The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of bibliotherapy education on the social-emotional skills of psychological counselling and guidance candidates. The test group of the study consisted of psychological counselling and guidance students who participated voluntarily in the course named “Applied Counselling and Bibliotherapy”. A pre-test and post-test experimental design without a control group was used in the study. The Social Skills Inventory was used, for determining the social skills level of students before and after they are provided with bibliotherapy education. It was concluded from the study that there is a significant difference in the general scores for the social skills of female students after bibliotherapy education and the scores they obtained in the sub-dimensions of social expressivity. With the given reading materials and method of delivery, when the effect of bibliotherapy education on social skills level was compared, it was found in the final test that female students’ scores in the sub-dimensions of emotional expressivity and social control were significantly higher than those of male students. However, it was concluded that male students’ scores in the sub-dimension of emotional control were higher than those of female students.

This research was conducted to investigate the relation between the empathic tendencies and classroom management skills of high school teachers. The study aims   to examine whether there is a relation between the classroom management skills and empathic tendencies of high school teachers. The participants of this study include teachers who worked at high schools in Northern Cyprus during the academic year 2015-2016. 30 teachers participated in this research. The research data was collected with “Empathic Tendency Scale” and “Classroom Management Skills Scale”. The scale consisted of three parts. The first part of the scale consisted of personal information the second part included 20 attitude statements to measure the empathic tendency, and in the third part, 40 evaluation statements were used to measure classroom management skills. The data obtained from the scales were coded and analyzed in computer environment by using statistical package program. In the analysis of the data obtained, arithmetic mean, standard deviation and correlation analysis were used. As a result of the analysis, there was no significant difference between high school teachers’ classroom management skills and empathic tendencies. Therefore, no study supporting this result was found. Therefore, more studies needs to be done. Due to the small number of the participants, the connection between variables such as gender, age, and marital status and the variables dealt with in this study could not be evaluated.        Keywords: Empathy, Classroom Management, Education, Education Management, Management Skills

In accordance with the new social order required by the new type corona virus, several areas such as education, health, culture and transportation continue to transform with the social policies followed by states. The states, where the virus has spread and affected the whole world, make new regulations in the context of social policy and develop new models. In this case, it is seen that a link is established between politics and biological life. Depending on biological processes, governments focus on the needs of the era and social life. Thus, it is observed that a "bio-political" transformation is under construction. After the Covid 19 pandemic, all governments have imposed new social regulations so that they can implement education policies as an effective social government policy. In this regard, the statements that it would be the right decision to interrupt face-to-face education for a while in educational institutions came to the fore. In addition, the necessity of taking social measures in order not to keep students away from education and to ensure the continuity of education was also among the issues emphasized. From this point of view, the aim of the study is to evaluate and interpret the requests submitted by university students studying in our country during the Covid 19 pandemic to the hotline established by the TRNC Higher Education and Foreign Relations Office (YÖDİD). The study was carried out with a qualitative method and uses a case study design. Hotline reports were used as data collection tools. Findings obtained were interpreted by descriptive analysis. Requests between 07 April - 17 May 2020 have been included in the research. Support requests focused on issues such as return to the country, food, online education problems, payment problems and scholarship.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the views of psychological counseling and guidance students on the impact of structured bibliotherapy application on their social and emotional skills.  The research was conducted through a case study, interviews and content analysis. The study group of the research consisted of 30 people from the 3rd grade psychological counseling and guidance students studying at the Faculty of Education of a private university in Cyprus in the 2017-18 academic year.  According to the results obtained from the study, it is seen that psychological counseling and guidance department students underline that the tales used in bibliotherapy supported group guidance activities are didactic, educative, impressive, instructive and awareness-raising. In addition, it was observed that the students of the psychological counseling and guidance department agreed that their social emotional gains in bibliotherapy supported group counseling activities strengthened communication, contributed to their ability to look at different perspectives, to think more broadly, to get rid of prejudices, and to possess empathic thinking skills.

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