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FALL 1995 ?
EVENING
EDUC
425-4 ?
SCHOOL COUNSELLING FOR THE CLASSROOM TEACHER ?
(E1.00)
A.
HORVATH
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:
30%.
(Identification of a desirable change in ones
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: 30%. (Exploration of a specific target
problem in counselling, and presentation in class of your findings).
3.
Micro-Projects; small assignments on specific topics. 30%.
4.
Class participation. 10%
REQUIRED TEXT
Thompson & Rudolph.
Counselling Children
(3rd ed.). Brooks Cole.
RECOMMENDED TEXT
Allan, J
.
A. B. & Nairne, J
.
(1992).
Class Discussions For Teachers and Counsellors in
Elementary Schools.
Toronto: University of Toronto. Second Edition.
