A Role for the Counselor Educator in Teacher Education

Abstract

Teacher education can use the knowledge and skills counselor education takes for granted. This article outlines a role for counselor education in preservice teacher education by describing two programs in which a counselor education faculty has contributed to the improvement of teacher education. Both programs—one facilitating the career development of prospective teachers and the other, teaching human relation skills to prospective teachers—have been integrated into the teacher education curriculum.

The Impact of Developmental Issues on Human Relations Training for Preservice Teachers

“…Unfortunately, this process has often been described as if it were quite simple and straightforward (Calia, 1974). Although it is known that human relations training produces short-term behavioral changes in trainees' responses (Allgire, 1978;Avery, 1978;Beale, Payton, & Zachary, 1978;Blume, 1978;Calia, 1974;Carkhuff, 1969Carkhuff, , 1972cGantt, Billingsley, & Giordano, 1980;Gazda et al, 1977;Goud, 1975;Hardey & Nadig, 1978;Haynes & Avery, 1970;Kalafat, Boroto, & France, 1979;Long, Paradise, & Coleman, 1978;Meade, 1979), and while it can be argued that human relations training is valuable for preservice teachers (Gazda et al, 1977;Sears, 1980), it seems critical that a closer examination of human relations training for preservice teachers be made.…”

“…The role of counselors and counseling psychologists in training prospective teachers in human relations skills has frequently been identified (Foreman, 1977;Hurst, 1977;Hurst & Parker, 1977;Hurt, 1977;Ivey, 1976Ivey, , 1980Mosher, 1980;Shertzer & Isaacson, 1977;Sprinthall, 1977;Wrenn, 1977). Other writers (Colangelo, Foxley, & Dustin, 1979;Long, 1978;Sears, 1980) also note that there has been a trend in recent years in schools of education to include interpersonal relations training as one component of their teacher training programs.…”

Career Awareness and Self‐Exploration (CASE) Groups: A Self‐Assessment Model for Career Decision Making

“…A unique feature of the program is that it represents a collaborative effort involving faculty and graduate students from four COE departments: Elementary, Secondary, Special, and Counselor Education. In light of the fact that counselor educators are not often significantly involved in preservice or inservice teacher education despite the desirability of such a role (Sears, 1980), the involvement of the counselor education faculty and graduate students is of particular interest. The purpose of this article is to describe the model's use of small groups and the involvement of the Counselor Education Department.…”

Measuring Attitudes Toward Human Relations Training

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This article reports a study designed to develop an instrument to measure attitudes toward human relations training. Test-retest stability and internal consistency reliabilities were established.In recent years there has been an emphasis on promoting interpersonal relationship skills as one component of teacher training programs (Sears, 1980;Sprinthall, 1977). Several models and strategies have been developed for human relations training (Brammer,

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“…In recent years there has been an emphasis on promoting interpersonal relationship skills as one component of teacher training programs (Sears, 1980;Sprinthall, 1977). Several models and strategies have been developed for human relations training (Brammer,…”