Impact of a Counseling Ethics Course on Graduate Students’ Learning and Development

• Main Authors: Glenn Lambie, Kara Ieva
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Georgia Southern University 2012-01-01
• Series: International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• Subjects: Counselor education and development; Ego development; Ethical and legal knowledge; Scholarship of teaching and learning
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/vol6/iss1/12

Data from graduate counseling students (N = 28) enrolled in an ethical and legal issues in professional school counseling course at a research university were used to investigate the impact of the course on students’ levels of ethical and legal knowledge (Lambie, Hagedorn, & Ieva, 2010) and ego development (Loevinger, 1976, 1998). Students’ ethical and legal knowledge scores increased significantly and pre-course ego maturity correlated with post-course ethical and legal knowledge. Implications for the scholarship of teaching and learning are discussed.