%0 Journal Article %T A Multicultural Personal Growth Group as a Pedagogical Strategy with Graduate Counseling Students %A Jennifer Johnson %A Glenn Lambie %J The Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning %D 2012 %I Indiana University %X The present study investigated a six-week multicultural personal growth group as a pedagogical strategy to support first-year graduate counseling students¡¯ (N = 20) levels of ethnic identity development (Phinney & Ong, 2007) and social-cognitive maturity (Hy & Loevinger, 1996). Students¡¯ levels of ethnic identity and social-cognitive development did not change; however, 90% (n = 18) of the students reported valuing the group experience and appreciated the group leaders facilitation of the pedagogical strategy. Implications for the scholarship of teaching and learning are discussed. %K counselor education %K counselor development %K multicultural counseling and development %K scholarship of teaching and learning %K social-cognitive development %U http://josotl.indiana.edu/article/view/2147