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Tutors’ stories of personal development training – attempting to maximize the learning potential
Author(s) -
Spencer Lesley
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
counselling and psychotherapy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1746-1405
pISSN - 1473-3145
DOI - 10.1080/14733140600705015
Subject(s) - personal development , narrative , strengths and weaknesses , psychology , medical education , training (meteorology) , pedagogy , face (sociological concept) , work (physics) , applied psychology , medicine , social psychology , engineering , sociology , psychotherapist , social science , linguistics , philosophy , physics , mechanical engineering , meteorology
This paper uses a narrative approach to examine some of the dilemmas that counselling trainers face when designing and running personal development activities as part of a Diploma in Counselling training programme. The research emerges from a focus group discussion by the tutors involved in piloting and evaluating an experimental personal development training programme. The themes examined include: the strengths and weaknesses of unstructured group work; whether structured activities helped quieter members to participate and learn more; how trainers can evaluate and assess students learning in relation to personal development in order to maximize student learning potential. The aim is to invite debate and further re‐tellings from other counselling trainers and practitioners in the field.