Guidance And Counselling In India

Guidance and counselling is very important part of activityin educational institutions all over the world, but in India literature on thissubject is very scanty. In this book, an attempt has been made to fulfill this need in the wake of changingpattern of socio-economic, socio-educational and socio-cultural systems whichare forming complex shape owing to advancement in science and technology andchanging nature of human behaviour and a person's adjustment with his family,community and society. After classifying the concepts of Guidance, the bookstudies its relationship with educational specialties, its areas, its types suchas self-guidance and guidance to other individuals. It proceeds to discussprofessional counselling and explains counselling of individuals and in groups.It examines counselling for vocational development and leisure time guidance.This voluminous work fulfills the requirements ofstudents, teachers, psychologists, professional counselors and practitioners inthis field.