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Expectations and Perceptions of the Role of the Guidance Counselor as Described by Students and Parents
Author(s) -
MASON EMANUEL J.,
ARNOLD DANIEL S.,
HYMAN IRWIN A.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.1975.tb00866.x
Subject(s) - psychology , perception , counselor education , social psychology , ideal (ethics) , graduate students , higher education , pedagogy , philosophy , epistemology , neuroscience , political science , law
This study compared the students' and parents' views with respect to both the perceived and the ideal role of the secondary school counselor. It was found that parents assigned higher ratings to both perceptions and expectations of counselors than did students, and both parents and students held higher expectations than perceptions of counselors. Apparently irreconcilable conflicts among idealized roles were found, which suggested implications for counselor training programs.