Teacher as Counsellor
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Course code
KAT7021.HR
old course code
KAT7021
Course title in Estonian
Õpetaja kui juht ja nõustaja
Course title in English
Teacher as Counsellor
ECTS credits
4.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
Form a frame of social psychological processes and phenomena (teaching and education process management, group processes) in school and accurate approach in case of students´ problematic behavior. Form basic knowledge about intervention strategies (counselling and consulting) and main counselling skills for being the primary facilitator for students and a supporter for colleagues and parents. Give an overview of class teacher´s assignments.
Brief description of the course
Management concepts, management functions. Different approaches to management styles. Group, group processes´consideration in teacher´s work. Evaluation of teacher´s effective communication skills. Councelling activity in teachers work, its essence and purpose. Various forms of assistance. Consulting of parents and teachers. Stages ofcouncelling process. Analyze of councelling skills. Main skills and personality qualities of counsellor. Class teacher´s assignments and roles in modern school.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- is able to analyze social-psychological problems in school;
- is able to analyze proper and efficient operating in problematic situations in school environment;
- has the basic knowledge on interference strategies (in counselling and consulting) and main counselling skills to be the initial facilitator for pupils, supporter for colleagues and parents in school;
- has an idea of school teacher´s work at school.
Teacher
Dots. Katrin Kullasepp, lekt Mai Normak
Study programmes containing that course
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