Primary School Teachers’ Guidance Role and Competencies in Taiwan
Abstract
Primary school is the valuable time for the psychosocial development of children, effective guidance can enhance the learning and development of school kids. The guidance and counseling work has been identified as crucial because the occurrence of psychosocial problems are getting younger in age and students’ problems and symptoms become more diverse and complicated at primary schools in Taiwan. Teachers have been viewed as playing the key role of preventive guidance work on campuses. The relevant laws and regulations in Taiwan showed that teachers have to provide guidance work to assist students. Primary school teachers’ guidance work are greatly demanded demonstrating the significance for teachers to be equipped with guidance competencies and application capability. Students of teacher education program should take guidance competency courses and practical training. Schools should also provide guidance training to enhance guidance competencies of in-service teachers.