Students Helping Students: A Guide for Peer Educators on College Campuses, Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Fred B. Newton, Steven C. Ender

• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 371
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This Second Edition of this practical training guide is for the thousands of college students who serve as leaders, tutors, counselors, and advisors for their peers. It continues the tradition of the first edition--considered the standard for training peer educators--by beginning with a fundamental discussion on student growth and development, providing updates on current research, and providing learning objectives and exercises to help prepare peer educators for such tasks as tutoring, student orientation, residence hall advising, crisis intervention, coaching, and more.

✦ Table of Contents

Students Helping Students: A Guide for Peer Educators on College Campuses, Second Edition......Page 5
Contents......Page 9
List of Figures and Tables......Page 11
Foreword......Page 13
Preface......Page 21
About the Authors......Page 29
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 33
A BRIEF HISTORY OF PEER EDUCATION......Page 36
DEFINITIONS......Page 38
WHY ARE PEER EDUCATORS EFFECTIVE?......Page 40
THE IMPACT ON YOU AS A PEER EDUCATOR......Page 45
INTRODUCTION TO THE TRAINING MODEL......Page 48
SUMMARY......Page 58
CHAPTER ONE : SUMMARY QUESTIONS......Page 59
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 60
YOUR OWN CHANGE AND GROWTH......Page 62
DEFINITIONS......Page 63
FIVE PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE YOUR WORK......Page 64
KEY FACTORS AFFECTING STUDENT DEVELOPMENT......Page 72
DEVELOPMENTAL CHALLENGES CONFRONTING COLLEGE STUDENTS......Page 77
CONDITIONS THAT PROMOTE STUDENT DEVELOPMENT......Page 86
SUMMARY......Page 87
CHAPTER TWO : SUMMARY QUESTIONS......Page 88
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 89
PRINCIPLES FOR CULTURAL PROFICIENCY......Page 98
STEREOTYPES......Page 101
PREJUDICE......Page 104
DENIAL AND RATIONALIZATION......Page 106
DISCRIMINATION......Page 108
CULTURE......Page 111
COLOR BLIND......Page 113
OBSTACLES TO CULTURAL PROFICIENCY......Page 115
THE CULTURAL RESPONSE MATRIX......Page 116
CULTURAL FLUENCY......Page 122
SUMMARY......Page 124
CHAPTER THREE: SUMMARY QUESTIONS......Page 125
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 126
WHEN TO PROVIDE MORE THAN ADVICE......Page 127
DRAWING THE LINE BETWEEN ADVICE AND EXPLORATION......Page 129
ADVICE GIVING IS EASY......Page 130
CHARACTERISTICS OF A HELPING RELATIONSHIP......Page 134
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS MODEL......Page 137
FINAL THOUGHTS......Page 152
SUMMARY......Page 153
CHAPTER FOUR: SUMMARY QUESTIONS......Page 154
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 155
ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS......Page 156
STRATEGIES FOR PROBLEM SOLVING......Page 162
PROBLEM SOLVING OUTSIDE THE BOX......Page 174
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY QUESTIONS......Page 181
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 183
ADVANTAGES OF GROUPS......Page 185
A GROUP IS A SYSTEM......Page 188
STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROUP MATURATION......Page 202
FACTORS THAT PROMOTE POSITIVE GROUP FUNCTIONING......Page 203
SUMMARY......Page 209
CHAPTER SIX: SUMMARY QUESTIONS......Page 210
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 211
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE......Page 212
PRACTICES OF SUCCESSFUL LEADERS......Page 217
PRACTICAL TIPS AND STRATEGIES......Page 224
GROUP EXPERIENCES FOR INTERPERSONAL GROWTH......Page 232
SPECIAL PROBLEMS CONFRONTING PEER EDUCATORS LEADING GROUPS......Page 236
CHAPTER SEVEN: SUMMARY QUESTIONS......Page 243
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 245
STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS: WHAT DO WE KNOW?......Page 246
THREE CATEGORIES OF FACTORS INFLUENCING STUDENT SUCCESS......Page 249
PERSONAL VARIABLES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE......Page 252
NOW WHAT? A PROCESS MODEL TO HELP STUDENTS SUCCEED......Page 265
SUMMARY......Page 274
CHAPTER EIGHT: SUMMARY QUESTIONS......Page 275
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 276
THE THREE CS: CHANGE, CHOICE, AND CONNECTION......Page 277
RESOURCES AND REFERRAL......Page 280
ONLINE RESOURCES......Page 287
SUMMARY......Page 294
CHAPTER NINE: SUMMARY QUESTIONS......Page 295
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 296
WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN A CODE OF ETHICAL PRACTICE FOR PEER EDUCATORS?......Page 298
PRINCIPLES TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF PEER PRACTICE......Page 299
VALUES PROMOTION BEYOND A CODE OF ETHICS......Page 309
CONCLUSION......Page 312
CHAPTER TEN: SUMMARY QUESTIONS......Page 313
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 314
RICH LEARNING: STUDY ABROAD AND SERVICE LEARNING......Page 315
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND ACADEMIC INTEGRITY......Page 321
HEALTH AND WELLNESS PRACTICES......Page 323
AN ENVIRONMENT OF SAFETY AND NONVIOLENCE FOR ALL......Page 333
LIVING WELL TOGETHER......Page 335
SUMMARY......Page 338
Glossary......Page 341
References......Page 349
Index......Page 359