'SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

EDUCATION 425-4

COUNSELLING FOR THE CLASSROOM TEACHER

Fall Semester, 1990

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Instructor: G. F. Groenewold

(Sept. 8 - Dec. 8)

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Phone: ?

589-3809

Every Other Saturday

9:00-17:00

Location: W.A. Fraser Elem. (Room TBA)

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 BE QUIRE ATE ,

NTS

1.

Change project and paper 2TIo. (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 %. 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.) 2TIo

4.

Class participation i.Q%.

TENT (Required)

Thompson, C. L., & Rudolph, L. B. (1983). 0unse1lin children. Monterey:

Brooks/Cole.

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

in elcmentay school. Toronto: U. of Toronto.

(Recommended)

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

gin g

common classroom problems. Toronto:

U. of Toronto.

Little, N. & Allan, J. A. B. (1988). Student1cd Teacher Parent Conferences.

Toronto: Lugus Productions.