{"title":"Learning About the Changing World","authors":"Benjamin Levin, J. Riffel","doi":"10.4324/9780203046562-5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This eighth chapter in \"Elementary School Counseling in a Changing World\" presents four journal articles concerned with the \"back to the basics\" movement and with prog...ams to help elementary school counselors promote academic achievement among students. \"The Effects of Classroom Guidance on Children's Success in School\" by Edwin Gerler, Jr. and Ronald Anderson describes a large-scale, experimental study of classroom guidance in North Carolina. \"Working with Young Procrastinators: Elementary School Students Who Do Not Complete School Assignments\" by Linda Morse discusses changing the attitudes and work habits of elementary school students who procrastinate. \"Multimodal Counseling: Motivating Children to Attend School Through Friendship Groups\" by Donald Keat, Kathy Metzgar, Deborah Raykovitz, and James McDonald illustrates how to approach the humanistic goal of improved personal relatiohships by multimodal means. \"Elementary School Counseling Research and the Classroom Learning Environment\" by Edwin Gerler, Jr. reviews the research published in \"Elementary School Guidance and Counseling\" from 1974 to 1984, exploring research evidence of elementary school counselors' effectiveness in helping children to improve classroom behavior, explore feelings, improve socially, and enhance sensory awareness and mental imagery. The chapter concludes with a set of issues for elementary school counselors to consider about learning in a changing world. (NB) *******************************************************************,*** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * *************************************************************A********* CHAPTER 8 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Clio<is document has been repro& \"ed as received from the person or organization originating it. r) Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction oublity. is Points of view or opinions slated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or LEARNING IN A CHANGING WORLD American society has placed emphasis on the need for children to learn basic academic skills. Parents throughout the country complain that children are not learning to read, write, and perform basic mathematics. Governmental and private commissions have studied the poor academic achievement of children and are asking educators to account for the failure of our schools in this important area. If elementary school counselors are to fulfill their mission in schools, they must collaborate with teachers, parents, and school administrators in an effort to improve children's achievement. This chapter discusses the matter of \"back to the basics\" and offers programs to help elementary school counselors promote academic achievement among students. Chapter 8 begins with a study of the \"Succeeding in School\" program of classroom guidance. This ten-session program includes lessons on role-models re for succeeding in school, being comfortable in school, being responsible in 0.1 school, listening in school, asking for help in school, ways to improve school work, cooperating with peers at school, cooperating with teachers, discovering N the bright side of school, and exploring the wonders of self. Other articles in the chapter cover such epics as: 1. Counseling with parents to improve the attitudes and achievement of remedial readers 2. Changing the attitudes and work habits of children who procrastinate with school work 3. Motivating children to attend school through multimodal friendship groups co 411m=milwww..1Nwa.mimiimeI","PeriodicalId":228123,"journal":{"name":"Schools and the Changing World: Struggling Toward the Future","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Schools and the Changing World: Struggling Toward the Future","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203046562-5","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This eighth chapter in "Elementary School Counseling in a Changing World" presents four journal articles concerned with the "back to the basics" movement and with prog...ams to help elementary school counselors promote academic achievement among students. "The Effects of Classroom Guidance on Children's Success in School" by Edwin Gerler, Jr. and Ronald Anderson describes a large-scale, experimental study of classroom guidance in North Carolina. "Working with Young Procrastinators: Elementary School Students Who Do Not Complete School Assignments" by Linda Morse discusses changing the attitudes and work habits of elementary school students who procrastinate. "Multimodal Counseling: Motivating Children to Attend School Through Friendship Groups" by Donald Keat, Kathy Metzgar, Deborah Raykovitz, and James McDonald illustrates how to approach the humanistic goal of improved personal relatiohships by multimodal means. "Elementary School Counseling Research and the Classroom Learning Environment" by Edwin Gerler, Jr. reviews the research published in "Elementary School Guidance and Counseling" from 1974 to 1984, exploring research evidence of elementary school counselors' effectiveness in helping children to improve classroom behavior, explore feelings, improve socially, and enhance sensory awareness and mental imagery. The chapter concludes with a set of issues for elementary school counselors to consider about learning in a changing world. (NB) *******************************************************************,*** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * *************************************************************A********* CHAPTER 8 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Clio