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    International Indexed & Referred Research Journal, November, 2012, ISSN 0974- 2832, RNI- RAJBIL- 2009/29954; VoL

    IV * ISSUE- 46

    Research Paper

    Teacher as A Guide and Counsellor


    * Mrs. Nidhi Bali

    November ,2012

    * Assistant Professor , R.L.S.College of Education,Sidhrawali , Gurgaon.


    Introduction
    The training of the teacher and a professional
    school counselor differs only in intensity and emphasis.
    Stating that a teacher who is pleasant, friendly and cooperative can win the confidence of students and play
    the role of a counselor. But the knowledge of practical
    skills of counseling can improve the competency of the
    teacher as well as the students.
    Our society is passing through a period of
    transition. There is conflict in social values and uneasiness in general about the future model of our society.
    Before 1947, education in our country was largely confined to the elite. There was no need of formalized guidance and counseling services. But after independence,
    consequent upon the universalization of education, all
    type of students entered schools with a wide range of
    individual differences in their intellectual abilities and
    socio-economic background. The need for guidance
    came to be felt in our education system so that it could
    cater to the needs of individual differences among the
    students. Besides other factors account for emergence
    of the need of guidance, for instance, the high percentage of drop-outs, the changing role of women, needs of
    exceptional children, increasing rate of delinquencies
    and mentally sick persons in our society.
    All educationists agree that guidance is an
    integral part of education and educations is an effective instrument of social change. In this complex society, the events of the coming decade will definitely
    being dominated in a large part by the challenges of the
    younger generation to our society.
    Teacher As A Counsellor
    Teacher plays a vital role in shaping the future
    of the younger generation. The teacher can play an
    important role in making guidance and counseling
    services more effective by virtue of his being in close
    touch with the students in schools. No doubt, to some
    extent every teacher is a counselor when he counsels
    students about the selection of the courses, developing good habits and suggesting remedies for the per-

    sonal problems of the students. But every teacher is


    not supposed to be an effective counselor. A teacher
    must have some specific qualities to be a good counselor. In our country, there is lack of qualified counselors. We can give orientation to our teachers till we
    have qualified, competent counselors. The teachers
    see students at least 6 hours a day. They have closed
    and most frequent contacts with the students in natural
    situations, they observe their acts, study their needs,
    interests, abilities; know their strengths and their weaknesses. A teacher may inspire and influence students
    by adopting proper methods and techniques. A teacher
    by caring and compassion can function as a resource
    and catalyst. Untrained teachers overlook a majority of
    student's problems. Hence teacher must have specialized training to perform various roles.
    The modern teacher is getting training in not
    only teaching but also various activities like case study, personality development and communicative
    skills, community studies, cultural studies, etc. With
    the help of these experiences and psychology it is
    possible to understand the student's behavior. A teacher
    can also contact home and peer - group to understand
    the students deeply and can come up with a plan of
    action and possible solutions to overcome students'
    problems. Ultimately, the counseling should bring
    definite changes in behavior of the students and improve the performance of the students.
    Because of long association with students
    the teacher by counseling can bring effective changes
    in their behavior compared to a private counselor. A
    private counselor may take a long time to understand
    the behavioral problems of students and come up with
    possible of students' problems. Hence, the teacher
    while doing free - service training should undergo the
    practical training in counseling besides theoretical
    knowledge. The practical knowledge on the part of the
    teacher will definitely improve the counseling skills of
    the teacher and can help the students to improve their
    performance that is the main objective of counseling.

    R E F E R E N C E
    1)Rao, S. N. (1997). Counseling And Guidance (2nd edition). New Delhi, Tata Mc - Graw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd.
    2)Chauhan, S. S. (2001). Principles And Techniques of Guidance (2nd revised edition). New Delhi, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.
    3)Vijaylakshmi, Pendurthy (2006). "Teachers As Well As Counselors". Edutracks Vol. VI, No. II, (Page - 23).
    4)Singh, Raj (1994). "The Teacher As Guide In The Learning Process". (Page - 74 - 102). New Delhi, Commonwealth Publishers.

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