Valoración del trabajo de los orientadores educativos de Cantabria en la enseñanza primaria y secundaria

Abstract

We present the first results of an empirical study, whose purpose is to analyze the level of satisfaction and difficulties encountered by guidance teachers from Cantabria. The aim of this thesis which the study is part of, is to analyze the new counseling model carried out in Cantabria from the 2005-6 school year, which deviates from the LOGSE model but does not completely abandon it. Their strengths and weaknesses will be analyzed, suggesting proposals to improve it. From the methodological point of view, a qualitative approach is adopted to triangulate the information, carried out through questionnaires, interviews and discussion groups. In this paper the results corresponding to the questionnaires are analyzed. Twelve centers from Cantabria and all theguidance teacher groups of the Community have collaborated in the project. 62 primary and secondary guidance teachers participated in the whole study. Questionnaires have also been applied to primary and secondary school principals and tutors. The lack of time to perform all the functions attributed to the counselor appears as a key difficulty, followed by the complexity of the students' needs and the excessive dependence on guidance teachers.