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    SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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    EDUCATION 425-4
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    COUNSELLING FOR THE CLASSROOM TEACHER
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    (E1.0O)
    Regular Summer Semester, 1992
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    Instructor: ?
    Dr. F. Groenewold
    (May 4—July 31)
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    Phone: ?
    589-3809
    Monday, 5:30 - 9:20 p.m.
    Location: MPX 7600
    PREREQUISITE
    EDUC 4011402 and EDUC 220 or PSYC 100 and 102.
    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
    Change project and paper aQ 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 a counselling theory and include how this theory might be applied to a
    classroom situation. Include the theoretical orientation and skills/techniques you
    have employed or would employ.
    Q
    marks. Quality of writing
    4
    marks.
    3.
    Describe the role and effects of communication style in the classroom setting in
    dealing with the various issues and concerns children present. The project will
    include a transcript of your communication with a child in a specific situation. .Q
    marks. Quality of writing
    a
    marks.
    TEXTS
    (Required)
    Thompson, C. L., & Rudolph, L. B. (1988). 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.

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