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Issues in Multicultural Counselor Education
Author(s) -
Niles F. Sushila
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of multicultural counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2161-1912
pISSN - 0883-8534
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1912.1993.tb00579.x
Subject(s) - categorization , multiculturalism , counselor education , multicultural education , cultural bias , cultural competence , psychology , cultural pluralism , cultural diversity , higher education , process (computing) , pedagogy , social psychology , sociology , epistemology , political science , anthropology , computer science , philosophy , law , operating system
The author argues for a culture‐specific program for counselor education with the caveat that within a culture each individual is unique, examines the process of categorization as a possible device in generating cross‐cultural understanding, and suggests that education should identify cultural bias to keep it to a minimum.