Unit name | Professional Issues in Educational Counselling |
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Unit code | EDUCM5195 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Professor. Tim Bond |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Education |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit provides an opportunity to critically reflect on professional issues encountered by counsellors in educational settings and the professional norms that inform the responses. It will consider cultural factors; professional ethics; inter-professional collaboration; counselling supervision; and, continuing professional development.
This unit aims to:
The students will be able to:
A variety of approaches to learning and teaching will be used including: tutor input, small group discussion, experiential work particularly focussed on the use of supervision, case studies, student led seminars and presentations, the use of audiovisual materials.
The needs of a wide range of students, including those with disabilities, international students and those from ethnic minority backgrounds have been considered. It is not anticipated that the teaching and assessment methods used will cause disadvantage to any person taking the unit. The Graduate School of Education is happy to address individual support requests as necessary.
Students will undertake a number of preparatory exercises during the unit to prepare them for this assessment which will be supported by group discussion and formative feedback.
The assessed work will consist of the equivalent of a 4,000 word assignment which examines a professional issue in depth by setting out the context, analyses theoretical and practical dimensions of the selected issue informed by examples, and makes recommendations on the basis of reasoned argument on the optimum way of managing the issue. The topic will be agreed in advance with a tutor.