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Exploring Hong Kong Chinese Guidance Teachers' Positive Beliefs: A Focus Group Study

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The author reports the findings on the positivebeliefs of guidance teachers for schoolguidance. Five focus groups, involving 24secondary school guidance teachers in HongKong, were conducted. Five categories onpositive beliefs emerged from the data: Care and concern for students, Guidancefor educating the whole person, Students'individual needs for growth, Growth andchange through the helping process, and Demand for guidance and counselling training.The implications of the findings werediscussed from the perspective of implementinga whole school approach through thecomprehensive school guidance programme.

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Yuen, M. Exploring Hong Kong Chinese Guidance Teachers' Positive Beliefs: A Focus Group Study. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling 24, 169–182 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022987421355

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