Examination of School Counselors' Activities: From the Perspectives of Counselor Efficacy and Collaboration with School Staff

WOS: 000353307500007This study investigates the activities of school counselors, their perceptions of collaboration with school staff, and their feelings of efficacy when working as school counselors. Qualitative data were collected by interviewing nine school counselors who worked at various schools in Adana, Turkey. Results indicated that classroom and group guidance activities were performed regularly at the schools, especially for personal-social needs and student development. Among the responsive services, individual counseling was the activity in which the most time was spent, followed in order by consultation, crisis counseling, and referrals to outside agencies. In addition, personal-social issues and problems were most common in individual interviews and counseling, followed by educational and career issues. All the school counselors in the study expressed that they perceived themselves as efficacious and attributed this perception to various counselor-related factors. Furthermore, school personnel and students' positive perceptions of counseling also played a role in their high self-efficacy, which resulted in better cooperation and collaboration between the counselors and school staff. Finally, the results were discussed in light of related literature, and recommendations were made for future directions

An exploration of the relationships between classroom management strategies and teacher efficacy in English and Turkish primary school teachers

This thesis describes a study of the relationships between self-efficacy in primary school teachers and their classroom management strategies in England and in Turkey. The study includes a survey of 73 Turkish teachers and 51 British teachers in terms of teacher efficacy in classroom management, followed up by observation and interviews with 6 teachers identified as high and 6 teachers as low efficacy. The role of self-efficacy in classroom management is examined through the application of Bandura's (1977, 1986, 1997) self-efficacy approach. A second important part of this study is the investigation of cultural differences between teachers in England and in Turkey with respect to misbehaviour and its management.;The study demonstrated that as teachers felt more efficacious they were more likely to employ effective, long term and positive methods to deal with misbehaviour and, in doing so, to create a more appropriate and orderly learning environment. This then enhanced teachers' confidence and encouraged positive, quality relationships with pupils.;Similarities rather than differences were common in terms of misbehaviour and methods used by both British and Turkish teachers to deal with it. However, some considerable differences existed, suggesting that, in comparison with British teachers, Turkish teachers lacked in familiarity with the concepts of classroom management and discipline in education terms through pre or in-service training and training in the use of systematic management strategies based on certain theoretical roots. A striking difference emerged in the application of discipline policies in the British sample as there are no such policies in the Turkish context.;The development of self-efficacy appeared to result from experience, as a means of seeing positive outcomes of their own behaviour, positive encouragement from parents and the head, observing colleagues and from teacher personality. The findings of the study are discussed in order to formulate implications for teacher training courses and for qualified teachers. Training programmes to enhance self-efficacy in classroom management and discipline are suggested

The suggested characteristics of school-based counseling practicum in counselor education

WOS: 000257109400018This article covers the characteristics that are supposed to be present in the practicum of school-based counseling in Turkey. In the light of the related literature, 11 characteristics are determined. These are the place of practicum, the importance of official permission for the school, the characteristics of practicum schools and its school counselors, supervisory meetings and supervisors, the time of the applications and the institutions that the practicum will take place, developing a counseling program, the administration of self-report techniques, group and classroom guidance activities, career guidance, consultation and assessing the counseling program. The last section includes the results and the suggestions for further research

Examining the Effectiveness of a Romantic Relationship Skills Psychoeducation Program: A Pilot Study

WOS: 000473207300006The aim of this study was to test the effectiveness of a psychoeducation program of romantic relationship skills developed for young adults. The effectiveness of the psychoeducation program was tested using quantitative and qualitative methods. A pre-test post-test control group semi-experimental design was used in the study. Additionally, a focus group interview was conducted with the participants after the intervention to test the long-term effectiveness of the program. The study group consisted of 24 university students (12 in the experimental group and 12 in the control group) who were studying in a Mediterranean university and who had been in a romantic relationship for at least six months. In order to test the effectiveness of the psychoeducation program, the relationship satisfaction of the participants was examined and the relationship satisfaction subscale of the Relationship Stability Scale was used in the pre-test and post-test measurements. There was no significant difference between the total scores for relationship satisfaction levels obtained from the repeated measurements of the experimental and control groups. However, there was a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test relationship satisfaction levels. The interaction effects of being in different treatment groups and the repeated measurement factors on relationship satisfaction were significant. Accordingly, it was determined that the participants in the experimental group experienced a significant increase in relationship satisfaction levels compared to the participants who did not receive this training in the control group. According to the findings of the focus group interview, it was observed that the positive development of the participants' relationship satisfaction continued after the psychoeducation program. The participants stated that they saw a positive effect on their relationships thanks to the knowledge, skills and awareness they gained in areas such as communication, relationship beliefs, and expectations. The findings obtained in study showed that the psychoeducation program had achieved its aims

Bilateral bifid mandibular condyle: Report of a case with condylar fractures

Bifid mandibular condyle is an uncommon anatomic variation with a varied etiology implicated with its development. It can be symptomatic or the majority of the cases are diagnosed incidentally during radiographic examination. Bifid mandibular condyle may have a developmental origin or may occur secondary to trauma. The purpose of this paper is to report a case with bilateral bifid mandibular condyles associated with a history of condylar fractures presented with computed tomography and panoramic radiography findings

Investigation and differential diagnosis of Stafne bone cavities with cone beam computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging: Report of two cases

Stafne bone cavity (SBC), commonly known as Stafne bone cyst or defect is mostly asymptomatic, appearing as a unilateral, round or ovoid, radiolucent defect with thick and corticated border. Defects that are referred as pseudocysts generally occur in mandibular molar region, below the mandibular canal at the lingual side of the mandible and may grow slowly in time. They have been also located lingually in the anterior mandible above the mylohyoid muscle, and on the ascending ramus just inferior to mandibular condyle or very rarely buccal region of the ascending ramus. The aim of this case report is to present two unusual cases of SBC detected incidentally during radiographic examination with cone beam computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings. In the first case, significant enlargement caused vestibular resorption of the buccal cortex, which is a rare finding with SBCs and in the second case the large bone resorption reached up to the mental foramen

Unilateral Absence of Mental Foramen with Surgical Exploration in a Living Human Subject

The mental foramen (MF) is an important anatomic landmark of the mandible, in which the somatic afferent sensory nerve of the mandibular nerve emerges as mental nerve and blood vessels. The identification and actual location of MF are important in order to avoid sensory dysfunction or paresthesia due to mental nerve injury. In the literature there are some rare reports on the anatomical variations of the MF such as its location or presence of accessory foramina. The present report describes the absence of mental foramina on the left side of the mandible, as detected by cone-beam computed tomography before impacted tooth removal and observed directly during surgery

Radicular grooves of maxillary anterior teeth in a Turkish population: A cone-beam computed tomographic study

Objective: There is limited data on the use of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scanning in examining radicular groove (RG). This study aims to investigate the presence of RG in maxillary anterior teeth in a Turkish Population using CBCT scanning and to correlate the findings with the tooth type, and patient's gender