Self assessment exercise discuss guidance as a

SELF ASSESSMENT EXERCISE
Discuss Guidance as a profession.
4.0 CONCLUSION
It is in the area of code of ethics, standards for certification and licensing that
guidance may be said not to have fully become a profession in Nigeria. At the
time of writing no code of ethics had been formally established by the
Association steps are however on the way for this to be realised as is seen in the
report of the sub-committee for policy guidelines on certification and licensing.

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5.0 SUMMARY
One cannot say with absolute conviction that guidance in Nigeria has attained
full professionalisation. We can only say that it has partially achieved this.
Major areas which are required to make guidance attain full professional status
are the following
(i) Proper legal registration of the Association by 1985 this had not
been done as can be inferred from the minutes of the ninth annual
general meeting held at University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu in
August 1985.
(ii) The issues of code of ethics and professional responsibilities has
not been explicitly spelt out.
(iii) The question of a mode of certifying and licencing members be firmly
established in the occupational group.
Each of the tree areas mentioned above are important areas without which
we cannot claim professional status.
6.0 TUTUR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
Is Guidance and Counselling a profession?
7.0 REFERENCES
Alexandria, V. A. (1987) Code of ethics National Board for Certified
Counsellor
Idowu, A. I. (2014) Guidance and Counselling: An Overview. In Idowu, A. I.
(Ed) Guidance and Counselling in Education.
Leggatt, T. (1970). Teaching as a Profession in Jackson J.J. Edited professions
and professionalization, London, Cambridge University Press.
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Moore, W.E. (1970) The Professions, Roles and Rules. New York, Russell sa
foundation.
Shertzer, B. Stone, S.C (1976). Fundamentals of guidance, Boston, Houghton
Mifflin Company, (121-130).
UNIT 5: PARADIGM SHIFT IN COUNSELLING
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Technology and social conditions are constantly and rapidly changing thereby
making obsolete certain practices that used to be valid not too long ago. The
dynamism in the area of counseling has necessitated a paradigm shift from
dependence on face to face and manual counseling to on-line counselling. On
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internet. It is ICT based counselling. This could be through an exchange of
series of e-mails, through chat room and video conferencing. Today, we are
very easily and instantly connected to each other through e-mails, cell phones,
social media sites and a myriad of such technologies.
2.0 OBJECTIVES
At the end of this unit, you should be able to
 Define social media.
 Discuss the need for paradigm shift in counselling.
 Describe what facebook is.
 Discuss the use of Twitter & E-mail in counselling.