Counsellor Roles on Students' Lifelong Learning Understanding (A Psychological Study Based on Ecological System Theory)

Lifelong learning concepts are needed to fulfill learning needs and educational needs in human life. This implication changes the educational paradigm that learning occurs not only in childhood, youth and adulthood but will last for lifelong as long as they live until sixth feet under. The learning includes formal and non-formal education. The paradigm changes include four pillars of education, such as learning to know, learning to do, learning to live together, and learning to be. Counsellors are in strategic positions, as mentioned in micro system circles in ecological system theory by Urie Bronfenbenner. hi this circle, interactions, in which the individual is involved and those between significant other, such quality of marital relationship can affect and be affected by individual. This positions show counsellors to be those who are head to head to individuals or students who also embed lifelong learning principles. The open chances can lead students to gain knowledge together, build understandings about learning to live autonomously, actualise self potentials, and learn to live with the society