Social determinants of rural secondary school students` choice of agricultural career and its implication for counseling services: A case of delta state, Nigeria

The school counseling program is meant to assist students to deal with psycho-social and behavioral challenges, which normally affect their academic performance. In order to achieve this goal, the Kenyan government has previously committed resources towards establishing counseling programs in schools. The aim of this study was to establish how effective these counseling programs are in assisting secondary school learners in Kiambu County to achieve academically. Primary data was derived from 80 high school adolescents, 8 counselors, and 8 academic Dean of Students who were purposively sampled from 8 schools that were randomly selected. The study was qualitatively done, and self-determination theory was used to guide the study. Data were analyzed for the identification of counseling program characteristics and student improvement indices. These were presented in tables, charts, frequencies, and percentages based on the responses from the respondents. Further, a correlation between the two variables of the study was examined. Findings depicted that 65.7% of the students sampled said that counseling services offered at school satisfied their needs, 74.3% reported an improvement in their academic performance as a result of those counseling services and 87% felt more positive about school life after receiving counseling services. The study concluded that comprehensive counseling programs improved academic performance among high school students. The study intended to inform education planners, principals, and administrators on the role counseling would play in enhancing academic achievement among secondary school students.

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Psycho- Social Determinants of Truant Behaviour among Secondary School Students.

IFE PsychologIA ◽

10.4314/ifep.v13i1.23669 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Abiodun M Gesinde

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Social Determinants ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

School Students

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Counseling services and their relationship to self-confidence among secondary school students in Taif Governorate: الخدمات الإرشادية وعلاقاتها بالثقة بالنفس لدى طلاب المرحلة الثانوية بمحافظة الطائف بالسعودية: دراسة وصفية

المجلة العربية للعلوم ونشر الأبحاث مجلة العلوم التربوية والنفسية ◽

10.26389/ajsrp.h110420 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (34) ◽

Author(s):

Hussain Ahmad Al-Harthi

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Cultural Awareness ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Department Of Education ◽

Counseling Services ◽

School Students ◽

Counseling Programs ◽

Total Study Population ◽

Self Confidence ◽

Student Guidance

The study aimed to find the relationship between counseling services and self-confidence among high school students in Taif Governorate. To achieve the goal of the research, the researcher used the descriptive approach. A random sample of secondary school students in Taif Governorate was selected, amounting to 750 students, and it represents about 5% of the total study population, which numbered about 15000 students. The study tools were the scale of indicative services prepared by the researcher. And a measure of self-confidence prepared by Al-Qawasmeh and Al-Farah (1996). The study found that there is a positive correlation between counseling services provided to secondary school students in Taif Governorate and self-confidence, and the correlation coefficient has reached (0.77). In light of the results of the study, the researcher recommended a number of recommendations, Preparing counseling programs by the Department of Student Guidance and Guidance in the Department of Education and applying them in schools to develop self-confidence., Providing the necessary training courses for student counselors to provide counseling services more effectively., Designing special counseling programs by specialists in the Department of Student Guidance and Guidance in the Department of Education and Universities for students who suffer from low self-confidence- Spreading cultural awareness in the family about the nature of adolescence as a development stage, while clarifying its characteristics and manifestations.

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Promoting Interventions to Develop Religous Identity of Secondary School Students

COUNS-EDU| The International Journal of Counseling and Education ◽

10.23916/0020180314640 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 140

Author(s):

Galuh Prawitasari ◽

Suwarjo Suwarjo

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Religious Identity ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Early Adolescents ◽

Study Data ◽

Identity Status ◽

Counseling Services ◽

Guidance And Counseling ◽

School Students ◽

Domains Of Life

Adolescence is known as the transition from childhood to adulthood. In this period, the adolescent will experience many changes related to their identities in various domains of life, including the religious domain. This study aims to investigate the profiles of religious identity status of early adolescents. A total of 116 secondary school students participated in this study. Data were collected by using the Scale of Religious Identity Status. The results showed that students’ religious identity status were distributed in four categories: achievement (66%), searching moratorium (23%), foreclosure (10%), and moratorium (1%). Implications for guidance and counseling services in secondary school are discussed to promote the development of religious identity of early adolescents.

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Evaluation of a Summer-School Program for Highly Gifted Secondary-School Students: The German Pupils Academy

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027//1015-5759.18.3.214 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 214-228 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Heinz Neber ◽

Kurt A. Heller

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Summer School ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Social Cognitive ◽

Gifted Students ◽

School Program ◽

School Students ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Regulatory Strategies ◽

Cognitive Framework

Summary The German Pupils Academy (Deutsche Schüler-Akademie) is a summer-school program for highly gifted secondary-school students. Three types of program evaluation were conducted. Input evaluation confirmed the participants as intellectually highly gifted students who are intrinsically motivated and interested to attend the courses offered at the summer school. Process evaluation focused on the courses attended by the participants as the most important component of the program. Accordingly, the instructional approaches meet the needs of highly gifted students for self-regulated and discovery oriented learning. The product or impact evaluation was based on a multivariate social-cognitive framework. The findings indicate that the program contributes to promoting motivational and cognitive prerequisites for transforming giftedness into excellent performances. To some extent, the positive effects on students' self-efficacy and self-regulatory strategies are due to qualities of the learning environments established by the courses.

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Ethnolinguistic Identity and Television Use in a Minority Language Setting

Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications ◽

10.1027/1864-1105/a000071 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 135-142 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Jake Harwood ◽

Laszlo Vincze

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Minority Language ◽

German Language ◽

Tv Viewing ◽

School Students ◽

Ethnolinguistic Vitality ◽

Ethnolinguistic Identity ◽

Television Use

Based on the model of Reid, Giles and Abrams (2004 , Zeitschrift für Medienpsychologie, 16, 17–25), this paper describes and analyzes the relation between television use and ethnolinguistic-coping strategies among German speakers in South Tyrol, Italy. The data were collected among secondary school students (N = 415) in 2011. The results indicated that the television use of the students was dominated by the German language. A mediation analysis revealed that TV viewing contributed to the perception of ethnolinguistic vitality, the permeability of intergroup boundaries, and status stability, which in turn affected ethnolinguistic-coping strategies of mobility (moving toward the outgroup), creativity (maintaining identity without confrontation), and competition (fighting for ingroup rights and respect). Findings and theoretical implications are discussed.

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Smart Girls, Dumb Boys!?

Social Psychology ◽

10.1027/1864-9335/a000167 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 112-126 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Martin Latsch ◽

Bettina Hannover

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Stereotype Threat ◽

Gender Stereotypes ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Learning Goals ◽

School Students ◽

Compensatory Strategies ◽

Media Portrayal ◽

Stereotype Lift ◽

The Media

We investigated effects of the media’s portrayal of boys as “scholastic failures” on secondary school students. The negative portrayal induced stereotype threat (boys underperformed in reading), stereotype reactance (boys displayed stronger learning goals towards mathematics but not reading), and stereotype lift (girls performed better in reading but not in mathematics). Apparently, boys were motivated to disconfirm their group’s negative depiction, however, while they could successfully apply compensatory strategies when describing their learning goals, this motivation did not enable them to perform better. Overall the media portrayal thus contributes to the maintenance of gender stereotypes, by impairing boys’ and strengthening girls’ performance in female connoted domains and by prompting boys to align their learning goals to the gender connotation of the domain.

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