Learning and Motivation in School Counseling.

This course will cover major theories of learning and motivation as they apply to school counseling settings. Principles of attribution, self-efficacy, goal setting, conditioning and information processing will be applied to student achievement and academic development as well as to the counseling experience as a type of learning process. Emphasis will be placed on the role of the counselor as a consultant to teachers, in support services for students with learning and motivation difficulties, and in psychoeducational and ecological interventions. The course is designed for the graduate students to experience their own learning and motivational processes.

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