TY - JOUR
T1 - Making the Road by Walking
T2 - Using Role-Play and Instructor Feedback to Teach Basic Counseling Skills to Singaporean Trainee Educational Psychologists
AU - Kit, Phey Ling
AU - Garces-Bacsal, Rhoda Myra
AU - Burgetova, Kristina
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Start-Up Grant SUG 14/13 KPL, awarded by the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Copyright © International School Psychology Association.
PY - 2015/10/2
Y1 - 2015/10/2
N2 - This study focused on the experiential learning experiences of eight trainee educational psychologists (school psychologists in the United States) from Singapore who participated in three role-play sessions during a two-day Basic Counseling Skills Training Program. Data collected from transcriptions of video-recorded sessions, a focus group discussion session, and responses to qualitative questionnaires were analyzed using Strauss and Corbin's Grounded Theory. The results of this study revealed that Western-style counseling andragogies such as realistic role-plays and immediate instructor feedback could be used effectively to teach Singaporean trainee educational psychologists basic counseling skills, and to broaden their understanding of the role of an educational psychologist. The study also revealed that the experience of failure in a role-play could be a motivator to change their practice both within and outside the classroom.
AB - This study focused on the experiential learning experiences of eight trainee educational psychologists (school psychologists in the United States) from Singapore who participated in three role-play sessions during a two-day Basic Counseling Skills Training Program. Data collected from transcriptions of video-recorded sessions, a focus group discussion session, and responses to qualitative questionnaires were analyzed using Strauss and Corbin's Grounded Theory. The results of this study revealed that Western-style counseling andragogies such as realistic role-plays and immediate instructor feedback could be used effectively to teach Singaporean trainee educational psychologists basic counseling skills, and to broaden their understanding of the role of an educational psychologist. The study also revealed that the experience of failure in a role-play could be a motivator to change their practice both within and outside the classroom.
KW - Educational psychologists
KW - Singapore
KW - andragogy
KW - awareness
KW - basic counseling skills training
KW - roles
KW - school psychologists
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U2 - 10.1080/21683603.2015.1070778
DO - 10.1080/21683603.2015.1070778
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85050721548
SN - 2168-3603
VL - 3
SP - 241
EP - 255
JO - International Journal of School and Educational Psychology
JF - International Journal of School and Educational Psychology
IS - 4
ER -