Teaching counselors and therapists : constructivist and developmental course design / written and edited by Karen Eriksen and Garrett McAuliffe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eriksen, Karen, 1956-

McAuliffe, Garrett.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational counseling--Study and teaching (Higher).

Educational counseling.

Constructivism (Psychology).

Student counselors--Training of.

Student counselors.

Physical Description:

xii, 366 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 2001.

Summary:

Devoted to teaching and course design ideas exclusively for counselor education.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Guidelines for Constructivist Teaching / Garrett McAuliffe 1

The Paradox of the Constructivist Impulse 1

Guidelines for Constructivist Teaching 4

2 Introduction to Counseling: A Preliminary Construction of the Professional Reality / Yvonne L. Callaway, Sue A. Stickel 13

Reality 13

Course Purpose, Process, Content, and Learning Objectives 15

Instructional Processes 21

Guided Practice as a Tool for Evaluation and Goal Setting 25

Reflections on Teaching the Introductory Course 26

3 Constructing the Helping Interview / Karen Eriksen, Garrett McAuliffe 41

The Learning Sequence: A Bias Toward Activity 45

Evaluation 54

4 Using Kelly's Personal Construct Theory as a Meta-Structure to Teach a Counseling Theories Course / Suni Petersen 71

Rationale for Choice of Theories in the Course 73

Kelly's Basic Postulate and Corollaries 76

5 Discovering Assessment / Carolyn Oxenford 93

Constructivism Meets the Assessment Course 94

Part I Establishing Goals 96

Part II Tasks, Activities, and Methods 102

Part III Evaluations in the Assessment Course 108

6 Teaching Group Counseling: A Constructivist Approach / Bill Bruck 113

Course Design 114

Progressive Skill Training Method 114

The Training Group 115

Other Course Features 117

The Instructor's Role 117

The Constructivist Approach 117

Opportunities and Challenges in the Constructivist Approach 122

7 Teaching Counseling Research from a Constructivist Perspective / Mary Lee Nelson, Pamela O. Paisley 125

Constructivist Principles 126

Seminar in Counseling Research, University of Washington 127

Doctoral-Level Research Groups 133

An Integrated Approach to Research at the Master's Level 135

8 A Constructivist Approach to the Teaching of Career Counseling / Judy Emmett 139

Introductory Session in a Constructivist Career Counseling Course 141

Teaching Career Theory 144

Teaching Career Assessment 145

Teaching the Use of Career Information 149

9 Educating Supervisors: A Constructivist Approach to the Teaching of Supervision / Susan Allstetter Neufeldt 169

Constructivism and the Education of Supervisors 170

Reflectivity 170

The Training Sequence: Supervision Theory and Practicum 172

The Risks of Constructivist Supervision Training 180

10 Constructing Learning Communities in Pre-Practicum and Practicum Seminars / Kathy O'Byrne 185

The Constructivist Rationale: Trusting Oneself in a Community of Learners 185

Themes for the Constructivist Practicum 188

Creating Objectives in Dialogue 189

Specific Constructivist Instructional Practices 191

Assessment of Learning 196

11 Renaming and Rethinking the "Diagnosis and Treatment" Course / Victoria E. White 203

Applying Postmodern Theory to Assessment and Collaborative Counseling Plan Development 204

Applying Constructivist Principles to Teaching Client Assessment and Planning 207

Writing Activities 213

12 Transformative Learning Experiences in Graduate Classes on Counseling Children and Adolescents / Ann Vernon, Toni R. Tollerud 219

Personalizing Teaching 220

Varying the Structure 222

Encouraging Exploration of Multiple Perspectives 228

Encouraging Intrapersonal Awareness 230

13 Family Counseling Training and the Constructivist Classroom / Thomas Russo 235

Social Constructionism and Multiple Voices 236

Some Constructivist Trends in Family Therapy 237

Applications of Constructivist Principles to Family Counseling Education 240

Specific Constructivist Approaches and Activities in the Classroom 242

14 Constructivist and Developmental School Counselor Education / Shelley A. Jackson, Susan DeVaney 255

Toward a Constructivist and Developmental Identity for School Counseling Students: Infusing Context, Phase, Stage, and Style into the Program 257

Integrating Constructivist Principles into the Introduction to School Counseling Course 261

15 Community Agency Counseling: Teaching About Management and Administration / Rick Myer 275

Cacrep Guidelines for Education in Community Agency Work 276

Educational Research Foundations for a Course on Community Agencies 277

Application of Project-Based Cooperative Learning in the Classroom 280

Evaluation 286

16 Student Development Education as the Practice of Liberation: A Constructivist Approach / Jane Fried 293

The Unraveling of Objectivist Knowing: Connecting The Knower and The Known 294

The Evolution of Student Development Theory: Toward Transformative Learning 295

Intentional Student Development as Liberatory Education 297

The Cultural Limitations of Student Development Theory 298

Theories of Mattering and Involvement 301

New Pedagogies for Teaching Student Development Theory 303

17 Teaching Substance Abuse Counseling: Constructivist Hyperlinks From Classroom to Clients / Jane J. Carroll, James A. Bazan 319

Goals for a Course in Substance Abuse Counseling 320

Perspectives on Substance Dependence 321

The Constructivist Teaching of Substance Abuse Counseling 323

18 Positivism-Plus: A Constructivist Approach to Teaching Psychopharmacology to Counselors / R. Elliott Ingersoll, Cecile Brennan 335

The Medical Model, Constructivism, and Counselor Training 337

Components of the Psychopharmacology Course 344

The Positivist Bases and Positivism-Plus: Toward Constructivist Directions and Methods 346.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0897897951

OCLC:

45575363