Discusses how close we are, in 1984, to an Orwellian world, and the role of counselor educators in combating an Orwellian philosophy. Suggests that counselors must assist society in reaching higher goals of personal, intellectual, and social development, and discusses strategies for improving counselor education. (JAC)

Notes that counselor educators, supervisors, and practitioners who communicate to students and trainees the importance of being caring, respectful, warm, flexible, honest, and personally competent, sometimes act in ways that contradict these significant beliefs and values. Discusses issues related to counselor educator's, supervisor's, and…

This discussion of the evolution of student personnel workers and their plight as budgets have been tightened gives suggestions of ways this group could use their human relations expertise to recover from their current condition of institutional impotence. (JC)

In a survey of counselor educators, assessed training that counseling psychology students are likely to receive in preventive approaches. Results indicated current curricula and training practices do not reflect a strong commitment to or involvement in preventive types of approaches. (JAC)

A survey of counselor educators indicated that consultation topics and skills were taught to masters students in most of the reporting institutions. Professional role definitions of elementary/secondary school counselors continued to stress the importance of consultation skills. (JAC)

Guidelines for professional action within a framework of rationality and civility are presented toward the end that Negro compatriots can acquire those educational skills and technical competencies that will actually enable them to achieve equality and fulfillment within the context of American society. (Author)

Recommends that the influences outlined in this article be given priority in programs designed to prepare professional counselors. Attention to these issues should result in the student counselor's becoming more sensitive to the core dimensions of an effective counseling relationship and the proper role of the practicing counselor. (Author)

Surveyed 41 gerontological counseling educators and 253 directors of Area Agencies on Aging to compare their ratings of goals and roles of gerontological counselors. Results showed a wide gap between educators and administrators, but the administrators indicated that counseling can be incorporated into existing aging service networks. (JAC)

Concludes that professional renewal by role swapping for short periods of time gives counselor educators and counseling practitioners personal insight into the ways each spends their time, as well as strengthening ties between them. (Author)

Conducted a nationwide survey of doctoral counselor education programs (N=51) to examine the relative emphases on instruction, supervision, scholarship, clinical practice, and leadership. Results revealed diversity in the intended roles for which students are prepared. Greatest emphasis was placed on counseling activities in the practicum and…

This paper explores the complexities in transitioning from the role of a counselor to that of a counselor educator, integrating a review of the literature on counselor pedagogy with personal experience. The role of the counselor, the teacher, and the parallels and disjunctions between those roles as well as possible ways to bridge them are among…

Counselor educators can be accepted and useful partners in public school educational endeavors, and the professional organizations can reflect that partnership, if they are willing to join in the complicated search for answers that fit identified problems and abandon some of the salesmanship of their predetermined answers. (Author)

Using behavioral descriptions of 60 supervisor activities, surveyed faculty and doctoral students to determine if a distinction exists among three supervisor roles (teacher, counselor, consultant). Results indicated a clear distinction between teacher and counselor roles with the consultant role overlapping the other two. (Author/JAC)

Examines the shortcomings of traditional counselor selection and training procedures, and presents suggestions for improving them vis-a-vis human rights counseling. Discusses recruitment and admission issues in counselor selection and the goals of human rights counseling. (Author/RC)

Describes two programs in which a counselor eudcation faculty has contributed to the improvement of teacher education. Both programs--one facilitating the career development of prospective teachers, and the other teaching human relations skills to prospective teachers--have been integrated into the teacher education curriculum. (Author)