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Counseling and social issues: Counselor education in the California State University

Nieto, Jesus.   The Claremont Graduate University and San Diego State University ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  1990. 9032590.

Abstract (summary)

This study investigated the extent to which 20 selected social issues relating to oppression, global consciousness, health, and academic factors are being addressed in counselor education programs throughout the CSU. The purposes were to examine (a) CSU counselor education faculty's attitudes towards the issues and the extent to which they are addressing them in their teaching, and (b) the attitudes of 1984-88 graduates from two SDSU counselor education programs towards those issues and on the extent to which the issues were addressed by their programs. The 20 selected social issues were identified through the research literature and through interviews with SDSU counselor education faculty. Ten null hypotheses were formulated and tested.

The study used tow comparable surveys, one for faculty and one for graduates. The counselor education faculty at the 12 CSU campuses which offer a master's degree in counseling were the target group for the faculty survey. SDSU counselor education full-time program graduates from 1984-88 were targeted for a companion survey to cross-validate the faculty survey and to provide the student perspective on what issues should be addressed by counselor education. The response rates from these two groups were 29% (N = 58 faculty) and 50% (N = 124 students) respectively. The analysis of the data yielded three significant findings: First, the CSU counselor education faculty are not collectively addressing any of the selected social issues at anywhere near the level at which they themselves think appropriate. Secondly, the SDSU graduates believe that all 20 social issues should be addressed significantly more by counselor education than their programs addressed them. Lastly, female, ethnic, and politically liberal faculty and students tend to rate the issues as a greater importance than their peers, address them more in their teaching (in the case of the faculty), and perceive themselves to be more personally involved with social activism.

Based on the overall findings of the study, a Transformational Model of Counseling which incorporates both personal and societal concerns is proposed for counselor education programs. To close the gap between faculty attitudes and practice, curriculum revision, increased diversity in faculty and students of counselor education programs, networking, in-service trainings, a social issues resource library on each campus, a mentor program, and further related research are recommended.

Indexing (details)


Subject
Academic guidance counseling;
School counseling
Classification
0519: School counseling
Identifier / keyword
Education
Title
Counseling and social issues: Counselor education in the California State University
Author
Nieto, Jesus
Number of pages
317
Degree date
1990
School code
0760
Source
DAI-A 51/06, Dissertation Abstracts International
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
Country of publication
United States
ISBN
979-8-208-45904-1
Advisor
Ochoa, A.; Poplin, M.
University/institution
The Claremont Graduate University and San Diego State University
University location
United States -- California
Degree
Ph.D.
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language
English
Document type
Dissertation/Thesis
Dissertation/thesis number
9032590
ProQuest document ID
303908687
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/docview/303908687