A questionnaire was sent to Canadian counselor educators regarding the nature of training opportunities in counselor education. Fourteen universities were identified as offering masters degrees in counseling and were compared on several variables. Recommendations for improvements and development in counselor education training were discussed.…

In this institute, the participants were trained to use peripheral computer related equipment. They were taught Fortran programming skills so they might write and redimension statistical formulary programs, and they were trained to assemble data so they might access computers via both card and punched-tape input. The objectives of the Institute…

This information analysis paper, based on a search of the ERIC data base, deals with methods of evaluating counselor effectiveness. A review of the literature summarizes research concerning counselors and counselor educators, and suggests implications for both groups. Issues and trends for practitioners include certification and licensing;…

The design of this study closely follows one by Broverman in order to test the applicability of results to graduate students in counseling and counselor education programs. Subjects were administered the Sex-Role Questionnaire; masculinity, femininity, and adult agreement and health scores were computed and compared by t-tests. Results indicated…

This bulletin offers information which should be useful to counselor educators, state supervisory staffs in guidance, college administrators, potential counselor trainees, and counselors desiring advanced training. Information for the inventory was obtained through a survey questionnaire, sent to all counselor education institutions listed in the…

Coordination of counselor education and supervision is one of the major issues demanding immediate attention. Various background aspects are discussed: (1) the need for counseling supervision, (2) the function of counseling supervision, (3) the goals of supervision, (4) the status of supervision, and (5) the purposes of this study. Included in…

Lists six global conditions (constraints to individual freedom; change and overchoice; laborers and work; age; urbanization; and population) and discusses the implications of each for counselor preparation and supervision. (BP)

One opportunity for colleges to have an impact is in assisting teachers in operating a classroom on democratic principles. This article provides a rationale for and a description of the democratic classroom, and gives some suggestions for counselor educators to assist in staff development for teachers in a school system. (Author)

Two factors in the relationship between counselor education programs and elementary and secondary schools have provided continuing issues of contention. First is the debate between the idealism assigned to counselor education programs and the realism encountered in the school setting. A second factor addresses the concept that training…

Summarizes the development of guidance and counseling and the concurrent development of counselor education in Malaysia. Four currrent counselor education programs in Malaysia are described. The need for school counselors in Malaysia is addressed, and differences between the number of counselors needed and the projected number of counselors who…

Examines methods of training counselors and others for intercultural effectiveness as a vehicle for addressing the questions of how cultural expertise is utilized in multicultural training. Explores the notion of expertise as a content issue and an outcome criterion in efforts to train counselors to be more widely effective with culturally diverse…

Responds to Watkins' article on training counseling psychologists to meet current and future needs by addressing the underlying question of professional identity. Lists a few major points relating to identity and training questions and offers suggestions. (ABB)

Surveyed licensing boards in 10 states having professional counselor licensure laws by 1984. Reports data on number of counselors licensed in each state, nature and extent of ethical violations claimed, dispositions of complaints by boards, applicants' performance on ethics sections of licensure examinations, and levels of concern expressed by…

Discusses results of national survey conducted by American Association of Counseling and Development Committee for Standards Review, of counselor preparation programs regarding their intentions related to the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs. Programs were separated into four groups and data were analyzed…

Maccia (1973) described qualitative, quantitative, and performative knowing and explained their relationship to a student-teacher relationship. Maccia's epistemology holds significance for counseling and counselor education. Applications of this epistemology can aid counselor educators and students in making both distinctions and connections…