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Introduction To Guidance And Counseling

Guidance

Guidance refers to an advice or a relevant piece of information provided by a superior, to

resolve a problem or overcome from difficulty.

Educational Guidance

Educational Guidance “as the assistance given to pupils in their choices and adjustment with

relation to schools, curriculum, courses and school life.

(Arthur A. Jones )

Educational Guidance is primarily concerned with the student’s success in his educational career. It

relates to the student’s adjustment to school and to the preparation and carrying out of suitable

educational plans in keeping with his educational needs, abilities and career interests.”

(Dunsmoor and Miller)

Counseling

Counseling as a professional relationship which empower the mental health, moral behavior

and professional objectives of a person, family or a group of a person .

(GunalankaraThero, 2015)

Educational Counseling

Educational counseling deals with student’s social, behavioral and personal

problems. Educational counselor helps students to enhance their personal, social and

academic growth. Counseling helps pupil to take a decision, make a choice or find a

direction in matters related to an educational programme or career. 

Difference Between Guidance And Counseling

GUIDANCE COUNSELING

Guidance refers to an advice or a Counseling refers to a professional advice

relevant piece of information provided given by a counselor to an individual to
Meaning
by a superior, to resolve a problem or help him in overcoming from personal or
overcome from difficulty. psychological problems.

Counseling tends to be remedial and

Nature Guidance is preventive in nature
Curative

Counseling focuses on the in-depth and

Guidance is a comprehensive process
Approach inward analysis of the problem, until pupil
that has an external approach.
understand and overcome it completely.

What it It assists the person in choosing the It tends to change the perspective, to help
does? best alternative. him get the solution by himself or herself.

Counseling is taken when problem is

Guidance is taken on education and
Deals with related to personal and socio-
career related issues.
psychological issues.

Guidance is given by a guide who can

Provided A person who possesses high level of skill
be any person superior or expert in a
by and professional training.
particular field.

Guidance can be open and so the level

Privacy Counseling is completely confidential
of privacy is less..

Guidance can be given to an Counseling is always one to one

individual or group of individuals at a
Mode time.

Decision In the guidance, the guide takes the Counselor empowers the student to take
making decision for the student. decisions on his own.