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Meeting students' needs through a whole school approach to pastoral care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2015

Rosalie Gannon
Rosalie Gannon*
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Cranbourne/Narre Warren School Support Centre
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Abstract

Pastoral care is defined as being that element of the teaching process which centres around the individual needs and environmental forces which either facilitate or impede the all-round development of the individual child. Present Victorian State Government policy endorses the establishment of effective pastoral care systems in schools. Three hundred students in Years 7 and 10 in three Victorian secondary schools were surveyed in order to find out how well these schools were meeting the non-academic needs of their students. A two-way ANOVA indicated that the way in which students perceive their needs will be met differs across schools, and between year levels. The functional differences in pastoral care teachers' roles across the three schools are considered and support is given for the inclusion of the “Student Welfare Coordinator” role in the pastoral team. The conclusion reached suggests that an effective pastoral system provides for meeting the needs of individual students, but in doing so, teaches problem solving skills that will be of use outside the classroom.

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Research Article
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Queensland Journal of Guidance and Counselling , Volume 4 , November 1990 , pp. 27 - 31
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 1990

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