Teaching is a central role of counselor educators. However, teaching in counselor education lacks guiding standards or best practice recommendations. Existing scholarly dialogue predominantly features the perspectives of educators and addresses content knowledge, techniques, activities, and assignments for courses across the curriculum with relatively less emphasis on foundations of teaching. The purpose of this study was to develop greater understanding of counselor educator dispositions, orientations, and behaviors that students perceive as important to their learning. Q methodology was utilized to gather and distill counselor education students’ (N = 48) preferences for characteristics identified via focus groups and a comprehensive literature review. Factor analysis revealed four distinct factors, upon which 45 participants’ sorts loaded and which accounted for 41% of total variance. The findings of this study support the importance of the person of the counselor educator in the teaching and learning process in addition to behavioral characteristics. Moreover, these findings support the use of student learning style assessments and customization of course facilitation to fit students’ unique preferences and values.

The profession of Psychology in post-apartheid South Africa has been dominated by women, despite attempts to address issues of equity, access and redress in recruitment and training. Certain obstacles to entering the profession, that may be specifically relevant to men, included the longevity and cost of training; the notion that Psychology is a ‘woman’s profession’; and the appeal of more lucrative job opportunities. Women, on the other hand, were often encouraged to enter female-dominated professions such as Psychology and financial support either from one’s family or an economically-independent partner facilitates the pursuit of this career trajectory. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of married females who were embarking on postgraduate study. Using semi-structured interviews, eight married female participants currently enrolled in Professional Masters programmes provided in-depth information on why they took on the dual adjustment of marriage and postgraduate study and what were the challenges and benefits associated with this process. Thematic content analysis was used to interpret these accounts which revealed that the dating phase of relationships often concluded as postgraduate study commenced due to the longevity of the study trajectory. To address the accompanying relationship insecurity, marriage was idealised as offering enhanced security and stability. Despite the notion that Masters and marriage would complement each other in order to overcome the difficulties of marriage and postgraduate study, a blurring of boundaries was experienced between the perceived challenges and benefits as the idealised complementarity was not actualised. Using feminist theory, the study added value to debates on the perpetuating influence of chauvinistic notions regarding marriage and career development for women inherent in the family life cycle theory, as well as explored the implications of the “feminisation” of the profession of Psychology on recruitment, training and future practice of female Psychologists.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-05-22T12:03:24Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Reimy Solange Chagas.pdf: 17867617 bytes, checksum: 998506b0d0df979241cf1de88403888b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-22T12:03:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Reimy Solange Chagas.pdf: 17867617 bytes, checksum: 998506b0d0df979241cf1de88403888b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-05-09 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This research aims to reflect about the absence of multicultural knowledges in the psychologists training, having as an initial reference the history and development of brazilian psychology, where the predominance of professionals from the medical and human sciences delineated and instituted practices based on psychometric and clinical interventionist models. These, in turn, were consolidated as vigorously disseminated discourses, with the purpose of meeting demands aimed at adequacy and developmental social projects, outlining a panorama politically biased by disputes over scientific monopoly in their teaching. The brazilian historical and sociopolitical conjuncture between the 1960s and the 2000s marked indelibly the psychology training, requiring contextualization in the profession intrumentality, regarding their theoreticalmethodological, technical-operational and ethical-political aspects. However, the exponential development of higher education in accordance with neoliberalist commercial logic compromised the quality of this training, whose implications compose the theoretical-methodological framework included in the polysemic concept of the curriculum. Training and curriculum are imbricated concepts, since they concern the theoretical-methodological approaches of the teaching-learning process and his potency as a political-educational instrument, respectively. Therefore, the psycho-political issues underlying the precept of social commitment of psychology require that the curriculum of this formation be consonant and dialogical with the social reality, since isn’t neutral, enunciates speeches, reveals places and has relations of know-power. Nowadays, the post-critical curricular approach is representative of this perspective because it also guides multiculturalism. This refers to the policies of (re) knowledge of cultural diversity, as well as the asymmetries, hierarchies and inequalities that cover and derive from the concept of culture, intrinsic to the term. In the educational field it is related to the decoloniality of knowledge and as one of the elements of innovation in higher education. Because the concept of culture is relatively absent in the curriculum in a way articulated with praxis in psychology, we try to present ethnopsychiatry as an interdisciplinary approach that studies psychics phenomena and their vicissitudes due to the diverse ethnic-cultural groups to which the individuals belong and through the theoretical-methodological articulation between psychism and culture / A presente pesquisa tem como objetivo refletir sobre a ausência de conhecimentos multiculturais na formação de psicólogos (as), tendo como referência inicial a história e o desenvolvimento da psicologia brasileira, onde a predominância de profissionais das áreas médicas e ciências humanas delinearam e instituíram práticas baseadas em modelos intervencionistas psicométricos e clínicos. Estes, por sua vez, se consolidaram como discursos vigorosamente difundidos, com vistas a atender demandas voltadas à adequação e a projetos sociais desenvolvimentistas, delineando um panorama enviesado politicamente pelas disputas por monopólio científico em seu ensino. A conjuntura histórica e sociopolítica brasileira entre os anos de 1960 até os anos 2000 marcou indelevelmente a formação em psicologia, exigindo contextualização na instrumentalidade da profissão referente aos seus aspectos teóricometodológicos, técnico-operacionais e ético-políticos. Porém, o desenvolvimento exponencial do ensino superior em conformidade com lógicas mercantis neoliberalistas, comprometeu a qualidade desta formação, cujas implicações compõem o arcabouço teórico-metodológico presente na polissemia do conceito de currículo. Formação e currículo são conceitos imbricados, pois dizem respeito às abordagens teórico-metodológicas do processo de ensinoaprendizagem e à sua potência como instrumento político-educacional, respectivamente. Deste modo, as questões psicopolíticas subjacentes ao preceito de compromisso social da psicologia exigem que o currículo da sua formação seja consonante e dialógico com a realidade social, haja vista que não é neutro, enuncia discursos, revela lugares e dispõe relações de saber-poder. Na atualidade, a abordagem curricular pós-crítica é representativa desta perspectiva pelo fato de pautar, além disto, o multiculturalismo. Este se refere às políticas de (re) conhecimento da diversidade cultural, bem como das assimetrias, hierarquizações e desigualdades que abrangem e decorrem do conceito de cultura, intrínseco ao termo. No campo educacional se relaciona com a decolonialidade dos saberes e como um dos elementos de inovação no ensino superior. Pelo fato de o conceito de cultura estar relativamente ausente no currículo de maneira articulada com as práxis em psicologia, busca-se apresentar a etnopsiquiatria como uma abordagem interdisciplinar, que estuda fenômenos psíquicos e as suas vicissitudes em função dos diversos grupos étnico-culturais aos quais os indivíduos pertencem e através da articulação teóricometodológica entre psiquismo e cultura

This research investigated students‘ views on the inclusion of multicultural perspectives into the psychology curriculum at two South African universities.54 students from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and a university in the Gauteng province participated in the research. The age of the participants ranged from 20-40 years. Purposive sampling was used to collect the data. Using a competency scale adjusted to suit a South African context participants were asked their views on a) the practice and supervision of psychology b) diversity in student representation c) students were also asked to rate how competent they were in multicultural issues d) research considerations e) if the physical environment reflected diversity. The students were of the view that South African universities have not adequately incorporated multicultural issues, African perspectives in particular, into the curriculum. The recommendations for future research, including curriculum transformation, are highlighted. / Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2012.

The purpose of this study was to gather more information about the process of internationalization in U.S. counseling psychology programs. Participants included 26 training directors and 83 doctoral students, representing 32 of the 63 APA-accredited, active counseling psychology doctoral programs. Results suggested that the presence of international learning opportunities did not increase from 2007 to 2010, with the exception that internationalism was increasingly being incorporated into the definition of multiculturalism. Results also suggested that training directors perceived opportunities to gain international experience in their programs integrated to a greater extent compared to their doctoral students. Doctoral students, however, perceived greater institutional commitment to international learning opportunities compared to their training directors. Finally, results suggested that both sets of respondents’ attitudes were generally favorable toward internationalization. Implications for counseling psychology training programs, as well as recommendations for improving internationalization efforts are discussed. / Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Esta dissertação pretende realizar um estudo de caso, investigar como a proposta teórica da Psicologia Médica aplicou se em uma instituição de ensino e assistência, a Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). O eixo central da análise consiste em demonstrar como os pressupostos iniciais deste campo tinham uma vertente subversiva em relação a prática médica. Fundamentalmente, questionavam-se os padrões universalizantes da ciência nos quais a medicina moderna se estruturou. Havia o objetivo de refundá-la, a partir de bases que não fosse as ditadas pela racionalidade cientifica moderna. A inserção da Psicologia Médica na UERJ retrata uma trajetória marcada por dificuldades e lutas políticas, que implicaram em uma gradual modificação de seu propósito de origem. A disciplina perde seu caráter crítico, de contestação à medicina, para transformar-se em mais uma especialidade médica. / This dissertation intends to conduct a case study to investigate how the theoretical proposal of Medical Psychology applied in an educational institution and assistance, the Universidadey do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). The core of the analysis is to demonstrate how the initial assumptions of this field had a subversive aspect in relation to medical practice. Fundamentally questioned is the universalizing science standards in which modern medicine was structured. Had the objective of refounds it from bases that were not dictated by the modern scientific rationality. The insertion of Medical Psychology at UERJ portrays a trajectory marked by difficulties and political struggles, which resulted in a gradual modification of its original purpose. The discipline loses its critical character, the challenge to medicine, to become more of a medical specialty.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Esta dissertação pretende realizar um estudo de caso, investigar como a proposta teórica da Psicologia Médica aplicou se em uma instituição de ensino e assistência, a Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). O eixo central da análise consiste em demonstrar como os pressupostos iniciais deste campo tinham uma vertente subversiva em relação a prática médica. Fundamentalmente, questionavam-se os padrões universalizantes da ciência nos quais a medicina moderna se estruturou. Havia o objetivo de refundá-la, a partir de bases que não fosse as ditadas pela racionalidade cientifica moderna. A inserção da Psicologia Médica na UERJ retrata uma trajetória marcada por dificuldades e lutas políticas, que implicaram em uma gradual modificação de seu propósito de origem. A disciplina perde seu caráter crítico, de contestação à medicina, para transformar-se em mais uma especialidade médica. / This dissertation intends to conduct a case study to investigate how the theoretical proposal of Medical Psychology applied in an educational institution and assistance, the Universidadey do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). The core of the analysis is to demonstrate how the initial assumptions of this field had a subversive aspect in relation to medical practice. Fundamentally questioned is the universalizing science standards in which modern medicine was structured. Had the objective of refounds it from bases that were not dictated by the modern scientific rationality. The insertion of Medical Psychology at UERJ portrays a trajectory marked by difficulties and political struggles, which resulted in a gradual modification of its original purpose. The discipline loses its critical character, the challenge to medicine, to become more of a medical specialty.

M.A. (Clinical Psychology) / In this project, the author explores, analyses and interprets the experiences of a group of students and teachers who worked together at a farm school for almost a year. Certain pertinent questions relating to the nature of therapy, training, research and community work are examined. The dominant view is that therapy and community work are different activities, requiring different sets of skills, for which different training is needed. Fundamental to this discussion is the issue of what is meant by community. The author proposes that community can be usefully conceptualised as the meaning people give to the evolving processes of their inter-connectedness, and their co-creation of ideas. Furthermore, these processes contain the potential for individuals to experience personal shifts that may be described variously as learning/growth/change/transformation. There is impetus for transformation at the interface between connectedness and disconnectedness. This renders unnecessary any differentiation between the process of training students for clinical and community work. Central to all training would be a person's ability to connect and utilise this connectedness, or its counterpart of disconnectedness, in a meaningful way. Essentially all interactions, including those in a training, therapy, research and community context, could then be viewed as a process of co-creation around people's sense of connectedness disconnectedness. The implications of all the above are that the processes of co-creation of community constitute fundamental elements of training, therapy, research and community work. The author uses an alternative research paradigm, subscribing to the principles of ecological inquiry, according to which research and intervention are inseparable.

M.A. / A review of research titles produced since 1985 at RAU indicates that no formal research has been conducted on the evaluation of the counselling psychology curriculum. An overview of the literature in this field indicates that the profession has not consolidated a unique identity, and its evolution continues since its inception in approximately 1890 together with the origination of the general field of psychology. It thus becomes difficult to define a standard counselling psychology curriculum in this changing growth process, and this study examines only a single curriculum while attempting to determine efficiency, effectiveness and relevance within the changing South African context. Thus while the literature and existing theoretical models served to provide some bench marks in the evaluation process in terms of current trends, the related needs of a diverse and changing South African population were also utilised. It was anticipated that this evaluation process would provide the training system with relevant feedback to be used for possible future implementation. Given the limitations of a dissertation the aim was not to conduct an empirical study, but rather to obtain as much useful information as possible by using a questionnaire with rating scales and open ended questions in order to best determine efficiency, effectiveness and relevance of the training curriculum. While the analysis of the results appears to show that students experienced overall satisfaction with training, except for some modules, a trend is also noted where the programme itself has evolved by better meeting the needs of students. However, it is indicated that the programme does not adequately prepare students for the demands of private practice, and that the emphasis is too academic and less applied, which results in producing adequate knowledge but inadequate skills. Serious consideration is found to be needed regarding the relevance of the curriculum in terms of the broader South African community and needs.

M.Ed. (Multicultural Education) / Adolescents are constantly expected to prepare themselves successfully to fit into a rapidly changing society. To be able to cope with rapidly changing circumstances and fit into a multicultural society, adolescents need to have certain knowledge, skills and attitudes. Adolescence is a time of life which is marked by rapid physical, social, emotional and intellectual changes. As adolescents are easily influenced during this period, it is of the utmost importance that they be taught content which will make it possible for them to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes by means of which to fulfil their social, cultural and economical functions within a multicultural societv. A life skills programme in which the multicultural nature of the school and society has been taken into account in selecting its content can be used to teach the adolescent such knowledge, skills and attitudes. The content of such a life skills programme has to meet the criteria applicable to a multicultural curriculum. These life skills can then be taught to adolescents in schools by means of a multicultural life skills programme. This study therefore attempts to identify criteria according to which the evaluation of content for a life skills programme which will be taught in schools in the South African multicultural society, can be undertaken. These criteria have been adapted to form a checklist which can be used by persons who have to evaluate the content of a life skills programme for a multicultural school and society. These criteria should only be seen as a guideline and should be used by persons with a sound knowledge of multicultural education.