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Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy
2020. Vol. 28, no. 2, 120–136
doi:10.17759/cpp.2020280207
ISSN: 2075-3470 / 2311-9446 (online)

Assistance in Overcoming Educational Difficulties Utilizing Reflective-Activity Approach in the Context of Distance Learning: The Case of Mitya

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V.K. Zaretsky, L.V. Sudakova

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Abstract

The article describes a case of providing counseling help in overcoming educational difficulties in the Russian language to a sixth-grade student, who was considered underachieving by teachers, utilizing the reflective-activity approach in the context of distance learning. The material of the case analysis shows the importance of supporting the student’s agency in educational activities and its crucial role in the conditions of distance learning both for overcoming learning difficulties and for the overall development of the child. For a qualitative analysis of remote consulting sessions, a multidimensional model of the zone of proximal development was used, that established the foundation for the dynamics of the vectors used by the counselor to initiate change.

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Keywords: distance learning, reflective-activity approach, educational difficulties, underachieving children, subject position, cooperation, meaningful activity, reflection, zone of immediate development, vector of development

Journal rubric: Case study

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/cpp.2020280207

For citation: Zaretsky V.K., Sudakova L.V. Assistance in Overcoming Educational Difficulties Utilizing Reflective-Activity Approach in the Context of Distance Learning: The Case of Mitya. Konsul'tativnaya psikhologiya i psikhoterapiya = Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy, 2020. Vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 120–136. DOI: 10.17759/cpp.2020280207. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Victor K. Zaretsky, PhD in Psychology, Professor, Chair of Individual and Group Psychotherapy, Faculty of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8831-6127, e-mail: zaretskiyvk@mgppu.ru

Liya V. Sudakova, Student, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0099-2447, e-mail: pl77-77@mail.ru

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