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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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EDUCATION 4254
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COUNSELLING FOR THE CLASSROOM TEACHER
Regular Summer Semester, 1991
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Instructor: ?
F. Groenewold
(May 6 - August 2)
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Phone:
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589-3809
Wednesdays, 8:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Location: AQ 2122
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
Q
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.)
Q
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
elementary school. Toronto: U. of Toronto.
(Recommended)
Barber, J., & Allan, J. (1986). Managing common classroom
p roblems. Toronto: U. of
Toronto.
Little, N. & Allan, J. A. B. (1988). Student-led Teacher Parent Conferences. Toronto:
Lugus Productions.
