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Training Pedagogy Students for Counseling in Educational Institutions

Counseling that school counselors provide in educational institutions is only one of their tasks within the very demanding and challenging school setting. Scientific research and pedagogical practice have shown that there is still considerable room for a more comprehensive post-secondary education of future pedagogues. At this level, special attention must be devoted to their training for quality counseling work. Given its sensitivity, responsibility and complexity, counseling work should be founded in the relevant theories that would provide the counselor with a firm foothold and orientation for conducting an effective consultation. Otherwise, all educational efforts could be counterproductive. The paper reports on the experience of training Pedagogy students for the counseling work within the course “Partnership of Family and Educational Institution” at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split (Croatia) in the academic year 2019/20. Acknowledging the complexity of counseling work, an (additional) elective course, which would enable students to acquire the necessary basic counseling competencies, should be introduced in the curriculum.

counseling ; tertiary education ; pedagogue ; practice ; school counselor

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