Raising achievement with adolescents in secondary education - the school counsellor's perspective

Author: Ryan, Julie Anne

Source: British Educational Research Journal, Volume 33, Number 4, August 2007 , pp. 551-563(13)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

This qualitative study used data from semi-structured interviews with eight school counsellors working with adolescents in secondary education and asked them how they perceived counselling interventions as helping to raise achievement. The present context in secondary education is perceived as results led. This adheres to government policy as manifested in the National Curriculum and the examination system. However at a grass roots level there is a growing acceptance of having counsellors working in schools to support the emotional and psychological needs of children and adolescents. The counsellors identified three areas in which they felt their clients' achievement was raised through a counselling intervention: developmentally, socially and less directly, academically. Further study is called for to explore what effect applying a complementary integration and understanding of counselling and educational philosophy might have on raising achievement with adolescents in secondary education.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01411920701434060

Affiliations: 1: Previously University of Hertfordshire, UK

Publication date: 2007-08-01

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