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GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING Unit 2

The document discusses educational guidance at different school levels. It defines educational guidance and outlines its purposes such as helping students adjust to curriculum and select subjects according to their interests. It also describes the functions of guidance at the elementary level, including aiding student development and transition from home to school. At the secondary level, guidance assists with subject selection, study habits, and choosing a future vocation. Overall, the document provides an overview of educational guidance and its role in supporting students at different stages of their education.

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GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING Unit 2

The document discusses educational guidance at different school levels. It defines educational guidance and outlines its purposes such as helping students adjust to curriculum and select subjects according to their interests. It also describes the functions of guidance at the elementary level, including aiding student development and transition from home to school. At the secondary level, guidance assists with subject selection, study habits, and choosing a future vocation. Overall, the document provides an overview of educational guidance and its role in supporting students at different stages of their education.

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Unit 2: Educational Guidance

• Educational Guidance Meaning purpose and


functions
• Guidance in Elementary School
• Guidance in Secondary School

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Meaning of educational guidance

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Definitions of Educational Guidance

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Purpose of educational guidance:
• To enable the child to know in detail about the subjects and courses offered by
schools that he might attend.
• To help him to adjust to the curriculum.
• To assist the child to secure information regarding the possibility and
desirability of further schooling.
• To help the child to know the purpose and function of different types of
schools.
• To assist the child in knowing the requirements for admission in the school of
his choice.
• To help the child to adjust to the school, its rules, regulations and the social life
connected with it.
• To assist the pupil to understand himself, that is to understand his potentialities,
his strength and weaknesses.
• To help the child in developing good study habits.
• To assist him in selecting hobbies.
• To help the child in selection of subjects in accordance with his needs,
capacities and interests.
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• To help the child in selecting the co-curricular activities.
• To help the child to derive maximum benefit out of the various school
programmes.
• To give assistance to the child in solution of problems relating to study.
• To enable the child to know his progress in achievement from time to time.
• To assist the child in using his leisure time most profitably.
• To assist him in selection of a right vocation.
• To help the child or educand to participate in out-of-class educational
activities in which he can develop leadership and other social virtues.
• To help the child in building of a good social relationship.
• To help the child in knowing the availability of scholarships, stipends,
loans etc.
• To help the child to know the weak points of his educational achievement
and adopting remedial measures accordingly.

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Functions of Educational Guidance
• It helps young people to pursue the right type of education.
• It facilitates the smooth transition for children from home
to school, from primary to secondary school, from
secondary to higher educational institutions, and to the
world of work.
• It helps students to cope with examination anxiety.
• It helps students to develop effective study habits.
• It provides students with meaningful educational
experiences.
• Educational guidance checks wastage and stagnation in
education.

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• It helps to make proper educational adjustment.
• It helps pupils with specific problems like lack of relationship
between ability and achievement, deficiency in school subjects,
faulty study habits, defective methods of learning and poor
motivation.
• Educational guidance helps the pupil choose educational course
best suited to him.
• It helps pupil make educational plans consistent with his abilities,
interests and goals to select appropriate curricula and course.
• It helps in the scholastic and co-scholastic development of the
learner.
• To make the learner informed about various educational
opportunities and aids available for his educational growth and
development.

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Three general functions of Guidance:
• Adjustmental: helps in making best possible
adjustment in educational institution,
occupational world, home and community.
• Orientational: orienting students in problems
of career planning, educational planning and
direction towards long-term personal aims and
values.
• Developmental: help the students to achieve
self-development and self-realization.

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Guidance in Elementary School

• Guidance in Elementary Level should be


based on the continuing development and
fundamental knowledge, attitudes and skills
of a person as a child matures into an
adolescent. The emphasis of guidance is on
prevention and positive approach with
emphasis on mental hygiene and
development of correct values.

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Purpose of Guidance at elementary stage:

• Helping pupils to make a satisfactory transition from


home to school
• Diagnosing difficulties in the learning of basic
educational skills
• Identifying pupils in need of special education(gifted,
backward, handicapped etc)
• Helping potential drop outs to stay in school
• Helping pupils to develop insight into the world of work
and favourable attitude towards work
• Assisting in plans for their future education or training

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Functions of Guidance at elementary stage:
• Aiding pupils to make a good beginning
• To meet the development task required by education in
assisting students to grow up as capable and contributing
members of society
• To help understand and sustain social relationship
• To discover individual aptitudes/skills and plan
intelligently.
• To develop critical thinking, appreciation of worthwhile
activities, sound and desirable mental ability as well as a
sense responsibility and service among students.
• Preparing pupils to enter secondary school.
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Guidance in Secondary School

Purpose of guidance at secondary stage:

• To assist children to acquire nfprmation regarding


the possibility and desirability of future schooling
• To help to know about the purpose and functions of
different types of educational institutions
• To help to know in detail about the course/subjects
in the institution he might attend
• To help to know the requirements for entrance into
the institution of his choice
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• To help to adjust to the curriculum, the school and the
social life connected with it:
– To help in selection of subjects/books/materials
– To help in developing study habits
– To help in making satisfactory progress
– To help in selecting hobbies/co-curricular activities
– To help in knowing about scholarships etc
– To help to know oneself (interests, aptitudes, abilities etc)
– To help in building good social relationships
• To help in selection of future vocation
• To help to know about different openings after school

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Functions of guidance at secondary stage:
• Aiding identification and development of abilities and
interests
• Helping pupils to understand their strengths and weaknesses
and to do scholastic work at the level of their ability
• Providing information about educational and vocational
opportunities and requirements
• Helping in making realistic educational choices and plans
• Helping in the solution of problems of personal and social
adjustment in school, home and community
• Following up
• Placement

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