PED523 Advisement and Counselling.
- ECTS Credits:
- 15
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Humanities and Education
- Course Leader:
- Grethe Ingebrigtsvold Sæbø
- Lecture Semester:
- Autumn
- Teaching language:
- Norwegian.
- Duration:
- 1 term
The course is connected to the following study programs
- Master's programme in Special Needs Education
Teaching language
Norwegian.Prerequisites
Successful completion of examinations from first-semester courses in the Master's Degree Programme in Education (PED424 and PED425).
Course contents
The course consists of three main components: 1) counselling and advisement within changing contexts 2) educational-psychological counselling and 3) professional conversations.
The course provides insight into central concepts such as counselling, advisement and consultation, including discussion with respect to possible conflicts arising between individual, societal and professional needs and objectives. Insight is also provided into various theoretical approaches to counseling and advisement as well as experience with practical approaches to counseling and advisement tasks. Emphasis is placed on students¿ development of an analytical and reflective viewpoint regarding these various approaches as well as adapting methods and strategies to changing contexts. The course focuses especially on educational-psychological counselling in theory and practice; this topic will be highlighted from both individual and system-based perspectives. This focus also includes theoretical and practical approaches to various professional conversations. Moreover, within all of these main course components, emphasis is placed on discussing ethical dilemmas which may arise during counselling and advisement sessions.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:
-be able to analyse and apply concepts such as counselling, advisement and consultation
-possess knowledge of and skills to assume a critical stance and apply various theoretical approaches in order to solve counselling and advisement issues on both an individual and organisational level
-possess the insight and skills necessary to be able to work independently with educational-psychological counselling from both an individual and system-based perspective
-possess both an analystical and reflected stance with regard to their own role in professional conversations as well as the necessary skills to complete professional conversations with children, pupils, students, parents/guardians and colleagues, for example in daycare centres, schools and the public sector
-be able to identify and find solutions to ethical dilemmas based on a basic set of values
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussions, group work and group hand-in assignment (including advisement). There is also a compulsory assignment-related seminar during which the groups present the work they have completed on the assignment up to that point in time (and provide feedback on each other¿s work).
In addition to the above seminar, there is a compulsory seminar with self-study during which students apply theoretical knowledge to realistic practice-related problems. Students and teachers provide comments and feedback as well as discuss various problems arising during their own self-study experiences.
Evaluation
The study programme manager, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1. Information about evaluation method for the course will be posted on Canvas.
Admission for external candidates
No.
Assessment methods and criteria
Written group-based term paper in which students describe, critically evaluate and discuss a practical counselling/advisement situation based on various theoretical approaches.
Grades assessment.
Reduction of Credits
This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:
| Course | Reduction of Credits |
|---|---|
| PED962 – Veiledning og rådgivning | 15 |
| PED971 – Mentoring and tutoring for supervisors, practice teachers and mentors in kindergarten and school | 15 |
| PED971 – Mentoring and tutoring for supervisors, practice teachers and mentors in kindergarten and school | 15 |
| PED992 – Veilederutdanning grunnemne. Veiledningsteori og metode | 15 |
| PED982 – Veiledningspedagogikk 1 for praksislærere i skolen | 15 |
| PED512 – Counselling | 5 |