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. 20/04/20 MUKUL SAIKIA • 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. 20/04/20 MUKUL SAIKIA 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 20/04/20 MUKUL SAIKIA • 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