The Educator as Counsellor

Course aim

To enable students to develop basic counselling skills and to build a referral network appropriate to their context.

Course content

Experiential learning, personal growth and development; the role of educator as counsellor; awareness of self, abilities, limitations, biases; individual consultation and referral skills; cultural perspectives; working with adolescents; dealing with personal issues; working as part of cross-disciplinary teams; developing networks to support work as counsellor.

Textbook(s)

Nelson-Jones, R 2005, Practical counselling and helping skills, 5th edition, SAGE, London, Thousand Oaks, CA

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
EDUC 1062	Facilitating Learning with Adults

The listed prerequisite or equivalent knowledge and skills from TAA04 or TAA10 Training Packages. Please note, there is no prerequisite requirement for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education specialisations in Early Childhood Education, Primary and Primary/Middle.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External (Online learning activities)	3 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Learning log/Journal, Portfolio

Note: This is a non-graded course and your result will be a pass or fail.

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1A)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.