liberalisatin, and the situatin f wrkers in the flriculture units arund Bangalre. Samvada, the rganizatin she funded wrks with cllege students and yuth t sensitize them t issues relating t caste, cmmunalism, gender, envirnment and pverty. Anita led a highly successful sympsium at the Jiva-IAEVG Internatinal Career Guidance cnference held in Bangalre in 2010 which fr the first time brught the issues that surrund livelihd planning nt an internatinal platfrm. She has subsequently represented India at ther internatinal cnferences n career guidance, where her ideas have been much appreciated. Sachin Kumar Papers and mdules: Sachin will lead the paper n Labur Market and teach mdules in the paper n Career Infrmatin Management. Sachin hlds an M.Phil in Cunselling Psychlgy specializing in Career Cunselling and Livelihd Planning, and a Pstgraduate Diplma in Training and Develpment. Earlier assciated with The Prmise Fundatin, Bangalre as a cre team member and Master Career Cunsellr Trainer, he is currently wrking as an Assistant Prfessr in a Gvernment Cllege in Chamba district f Himachal Pradesh. One f the funder members f Indian Assciatin f Career and Livelihd Planning (IACLP) and a life member f Indian Sciety f Training and Develpment (ISTD) and Natinal Assciatin f Gegraphers, India (NAGI), he is als a part f Yung Leaders Think Tank (YLTT), a grup f yung prfessinals brught tgether by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, India in rder t deliberate n issues related t scial demcracy in the cuntry. Sachin is an expert n career infrmatin management and the interface between labur market infrmatin and career cunselling. He led a team in India that develped a scientifically classified ccupatinal list. He als cnsults fr a number f educatinal institutins, civil sciety rganizatins, gvernment departments and crprate huses wrking with yung peple in the areas related t educatin and career develpment. His ther interests include reading Hindi and Urdu petry and engaging with issues related t preservatin f the cultural heritage f the Himalayan regin. An initiative f The Prmise Fundatin. Page: 6
Hazel Reid, PhD: Papers and mdules: Hazel will lead the mdule n Theries f Career Psychlgy. One f the mst well knwn career psychlgists internatinally, Hazel is a Fellw f the Institute f Career Guidance, a member f the Internatinal Assciatin f Educatinal & Vcatinal Guidance, a NICEC Fellw (Natinal Institute f Careers Educatin & Cunselling) and c-edits the NICEC jurnal. She has published widely and presents papers at natinal and internatinal cnferences. She is invlved in Eurpean prjects related t the wrk f career guidance practitiners. Her previus research was cncerned with the meanings given t the functin f supervisin within guidance and yuth supprt wrk. Currently she is explring the develpment f cnstructivist appraches fr career guidance and cunselling. Hazel is a Fellw f the Academy f Higher Educatin and a funding member f the newly frmed Eurpean Sciety fr Vcatinal Designing and Career Cunselling. Hazel has been invlved with this M.Phil prgramme frm its inceptin and has cntributed significantly bth t curriculum design and curse ware develpment as well as t teaching. Anuradha J. Bakshi, PhD Anuradha is a develpmental psychlgist and Assciate Prfessr at the Nirmala Niketan Cllege f Hme Science, ne f the mst well-knwn wmen s educatin institutins in India, affiliated t the University f Mumbai. She has cmpleted her PhD frm the University f Tennessee at Knxville, USA, and her master s degree frm the Maharaja Sayajira University f Barda, India. She teaches students in the B.S., M.S., and PhD Human Develpment prgrams. Papers and mdules: Anuradha will teach mdules in the paper n General Psychlgy, Research Methds and Psychlgical Testing. Her research career spans ver tw decades in varied areas such as resilience, educatin, and spirituality. Her research has been published as mngraphs as well as in peer reviewed jurnals. She is presently wrking n her wn bk in the field f Research Methds. She is a reviewer fr ther jurnals in the fields f psychlgy and cunselling. She is a Guest C-Editr f the July 2011 issue f the Internatinal Jurnal fr Educatinal and Vcatinal Guidance (IJEVG), a Springer publicatin. She is a cnsultant in multiple areas such as Research Methds and Statistics, and Human Develpment. Student supprt and welfare is ne f her pririties. As a university teacher, she has invested substantial time in career guidance and cunselling f students, especially advanced students and alumnae. Anuradha made significant cntributins t the Jiva-IAEVG Internatinal Career Guidance cnference held in Bangalre in 2010, as a member f the plenary team. She is the Vice- President f the Indian Assciatin fr Career and Livelihd Planning and Managing Editr f the Indian Jurnal fr Career and Livelihd Planning. She is als ne f the lead editrs f the frthcming Handbk f Career Develpment: Internatinal Perspectives, t be published by Springer Internatinal. An initiative f The Prmise Fundatin. Page: 7
Resurce persns Prf. Glenn Kharkngr: Prfessr f Health Sciences, Martin Luther Christian University, will discuss indigenus appraches t guidance and cunselling. Kamini Ramachandran: President, Singapre Stry Telling Assciatin, will present stry telling as a culture resnant apprach t guidance & cunselling. Mariyam Nazima: President f the Maldivian Labur Tribunal, will discuss issues related t migratin and emplyment. Lrraine Rdrigues: Head f Shared Services Engagement & Integratin, at ANZ Bank, will present issues related t wrk readiness and preparing yung peple fr emplyment. Sajma Aravind: Career Cunsellr at The Prmise Fundatin, will supervise skills related t the practice f the Jiva apprach t career cunselling. V R Devika: Specialist in Gandhian Studies, will present the Gandhian understanding f wrk and the human ptential. 4. Curse Administratin 4.1. Curse Schedule Duratin: 18 Mnths. The cursewrk is spread ver 3 semesters. Schedule (includes 1 day ff): Mdule 1: September 2012: 15 th t 25 th Mdule 2: February 2013: 5 th t 15 th Mdule 3: July 2013: 15 th t 25 th Mdule 4: Nvember 2013: 5 th t 15 th Mdule 5: February 2014: 15 th t 25 th 4.2. Eligibility A recgnized pst graduate degree, preferably in the scial sciences. Demnstrate a well-develped fluency in the English language and ne ther vernacular. Demnstrate a clear cmmitment t the field f career guidance and livelihd planning. One year experience f wrking with adlescents / yung adults. Pass the admissin test. 4.3. Admissin prcedure Candidates are t fill and submit an applicatin frm. Frms are available frm The Prmise Fundatin and the Martin Luther Christian University. Please email: prmise@vsnl.cm fr the frm r dwnlad it frm the Jiva website at: http://www.jivacareer.rg/prject/page/abut-mphil-prgramme.html An initiative f The Prmise Fundatin. Page: 8
After scrutiny f the received frms candidates wuld be infrmed abut the entrance examinatin. A healthy career is an extensin. f yur life The questin paper wuld be sent via email and candidates wuld be given 4 days t send in their respnses thrugh email. Based n their perfrmance in the written test, shrtlisted candidates wuld be intimated abut the persnal interview. The interview wuld be cnducted by telephne. 4.4. Fees and schlarships Curse Fees: Rupees 120,000 payable in three instalments f Rs. 40,000 per instalment at the beginning f each semester. The fee is inclusive f: Tuitin Fee. Curse Material and Readings. All cntact prgrammes and tutrials. Jiva Career Cunselling Kit. Access t a well stcked library. Visit t practice schls. Bard and accmmdatin during the five mdules in Bangalre. This fee is nt inclusive f travel expenses. Schlarships: A few partial schlarships are available fr meritrius candidates. Schlarships will be awarded based n merit. Interested candidates are welcme t apply. 5. Imprtant dates Last date fr submissin f applicatin frms: July 15 th 2012. Mail ut f entrance questin paper (email): July 20 th 2012. Submissin f answer script (email): July 25 th 2012. Telephnic interviews: July 28 th t July 31 st 2012. Annuncement f selected candidates: August 1 st week 2012. Last date fr payment f 1 st fee instalment: August 10 th 2012. Cmmencement f the curse: September 15 th. Cntact Infrmatin: Directr, The Prmise Fundatin. Site N.231, Czy Hme Layut, Smpur Gate, B. Hsahalli Rad, Sarjapura, Anekal Taluk, Bangalre-562125 Phne: 080-27823524 Email: prmise@vsnl.cm Websites: www.theprmisefundatin.rg and www.jivacareer.rg An initiative f The Prmise Fundatin. Page: 9