SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

COUNSELLING FOR THE CLASSROOM TEACHER

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(E1.00)

Fall Semester, 1991 ?

Instructor: ?

F. Groenewold

(September 3—November 29)

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Phone: ?

589-3809

Mondays, 4:30 - 8:20 p.m.

Location: MPX 7600

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

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marks. (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). Quality of writing a marks.

2.

Research task and class presentation 30 marks. Research a counselling theory and

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

4.

marks.

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.)

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marks. Quality of writing a marks.

TEXTS

(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). Managing common classroom problems. Toronto: U. of

Toronto.

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

Lugus Productions.