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The UGAD course will have 10 sessions with each session lasting 2.5 hours, with the exception of a 1.5 hour final session.
The topics will be further selected according to the needs of the groups.

Session One: Guidance and Counselling in Schools

Course introduction
Introduction of the Problem-based Learning Mode
Organization of collaborative learning groups
What is guidance and  what is counselling? 
What can teachers do to facilitate the whole-person development  of students?
- A helping process and  individual interaction
- Preventive and  developmental focus? Reactive and remedial orientation?
- Guidance/  whole-school curriculum
- Collegial  collaboration

Learning Outcomes

At end of the session, the participants will be able to:
1.  Differentiate between guidance and counseling
2.  Suggest some guidance services at school to facilitate the whole-person development of students

Task: (see above)

Example: (The task below is just selected from those tasks assigned in the Learning Guides.)

• Participants will share their experiences with guidance activities when they were secondary school students;
  e.g. (a) activities for all students; (b) class and group programme; (c) individual planning.
  
• Which activities do you consider most effective in enhancing student development? And why?

References (see above)

Further readings and resources:

1. Education Department (2001). Guidance work in secondary schools. Hong Kong: Government Printer.
2. Dollarhide, C. T., & Saginak, K. A. (2003). School counseling in the secondary school: A
   comprehensive process and program. Boston: Pearson.
3. Useful websites:
   http://www.hku.hk/life (which provide links to many useful websites on guidance & life
   skills development)
   http://www.mhhe.com/santrocka10 (which provides learning materials exclusively for the
   textbook written by Santrock)
4. Video Recording and VCD (Available in HKU Library)
   Star Wars, Episode II-Attack of the clones