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Education 425-4

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Counselling for the Classroom Teacher

Regular Semester, 1986

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Instructor: Dr.. A. Horvath

Wednesdays, 1:00

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4:50

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Office: MPX 8546

Location: MPX 8651

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Phone: 291-3624

Course Description

This course is intended for senior students or practicing teachers who

wish to explore the area of school counselling and 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 on the school, different models of counselling, effective

helping skills, the use of group discussion to promote affective

development, the use of standardized tests as an aid to counselling,

and vocational counselling..

Course Requirements:

1. Change project & paper 30%.. (Identification of a desirable change

in ones' own life and a diary of application of some of the

counselling skills learned in class to this issue)..

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Research task and class presentation 30%.. (Exploration of a

specific target problem in counselling, and presentation in class

of your findings)..

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Short multiple choice exams (2) based on class content; 127.. each..

4.. Class participation 16%..

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(Required)

Thompson, C.L. & Rudolph, L.B. (1983) Counseling Children

Monterey: Brooks/Cole

(Additional Resources)

Allan, A.B. & Nairne, J. (1984) Class Discussions for Teachers and

Counsellors in Elementary School Toronto: U. of Toronto..

Fisch, R.., Weakiand, J.H. & Segal, L. (1982)

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San Francisco: Jossey-Bass..

Martin, J. & Hiebert, B.A. (1985) InstructionalCounseUing:

A Method for Counselors Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh

Press..