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Education 425-4?
Counselling for the Classroom Teacher
SPRING, 1985
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INSTRUCTOR: Patricia Wilensky
Tuesdays/Thursdays 2-4 p.m. ?
LOCATION: On Campus
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is intended for senior students or practising teachers who wish
to explore the area of school counselling and develop some counselling skills
that can be used within a classroom setting. A combination of lectures,
discussion, practice exercises and films will be used to introduce counselling
systems, communication skills and important issues of school and personal
counselling.
OUTLINE OF TOPICS:
Topics will include: ?
Counselling theories
Classroom climate
Developing your own counselling theory
Classroom teaching as counselling
Role of the school counsellor
Understanding psychological reports
Teacher wellness and burn-out prevention
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
1.
Minor paper - reaction to issues raised in course ?
30%
2.
Group presentation
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30%
3. Final examination - take-home short essays
? 40%
TEXTBOOKS
Weinhold, B.K. and Elliot, L.C. Transpersonal Communication. Englewood Cliffs,
N.J., Prentice-Hall, 1979.
Martin, J., & Hiebert, B. (1982) Instructional Counselling Vancouver: Centre
for the Study of Curriculum and Instruction, UBC
Corey, G. (1982) Theory and Practice of Counselling and Psychotherapy (2nd Ed).
Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole.