Abstract:

The study called "Educational Counselling in Czech Educational Settings from the Perspective of Primary Schools Pupils" presents results of a research which contributes to the orientation in the attitudes and opinions of the youngest generation towards this discipline. The paper confronts them with the possibility of becoming social educationalists in that area. The aim of the research was to explore the attitudes, opinions and experiences of pupils in the 6th and 9th grades at primary schools in the Czech Republic regarding the provision of educational counselling in schools. The research was conducted using a questionnaire given to a total of 2,585 respondents and the results cover several research areas - pupils' awareness of the existence of educational counselling, their experience with a school counsellor, personality of the educational consultant and his/her cooperation with parents, or the pupil´s opinions on replacing educational consultants with social educators. The paper answers some questions about the role of social education in the field of educational counselling, guidance and primary prevention of risk behaviour in Czech education.

Keywords:

Educational counselling, education, primary school, pupils.