A New Zealand school counsellor education course viewed by its graduates

✍ Scribed by Lawrence M. Brammer

• Book ID: 104636025
• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 598 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0165-0653
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00135814

✦ Synopsis

An Interview follow-up was conducted with a 55 per cent sample of graduates from the first five years of the course for guidance counsellors at the University of Canterbury The responses indicated, generally, that the course was fulfilling its intended mission The principal recommendations for change suggested by graduates were more attention to family counselling, consulting methods, power and influence issues, and continuing education Sixty per cent of the graduates initiated research projects since the course and 72 programme projects, or an average of 3 4 per person, had also been undertaken Numerous specific applications of concepts and skills taught in the individual papers were reported Principal professional problems faced by the counsellors were role conflicts, time pressures, isolation, lack of career incentives, lack of credibility and staff support, and lack of influence to initiate programmes and carry out role assignments effectively Graduates generally felt the course prepared them well for their new counsellor roles While there was considerable variablhty in attitudes toward specific papers and topics, the graduates' general attitudes toward the course were favourable * R = Range of percentages of total time ** M = Mean of percentages of total time