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A Consensual Qualitative Analysis of Counselor Educators' Experiences Incorporating Neuroscience

Neuroscience is a relevant topic for counseling and counselor education, and it is a required area of competency for accredited counseling education programs. Despite this required competency, current counseling literature scarcely addresses neuroscience in counselor education. I have designed the present study to address this scarcity by exploring counselor educators' experiences of incorporating neuroscience into the counselor education curriculum using a consensual qualitative research (CQR) approach. The purpose of this study is to create a foundational understanding of (a) what elements of neuroscience counselor educators are currently including in their courses, and (b) the experience of counselor educators with teaching neuroscience. I interviewed eight counselor educators about their experiences learning and teaching neuroscience. Six domains emerged from the interviews: (1) participants' background and experience, (2) influence of neuroscience on participants' teaching, (3) personal, academic, and professional responses to neuroscience, (4) ethical concerns and recommendations for neuroscience, (5) areas of interest and future research in neuroscience, and (6) counseling literature and publication in neuroscience. The information shared by the participants will contribute to future research of teaching effectiveness and outcomes using neuroscience in counselor education.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1752393
Date12 1900
CreatorsBeijan, Lisa Lee
ContributorsJones, Leslie, Prosek, Elizabeth, Ceballos, Peggy, Ray, Dee
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 143 pages, Text
RightsPublic, Beijan, Lisa Lee, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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