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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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EDUCATION 425-4
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SCHOOL COUNSELLING FOR THE CLASSROOM TEACHER
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(E1.00)
Fall Semester, 1994 ?
Instructor: ?
Dr. A. Horvath
(September 6— December 5)
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Office: ?
MPX 8556
Mondays, 16:30 - 20:20 p.m.
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Phone: ?
291-3624
Location: MPX 8651/52
PREREQUISITE:
EDUC 401/402, 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 concepts and skills will make in the classroom or similar
settings. 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 and misuse of assessment techniques in the classroom.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
1.
Change project and paper: 40%. (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: 40%. (Exploration of a specific target
problem in counselling, and presentation in class of your findings).
3.
Short exam, multiple choice, based on class content: 20%.
REQUIRED TEXT
Allan, J
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A. B. & Nairne, J
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(1992).
Class Discussions For Teachers and Counsellors in
Elementary
Schools. Toronto: University of Toronto. Second Edition.
RECOMMENDED TEXT
Thompson & Rudolph.
Counselling
Children
(3rd ed.). Brooks Cole.
