Olusakin, A.M (2007). Counselling Professionals as Agents of Promoting the Cultures of Peace.
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2007
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Olusakin, A.M
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European Journal of Scientific Research (Austria)
Abstract
This study was carried out to highlight the relevance of counseling professionals as
agents of promoting the cultures of peace. Counseling professionals seek to help their
clients/counselees resolve their issues and find solutions to their challenges in order to
enjoy peace. An attempt was made to explain the cultures of peace in context. 268 out of
about 1000 counseling professionals present at a conference participated in the study. All
the participants (100%) preferred peace to war; 94% of the participants indicated that they
are conversant with conflict resolution strategies; 90% preferred nonviolent means of
achieving peace; but only 52% have knowledge of peace counseling. 87% of the
participants accepted that they need to focus more on peace-building training (both for
themselves and their students) to be more entrenched in the cultures of peace; 85%
supported the notion that the cultures of peace should be integrated in the counseling
practice; 61% would want counselors (teachers and students) to be involved in the
integration of the cultures of peace into the democratization process; while 69% agreed
that more research should be done on peace counseling. The overall submission was that
even though ‘peace’, ‘conflict resolution’ and ‘nonviolence’ are not new concepts to the
counseling professionals, yet to meet the needs of various cultures, counselor-educators
would need to employ diverse skills in the areas of training, practice, helping in the
process of democratization, and research.
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Staff Publication
Keywords
Counselling , Professionals , Agents , Promoting , Cultures , Peace , Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Education::International education
Citation
Olusakin, A. M. (2007). Counselling Professionals as Agents of Promoting the Cultures of Peace. European Journal of Scientific Research (EJSR). 17 (2) 243-257. (Austria)