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Issues and Criteria in Developing Psychological Education Programs for Elementary Schools
Author(s) -
AUBREY ROGER F.
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.tb00880.x
Subject(s) - vagueness , psychology , inclusion (mineral) , counselor education , primary education , subject matter , school psychology , pedagogy , mathematics education , higher education , curriculum , social psychology , political science , philosophy , linguistics , law , fuzzy logic
The inclusion of elementary school guidance and counseling within the current structure of American education is questioned by an examination of the ACES / ASCA joint policy statement on the role and responsibilities of the elementary school counselor. It is suggested that the vagueness and abstruseness of most definitions of elementary guidance and counseling are largely attributable to a lack of conceptual roots in a subject‐matter discipline, developmental psychology, and the process of education. The notion of development as the central focus of guidance and counseling is then explored with particular emphasis on development as primary prevention.