ERIC Number: EJ1160066
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-2168-3603
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Proposing a Collaborative Approach for School Counseling
Kok, Jin Kuan; Low, Sew Kim
International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, v5 n4 p281-289 2017
School counseling services in Malaysia have remained unpopular since their establishment in 1963. Given the rising challenges faced by school children, there is a need to conduct a qualitative study to understand the school counselors' experiences, their counseling approaches working with secondary school students in Malaysia, and also how the students could better benefit from their services. A total of 12 school counselors were interviewed using a semistructured interview approach. A thematic analysis was conducted to discover the emerging themes from the interview scripts. The findings revealed the voices of school counselors who yearned for better collaborative school counseling approaches. Therefore, a collaborative approach demonstrating how various educational stakeholders such as schoolteachers, parents, and the wider community can work collaboratively in the Malaysian secondary school context is proposed.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Cooperation, Secondary School Students, Semi Structured Interviews, Counselor Attitudes, Stakeholders, Social Bias, Questionnaires, School Counselors, Counselor Role, Student Needs, Qualitative Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Malaysia
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