DCES 705 - Pedagogy in Counselor Education

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This course is designed to orient doctoral-level counseling students to the major teaching and learning theories, perspectives, and developmental trends in the field of counselor education. The course includes in-depth discussion of teaching methods, pedagogy, learning styles, and characteristics of effective teachers. Also covered are issues related to accountability, accreditation, program evaluation, program development, and the role of professors as counselor educators. The course will also emphasize the role of counselor educators in training and preparing beginning and advanced counselors to make contributions to the field. Specifically addressed in the course is how to effectively teach the counseling relationship, use of techniques, counseling process factors, and effective modes of presentation, as well as criteria for gatekeeping, ethical and legal responsibilities, leadership, and becoming a successful professor of counselor education. Other foci include an in-depth exploration of pedagogical techniques, use of technology in teaching, online teaching and curriculum design, writing of learning outcomes and objectives, construction of a syllabus, and assessment of teaching and learning outcomes and evaluations. Throughout the course, students will also develop their teaching philosophy and learn how to find positions in higher education.