Learning psychology by doing psychology: guidance through the curriculum

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Recently we have heard the call for counselors, to be involved in classroom activities. Consultation has been one mode for doing that; classroom teaching has been another. Sprinthall and Erickson present the experimental results of a program that has the dual goals of teaching psychological content and promoting psychological growth in individuals. Their article presents the rationale for deliberate psychological education as a mode for individual, direct and developmental intervention in schools. Following the rationale, a detailed description is given of classroom learning experiences actually employed to achieve the overall objectives of psychological maturation of pupils. Descriptions and data are drawn from the current program under development in a public secondary school. The authors also discuss the implications for a new guidance delivery system through the curriculum.
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