School counsellors' perceptions of a guidance and counselling programme in Malawi's secondary schools

Maluwa-Banda, Dixie

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“…However, a brief survey of studies suggests that high school counseling professions in the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East might share a number of characteristics and challenges. It also suggests that, despite the fact that school systems, position titles, and professional training and credentialing requirements vary from country to country, intermediating activities appear to be central to the profession in other societies (Chan 2005 on counselors in Hong Kong; Erhard and Harel 2005 on Israel; Lairio and Nissilä 2002 on Finland; Leuwerke and Shi 2010 on urban China; Maluwa‐Banda 1998 on Malawi; McMahon and Patton 2000 on Australia; Nazli 2006 on Turkey; Romano et al. 2005 on Asia‐Pacific countries).…”

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Mediators of Opportunity: High School Counselors in the 21st Century

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2011

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Over the second half of the 20th century sociologists of education and inequality variously criticized high school counselors (seeing them as stratifying gatekeepers) or downplayed their significance (seeing them as impartial but ineffective). Today, sociologists of education might predict that counselors have little ability to shape students’ long‐run educational or occupational trajectories. This essay outlines two models that have led to this prediction: the concerted gatekeeping and the impartial cultivator models. It then identifies a set of trends that suggest that high school counselors – whether by serving students in one‐on‐one interactions or serving them more collectively – should be viewed as intermediaries, occupying a place in the broader population of intermediaries in our society. Specifically, like other intermediaries, school counselors have the organizational capacity and the professional mandate to take responsibility for their clients’ well‐being and mobility and are structurally positioned to do so.

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Mediators of Opportunity: High School Counselors in the 21st Century

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2011

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“…These include admission processes and referral to other schools or institutions following students' graduation. In Maluwa-Banda's (1998) study conducted in Malawi, role clarity was one of the key issues discussed in the context of school counsellors' perceptions of the guidance and counselling programme. Bunce and Willower (2001) also reported in their study of counsellors' subculture in American schools that counsellors often have to manage role ambiguity.…”

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Considering the Challenges of Counselling Practice in Schools

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2009

Int J Adv Counselling

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School counselling is developing rapidly in many countries around the World. As with any practice in a secondary setting, challenges and special issues are often identified, discussed, and managed. These can be categorized into four distinct domains: 1) Internal challenges, which include issues related to clientele groups, teachers' attitudes towards counselling, and students' willingness to seek counseling; 2) External challenges, which refer to social-economic changes beyond the school. These include popular culture, globalization and societal trends of more families and students moving across borders; 3) Systems challenges, which are those within the guidance programmes implemented by ministries, schools or counselling bodies. These issues may reside in the guidelines for practice in schools, referral procedures, and resource planning; 4) Personal challenges, which relate to the needs as well as the skills of the counsellor. Some examples here are training, supervision, and attitudes towards school systems. The four domains and interactions among them are discussed in this paper.

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School counsellors' perceptions of a guidance and counselling programme in Malawi's secondary schools

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Mediators of Opportunity: High School Counselors in the 21st Century

Mediators of Opportunity: High School Counselors in the 21st Century

Considering the Challenges of Counselling Practice in Schools

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