Exploring Counselor Educators’ Pedagogical Practices: Cultivating Competent Counselors through Increased Cognitive Complexity and Reflective Practice
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An extensive amount of research has underscored the benefits of developing higher levels of cognitive complexity and reflective practice among counseling professionals (Buser, 2008; Choate & Granello, 2006; Fong, Borders, Ethington, & Pitts, 1997; Granello, 2002; Pietrzak, Duncan & Korcuska, 2008). This exploratory study examined the degree to which evidencebased pedagogical methods promoting cognitive complexity and reflective practice exist within graduate level counseling classes.
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