Between counselling and research: approaches, issues and debates (P01477)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HEA-P-APISDEB

This course provides students, who may or may not be counselling practitioners, with an overview of key approaches to research relevant to counselling and related practices. Emphasis will be given to the relevance of a variety of disciplinary perspectives, to the distinction between "insider" and "outsider" perspectives, and to the relationship between research and reflective counselling practice.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Counselling Studies, (School of Health in Social Science, Schedule D)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students should be able to:

- identify and conceptualise key research epistemologies and methodologies relevant to counselling and related practices, including the influence of different disciplinary perspectives
- conceptualise the relationship between counselling practice and research practice in relation to epistemological and ethical debates
- formulate, justify and criticise research questions relevant to counselling and related practices
- critically assess the relevance of research for the practice and provision of counselling and related practices