Signature Pedagogy and Beyond: Reflections on Baltrinic and Wachter Morris (2020)

Abstract

In a response to Baltrinic and Wachter Morris (2020), I expand on the term signature pedagogy and illustrate how clinical supervision satisfies the criteria for this designation in the counseling field. I then suggest an alternative term, “ pedagogical foundations ” (from Baltrinic and Wachter Morris), to ground work toward the authors’ goals of asking the “right questions” about the “best things” underlying counselor education practices and research. Finally, I outline some additional avenues (toward the same goals) via explorations of traditional learning theories and science of learning principles that emphasize student learning processes in the classroom — how students learn.