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Socionomen i skolan : en studie om skolkuratorers syn på sitt handlingsutrymme och dess utmaningar

Darwesh, Ula LU (2019) SOPA63 20191
School of Social Work
Abstract
The aim of the study was to investigate school counselors’ discretion and increase the knowledge of how it can approach and challenges it poses. Four school counselors’ were interviewed. To this study, I used semi-structured interviews. Themes such as large or limited discretion, relationship creation and trust emerged in the analysis. The study was empirically grounded and the results emphasized on a general level. For the analysis I used Goffman’s dramaturgical perspective, the theoretical concept of discretion and a power perspective. The study’s result showed that the school counselor experiences both large and limited discretion because their mission was vaguely worded. In collaboration with teachers, which is a part of the school... (More)
The aim of the study was to investigate school counselors’ discretion and increase the knowledge of how it can approach and challenges it poses. Four school counselors’ were interviewed. To this study, I used semi-structured interviews. Themes such as large or limited discretion, relationship creation and trust emerged in the analysis. The study was empirically grounded and the results emphasized on a general level. For the analysis I used Goffman’s dramaturgical perspective, the theoretical concept of discretion and a power perspective. The study’s result showed that the school counselor experiences both large and limited discretion because their mission was vaguely worded. In collaboration with teachers, which is a part of the school counselors mission, the discretion appeared to be limited because both teachers and school counselors had different ideas of how the school counselor should work. In the meeting with students, school counselors’ latitude was limited by the notification requirement, because they risked to lose the students’ trust. (Less)
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author
Darwesh, Ula LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20191
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
school counselor, students, discretion, limited discretion, large discretion, relationships, teachers.
language
Swedish
id
8993308
date added to LUP
2019-09-04 10:37:10
date last changed
2019-09-04 10:37:10
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  abstract     = {{The aim of the study was to investigate school counselors’ discretion and increase the knowledge of how it can approach and challenges it poses. Four school counselors’ were interviewed. To this study, I used semi-structured interviews. Themes such as large or limited discretion, relationship creation and trust emerged in the analysis. The study was empirically grounded and the results emphasized on a general level. For the analysis I used Goffman’s dramaturgical perspective, the theoretical concept of discretion and a power perspective. The study’s result showed that the school counselor experiences both large and limited discretion because their mission was vaguely worded. In collaboration with teachers, which is a part of the school counselors mission, the discretion appeared to be limited because both teachers and school counselors had different ideas of how the school counselor should work. In the meeting with students, school counselors’ latitude was limited by the notification requirement, because they risked to lose the students’ trust.}},
  author       = {{Darwesh, Ula}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Socionomen i skolan : en studie om skolkuratorers syn på sitt handlingsutrymme och dess utmaningar}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}