A Counseling Psychologist in the USSR as a Fulbright Scholar.

Autor/in	O'Neil, James M.
Titel	A Counseling Psychologist in the USSR as a Fulbright Scholar.
Quelle	(1992), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	College Instruction; Counseling; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Psychology; Russia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschullehre; Counselling; Beratung; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Psychologie; Russland
Abstract	This paper describes the experience of a counseling psychologist who completed a Senior Fulbright Teaching Lectureship at Moscow State Pedagogical University in Moscow, Russia from February 19 to April 24, 1992. The primary goal of the paper is to provide observations about Russian education, the status of counseling, and life in Moscow 6 months after the failed coup d'etat. Secondly, the paper is written to encourage other counseling professionals to apply for Fulbright Awards in Russia and around the world to better internationalize the counseling profession. The author was the first counseling psychologist Fulbrighter to teach Counseling Psychology in Russia and one of the first psychologists to lecture on counseling after the end of the Communist party and the feared KGB. Specific details of the Fulbright experience are enumerated including the author's teaching, research, academic placement, and relationships with Russian colleagues. Personal, professional, and political perspectives of this country in transition are given. (Author)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC