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Counselling for the Classroom Teacher

Regular Summer Semester, 1990

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Instructor: G. F. Groenewold

(May 7 - August 3)

Thursday, 5:30 - 9:20 p.m.

Location: MPX 7500B

PREREQUISITE:

60 hours of credit. Educ. 220 or Psyc. 100 and 102, or equivalent, or permission of

instructor.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course is intended for senior students or practicing teachers who wish to explore

the contributions counselling skills provide. The course is designed to develop some

counselling skills that can be applied within the classroom setting. A combination of

lectures, discussions, practice exercises and seminars will be used to explore such

topics as: the role of the counsellor in the school, different models of counselling,

effective helping skills, the use of group discussion to promote affective development,

and the use of assessment techniques in the classroom.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

1.

Change project and paper Q%. (Identification of a desirable change in one's

own life and a diary of application of some of the counselling skills learned in

class to this issue).

2.

Research task and class presentation

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Research a counselling theory and

include how this theory might be applied to a classroom situation.

3.

A report on how you have handled or might handle a specific issue in the

classroom. (Include theoretical orientation and skills/techniques you have

employed or would employ.) W10

4.

Class participation j.Q%.

TEXT

(Required)

Thompson, C. L., & Rudolph, L. B. (1983). Counselling 'children. Monterey:

Brooks/Cole.

Allan, A. B., & Nairne, J. (1984). Class discussions for teachers and counsellors in

elementar y

school. Toronto: U. of Toronto.

(Recommended)

Barber, J., & Allan, J. (1986). Mana

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ing common classroom problems. Toronto: U. of

Toronto.

Little, N. & Allan, J. A. B. (1988). Student-led Teacher Parent Conferences. Toronto:

Lugus Productions.