COUN615 - Belhaven University Lectures

COUN615 - BU Lecture 7b

The concluding lecture synthesizes the counselor’s research identity, emphasizing professional integrity, ethical reflection, and the transformative power of evidence-based and spiritually informed practice. It calls students to unite critical inquiry, compassion, and action, demonstrating how research functions not only as academic pursuit but as a means of service and stewardship within the counseling vocation.

COUN615 - BU Lecture 7a

Building on the foundations of action research, this lecture explores its application in political, educational, and social contexts. It reviews the historical and philosophical contributions of figures like Paulo Freire, Kurt Lewin, and Bronfenbrenner, framing action research as a model for practitioner-driven change, civic engagement, and ethical leadership within counseling and education.

COUN615 - BU Lecture 6b

Focused on mixed-method design and action research, this session integrates quantitative and qualitative paradigms to illustrate their complementary roles in counseling inquiry. It highlights methodological sequencing, weighting, and triangulation before introducing action research as a participatory, reform-oriented approach for addressing real-world counseling and community issues.

COUN615 - BU Lecture 6a

This lecture addresses narrative research and survey design, contrasting the interpretive nature of storytelling with the quantitative precision of survey methods. It explores narrative phases, cultural contexts, and ethical storytelling practices, while introducing longitudinal and cross-sectional survey strategies for data collection and analysis in counseling research.

COUN615 - BU Lecture 5b

Continuing the study of qualitative methods, this session delves deeper into phenomenological research, emphasizing lived experience, subjective meaning, and researcher-participant interaction. It discusses credibility, bracketing, triangulation, and the essence of human experience while defining characteristics of effective qualitative researchers such as empathy, flexibility, and narrative awareness.