TEFI TCA – id. code 3919 Final report INDEX INTRODUCTION I ...

TEFI TCA – id. code 3919large typology of tools (biographic methods, self-evaluationexercises; compilation of a personal or professional project; exercisesof matching demand and offer of jobs etc.)In these terms it also carries out an important function ofempowerment in that it facilitates the reconstruction of strong pointsand possibilities of evolution, is an important starting point and aresource for the starting up of any project, concurs in taking intoconsideration new alternatives and opportunities, gives awareness onhow to obtain the necessary resources and increases self-esteem andself-efficaciousness (Bottegoni, 2003).A structured practice, in this way, has multiple positive spin-offs intraining terms as well as those of self-awareness, more specifically:it develops reflection (on personal actions, experience, solutions, forrestructuring knowledge);it develops the ability to orient behaviour (starting from a comparisonbetween personal work experience and the various ways of learning,the person attributes significance to facts, identifying new possibilitiesthat stimulate planning);it develops a process of self-learning (that figures as a personaldiscovery, produced by individual research);it integrates knowledge from different origins and sources (from lifeand worktraining);experience, from formal, non-formal and informalit favours a cognitive goal and goal awareness (we are on a moregeneral thought level that regards knowledge and activities whichhave the same cognition and functional control regulations).It is necessary, though, that the Assessment activities integrate theretrospective dimension and the prospects of the person. The firstFinal report 110