.

Education 425-4?

Counsellincj for the c.laroom Teacher

SPRING, 1986 ?

Instructor: Dr.. Marshall Wilensky

Thursdays

4:30 ?

8:20

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Location: MFX 8633

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.

OUTL I NE OF TOP I C

. ra

Topics will include:

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

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 pre-

vent i on

1..

Minor paper - reaction to issues raised in course ?

30

2..

Group presentation ?

307..

3..

Final exmaination -- take-home short essays

?

407..

TEXTBOOKS

Hendricks, Ba

y

.. The Centered Teacher Englewood Cliffs,

N.. J..

?

F'renti ce-Hall ?

1981.. (recommended)

Wei. nho:Ld 13.. K.. and Elliott, L... C..

?

Transpersanal

Communication Englewood Cliffs, N.. 3.. Frentice-

Hall ?

1979. (Required)

Bel kin,

Edition)

B.. S.. Practi

Dubuque

And

cal

Wm.

Counsel

C. Brown,

ii nci in

1981

the

(recommended)

Schools

Martin J.

?

Hi ebert B. ?

Instructional Lounsel 1 i nq

University

of

Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (required)