The Construction of Support System for Teachers by a School Counselor.

1998 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 09610097
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 教育・社会系心理学
• Research Institution: YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY
• Principal Investigator: FUJIOKA Takashi Yamagata University, Faculty of Education, Associated professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (30199301)
• Project Period (FY): 1997 – 1998
• Keywords: school counseling / school counselor / school counseling system / occupational development of teachers / school psychology / support system / peer counseling / consultation

Research Abstract

The present research investigated the current issues through lots of questionnaires about School Counseling and discussions with American School Counselors, such as attempts to construct a teacher-oriented school counseling system, focusing on homeroom teachers and specific to Japan. In conclusion, six points of the roles as a Japanese school counselor are proposed for a perspective (1) the importance of not only individual and group counseling, but also of consultation, coordination, and peer counseling ; (2) the necessity of intervention by the school counselor, (3) clarification of the role of psychologists and the contribution that they play in the planning of individualized educational programs, (4) promotion of empirical and practical investigations of instruction that focus on a clinical point of view, (5) promotion of empirical and practical investigations focusing on clinical aspects of education, in order to enhance teachers' occupational development, and (6) promotion of empirical and practical investigations to clarify what teachers do when they are teaching, what psychological professionals do, and coordination between these two fields.