Counselling Practices in Fostering Potentials among Gifted Students
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11113/sh.v9n1-5.1173Keywords:
School counselling, counselling practices, gifted students, performing arts, advocacyAbstract
The role of a school counsellor is inevitably vital in the process of holistically developing students. Counsellors are generally known for initiating career path and guidance apart from engaging students into various academic and co-academic programs to elevate individual potentials. However, little is known pertaining practices in counselling that serves gifted students to its best. Similarly, the existence of a good rapport between school counsellors and gifted students has not shed its light in recent studies. The purpose of this study was to facilitate the concern in providing counselling as to what gifted students’ expectation would be in terms of counsellors’ approaches and support services which are delivered. Findings indicated that counselling services is less favored by gifted students as an impact of relatively lack of knowledge of the particular counselling needs of the gifted students. Thus, there is a need arising to shape counsellors’ awareness in dealing with gifted students on a better platform. Measures to establish students’ confidence in counsellors should also be promoted, considering the need for counsellors to put gifted students in their perspective of professions.
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