School Counsellor-Teacher Collaboration in Student Counselling

• Authors: Senka D. Slijepčević , Sladjana N. Zuković

Abstracts

EN

An active collaboration with teachers is a prerequisite of system based approach to school counselling. The objective of the research was examining the experiences of school counsellors regarding collaboration with teachers in the domain of student counselling in the school setting in Serbia. This research applied a pragmatist qualitative approach using a semi-structured interview. Participants were 81 elementary school counsellors (pedagogues). The results show that teachers are generally open for collaboration during student counselling. Teachers’ acceptance of advice depends on their personality and classroom management style. Conclusions offer recommendations for improving the partnership relations as a basis for effective student counselling.

Keywords

EN

Collaboration; counselling; partnership; school counsellor; teacher

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 63
• Pages: 237-247

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Senka D. Slijepčević

• University of Novi Sad

author

Sladjana N. Zuković

• University of Novi Sad

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.21.63.1.19

Biblioteka Nauki

1964026