Counselor Education Learning Modalities: Do They Predict Counseling Self-Efficacy in Students?

• Main Author: Pechek, Ashley Ascherl
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: ProQuest LLC 2018; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
• Subjects: Adult Basic Education; Adult Learning; Adult Students; Age Differences; College Credits; Conventional Instruction; Counseling Psychology; Counselor Educators; Counselor Training; Course Content; Educational psychology; Educational Quality; Educational Technology; Experiential Learning; Higher Education; Learning Activities; Learning Modalities; Learning Theories; Longitudinal Studies; Online Courses; Predictor Variables; Self Efficacy; Statistical Analysis; Student Attitudes; Student Experience; Surveys; Teaching Methods
• ISBN: 0438017471; 9780438017474

The study examines students' counseling self-efficacy as measured by the Counseling Self-Estimate Inventory (COSE). A non-experimental design was implemented with 136 participants from 11 CACREP-accredited counselor education programs across the United States. Participants were enrolled in one of two learning modalities (e.g., face-to-face or online) and were asked to complete the COSE. Participants' COSE Total scores were analyzed with a standard multiple regression. The results of the statistical analysis assisted in determining if learning modality (e.g., face-to-face or online), student age, and experience in a counseling program (e.g., number of credit hours completed) predict counseling self-efficacy of students. Results of the study reveal that counseling students' learning modality and age do not predict counseling self-efficacy, but that the amount of experience (completed credit hours) is a significant predictor of counseling self-efficacy. Additionally, an exploratory analysis showed that counseling self-efficacy increases as students complete more credit hours and that the most significant increase in self-efficacy occurs between 25-36 credit hours. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone [phone]. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]