This course requires the students to conduct a Case Study Project. The case study project is designed to allow students to investigate a guidance and/or counselling topic of their interest. The Case Study Project focuses on practical work to investigate and track the processes, systems and/or documentations that are required for guiding and counselling children. The case study research project emphasizes on metacognitive learning; where students are expected to reflect on the process of school guidance and counselling, as well as reflect on their own learning, in their future capacity as school guidance and counselors. Throughout this course, the significance and challenges of school guidance and counseling are analyzed. This analysis will touch on the strengths and the weaknesses of the systems and processes used by schools and considered areas in need of improvement
Holder, J. H., (2014). Research methodology, a basic awareness study. https://www.counsellingdirectory.org.uk/counsellor-articles/research-methodology-a-basic-awareness-study
Zucker, D. M., (2009). How to Do Case Study Research. In Teaching Research Methods in the Social Sciences. 2. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/nursing_faculty_pubs/2
Students are also recommended to use the resources given below to help them develop their research proposal and to complete the final research project report. It is recommended that students access the ECAE library online to access other research methodology books and articles available via the library database. •
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/contents.php
https://allpsych.com/researchmethods/researchcontents/
http://www.statpac.com/surveys/index.htm#toc
http://www.unm.edu/~jka/qualres.html
http://www.asu.edu/lib/tutorials/empirical/
http://www.nea.org/home/awareness-of-education-research-methods.htm
http://www.leaptraining.leeds.ac.uk/research-methods-resources/
Counselling & Psychotherapy Journal
Counselling Psychology Quarterly
Counselling & Psychotherapy Research
Canadian Journal of Counselling
New Zealand Journal of Counselling
Healthcare Counselling & Psychotherapy Journal
International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
Online Journal of Counselling and Education
nternational Journal of Psychology and Counselling
The European Journal of Counselling Psychology (EJCOP)