PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF TEACHERS’ COUNSELING SKILLS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE SCHOOL CLIMATE

Ariadne Evangelinou, Ellie Negka, Nikolaos Manesis

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The research highlights the teacher’s important role in shaping a productive school climate that leads to students’ social and personal development and to better learning achievements as well. In this effort, the teacher must possess and cultivate counseling skills such as empathy and acceptance. There is little research all over the world that presents the views of primary school students on teachers' counseling skills and their implementation in the classroom. A questionnaire survey was conducted on 168 primary school students in Greece. The results show that students acknowledge teachers’ counseling skills being employed in the classroom leading to a flourishing school climate.

 

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