A study of the group conference process as a groundwork for a guidance program

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1955

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Purpose of this treatise. The problem central in this study was to discover, through consultation with conference groups, the areas of the guidance program of major concern to supervisory staff, principals, teachers, counselors, students, and lay people; and, in the light of these findings, to draw such conclusions as would help answer the following questions: 1. Can group conference procedures be utilized to locate areas in the guidance program which are of concern to professional, lay, and student groups? 2. Can the conference process be adapted: a. As a pattern of continuous communication with the persons and groups involved in the operation of a guidance program? b. As a continuing consultation pattern which can be utilized in the future In evaluating the program, in making further plans, and in getting additional information? 3. What are the concerns of supervisory staff, principals, teachers, counselors, students, and lay people in the area of: a. Educational-vocational guidance? b. Personal-social guidance? e. Guidance testing? d. Group guidance? 4. Which problems were indicated by conference participants: a. To be of major concern in an expanding guidance program? b. As needing Immediate study? [...]

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