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Counselling supervision: perspectives of Singapore school counsellors and their self-efficacy
Author
Yip, Chee Wei
Supervisor
Tan, Soo Yin
Abstract
The purpose of this study serves to understand the needs of counselling supervision in Singapore schools. Through the individual interviews with twelve Allied Educators (AED)(Counselling), also known as the Full-Time School Counsellor (FTSC), this study investigates the process of school counselling, the counsellor's self-efficacy and their needs for clinical supervision to improve on their counselling skills and benefits for their counselee.
FTSCs in Singapore are mainly teachers who had transferred from the teaching post to becoming a counsellor for schools after attending a six-month course provided by the Ministry of Education (MOE). Supervision is available currently for the FTSCs of Singapore schools in the form of monthly group supervision conducted at cluster level. However studies on the counselling experiences and supervision needs of our FTSCs are by and large lacking. This study aims as a beginning to hear the voices of our FTSCs from their perspectives in the areas of their counselling practice, supervision needs and perceived self-efficacy.
The participants in this study consist of twelve FTSCs selected from across the schools in Singapore by randomization. Individual interviews are conducted with each of them and their responses are transcribed and analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). This method will identify the self-efficacy and clinical supervision needs of the participants as they progress from newly trained school counsellors to their current expertise. Specifically, the data collected with respect to existing and preferred supervision practices, the perceived gains and barriers to supervision will be studied. Analysis of these data will lead to the thematic grouping of the FTSC's feedback and point to the importance of providing effective clinical supervision in school counselling through the development of a plan for clinical supervision. The knowledge on the findings in this study will help in aligning MOE's provision of supervision more closely o the actual needs of our FTSCs. The impact of this plan on the FTSC's self-efficacy and professionalism can be further explored in future studies on this field.
FTSCs in Singapore are mainly teachers who had transferred from the teaching post to becoming a counsellor for schools after attending a six-month course provided by the Ministry of Education (MOE). Supervision is available currently for the FTSCs of Singapore schools in the form of monthly group supervision conducted at cluster level. However studies on the counselling experiences and supervision needs of our FTSCs are by and large lacking. This study aims as a beginning to hear the voices of our FTSCs from their perspectives in the areas of their counselling practice, supervision needs and perceived self-efficacy.
The participants in this study consist of twelve FTSCs selected from across the schools in Singapore by randomization. Individual interviews are conducted with each of them and their responses are transcribed and analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). This method will identify the self-efficacy and clinical supervision needs of the participants as they progress from newly trained school counsellors to their current expertise. Specifically, the data collected with respect to existing and preferred supervision practices, the perceived gains and barriers to supervision will be studied. Analysis of these data will lead to the thematic grouping of the FTSC's feedback and point to the importance of providing effective clinical supervision in school counselling through the development of a plan for clinical supervision. The knowledge on the findings in this study will help in aligning MOE's provision of supervision more closely o the actual needs of our FTSCs. The impact of this plan on the FTSC's self-efficacy and professionalism can be further explored in future studies on this field.
Date Issued
2010
Call Number
LB1027.5 Yip
Date Submitted
2010