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Developing A Career Development Program For Medical Sciences Students: Reflecting "In" And "On" Practice, Ebinepre A. Cocodia Apr 2016

Developing A Career Development Program For Medical Sciences Students: Reflecting "In" And "On" Practice, Ebinepre A. Cocodia

Ebinepre Cocodia

Using a reflective practice approach this paper provides an outline of the development of a new career development and counselling program for students within a medical sciences off-campus precinct. Drawing on Schön’s (1983) reflective practice framework the aim included reflecting “in” and “on” action during the development and implementation of the program, leading to transformative learning. Client (the student) and counsellor had the opportunity to assess and reframe their views through the incorporation of new knowledge and information. The career development program is based on Krumboltz and Super’s theoretical models with a focus on the life stages of career …


Reflective Frameworks And The Assessment Of Ethical Issues, Ebinepre A. Cocodia Apr 2016

Reflective Frameworks And The Assessment Of Ethical Issues, Ebinepre A. Cocodia

Ebinepre Cocodia

No abstract provided.


On Happiness In Counselling Practice, Ebinepre A. Cocodia Apr 2016

On Happiness In Counselling Practice, Ebinepre A. Cocodia

Ebinepre Cocodia

No abstract provided.


Are Kids Getting Smarter? Perceptions Of Abilities In Lagos State, Ebinepre A. Cocodia Apr 2016

Are Kids Getting Smarter? Perceptions Of Abilities In Lagos State, Ebinepre A. Cocodia

Ebinepre Cocodia

Individual abilities continue to be highly debated and researched issues in the fields of social and behavioral sciences. Findings from the Flynn Effect studies (Flynn, 1984, 1987) and Cocodia et al. (2003) suggest that average general intelligence is rising rapidly mainly due to environmental changes particularly in the Asian Tiger countries, while teachers in Australia reported that they did not believe intelligence had increased or decreased significantly in the last three decades. Thus the study theorized that rising intelligence is evident only where environmental changes have occurred more rapidly and recently. As such, Cocodia et al. proposed that rising intelligence …