A case study on the perception of the school counselor by students and teachers

Abstract

The aim of this research is to determine the perception of the school counsellor of the school by teachers working at a formal general high school and students, via metaphors. In the research, one of the case study patterns, an embedded single-case design was used. Study group of the research consists of 89 students studying at eleventh grade at a high school in Selçuklu district in 2007-2008 academic years, of Konya and 25 teachers working at this school. Data were collected by open ended survey method. In the survey, participants were asked to complete the sentence "School Counselor is like ... because ...". Data were analysed using content analysis method. According to the findings, the school counselor is acting according to the guidance principles and he is devoted to his profession. While the students' remarks were about his professional characteristics, teachers' remarks were about his personal characteristics.