IMPORTANCE OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING IN THE SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM: AN OVERVIEW

The aim of this paper is to explore the importance of guidance and counselling in school Educational System. The aim of education has a vital role in the development and abilities of students. Current school education has become an exchanging process between the achievement of aptitude and the competition. Problem faced by the student in the factors effect on educational productivity is much complicated. With education expected of individuals (students) can develop to their full potential qualified personal. Indicators of school success in carrying out their task can be seen from the high academic achievement and a variety of specialized skills possessed by learners and not the least of which involves issues related to academics. While students are required to continue to improve academic achievement, in the midst of busyness and density of academic assignments and extracurricular activities are followed by the students, it implies students need to pursue the guidance and counselling facilities in schools to improve academic achievement. Through these conditions, it is necessary to investigate in depth whether the guidance and counselling itself may play a role in improving the academic achievement of students in school. It takes place for school counsellor’s address the academic and developmental needs of all students, not just those in need, by collaborating with students, parents, school staff and the community. Guidance and counselling unit is the school related unit aimed with the key objective of assisting in solving the students’ problems and strengthening the efficiency of students as well. This article also examines the aims of guidance and counselling, the role of the counsellor, major guidance and counselling services and methods of counselling. The evaluation in schools to assist individuals (students) to develop the ability to understand them, to solve their own problems, to make appropriate adjustments to these challenges and promote educational success. The objective of this article also to identify anticipated objectives of counselling process, task achievement methodologies and the role of a successful counsellor. KEYWORDS : School, Guidance, Counselling, Education , Academic Achievement

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Exploring the Unknown: The Autonomy of Saudi EFL Learners

English Language Teaching ◽

10.5539/elt.v10n5p222 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 222 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Fakieh Alrabai

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Saudi Arabia ◽

Foreign Language ◽

Learner Autonomy ◽

Vital Role ◽

T Test ◽

Efl Learners ◽

Saudi Students ◽

Standardized Achievement Tests

This study addresses a new area of research in Saudi Arabia. Using a sample of 630 Saudi students, it investigates learners’ level of autonomy and its relationship to academic achievement in English as a foreign language (EFL). Learners’ level of autonomy was measured by a survey, whereas their achievement was evaluated using standardized achievement tests. The data were analyzed using descriptive analyses and a t-test. The findings revealed that learners were non-autonomous, with a mean autonomy score of 2.35 out of 5; and also low language achievers (M = 66 out of 100). Gender had a significant effect on autonomy and achievement. These findings emphasize the vast lack of awareness of the vital role of learner autonomy in the Saudi EFL setting. The study suggests that Saudi learners and teachers alike require increased awareness of the importance of the concept of autonomy and that practical means to promote Saudi EFL learner autonomy should be sought and practiced.

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The Relation between Sports Participation and Academic Achievement: The Mediating Role of Parental Support and Self-Esteem

Journal of Human Psychology ◽

10.14302/issn.2644-1101.jhp-18-2467 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 27-40 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Haroona Qurban ◽

Hassan Siddique ◽

Jin Wang ◽

Tony Morris

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Parental Support ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Activity Index ◽

Sports Participation ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Vital Role ◽

Mediational Models ◽

The Relationship

Sports participation reported in a positive relationship with health and academic achievement. Sports participation may improve cognitive health leading to improved academic achievement. Some other factors may also be involved in this regard including parental support and self-esteem. In this study, we examined the relationship between sports participation, parental support, self-esteem and academic achievement due to concern about reduced education level of students and serious lack of research regarding this issue in Pakistan. We hypothesized that sports participation would influence students’ academic achievement. We further conceptualized a mediation model in which sports participation enhanced academic achievement through enhancing parental support and self-esteem. 248 students from three universities of Pakistan (male = 188; mean age = 17.5, SD = 1.15; female = 60; mean age =17.3, SD = 1.18) participated in the study, in which questionnaires were used to measure parental support, sports participation, and self-esteem. Two scales were used to measure parental support (school based parental support and sports participation based parental support). Sports participation level was measured using an adapted version of The Physical Activity Index (PAI) Scale consisting of 3 items. Rosenberg self-esteem scale assessed self-esteem. Data analysis was performed using the structural equation modelling.We found no direct relationship between sports participation and academic achievement. We found parental support and self-esteem as mediators in the relationship between sports participation and academic achievement. The mediational models suggested focus on vital role of parental support and self-esteem to have better academic performance.

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Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 1. Introduction: tensions confronting large-scale CHW programmes

Health Research Policy and Systems ◽

10.1186/s12961-021-00752-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 19 (S3) ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Stephen Hodgins ◽

Maryse Kok ◽

David Musoke ◽

Simon Lewin ◽

Lauren Crigler ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Community Health ◽

Community Health Workers ◽

Large Scale ◽

Health Workers ◽

Vital Role ◽

Full Potential ◽

List Type ◽

New Era ◽

Strategic Issues

Abstract Background Community health worker (CHW) programmes are again receiving more attention in global health, as reflected in important recent WHO guidance. However, there is a risk that current CHW programme efforts may result in disappointing performance if those promoting and delivering them fail to learn from past efforts. This is the first of a series of 11 articles for a supplement entitled “Community Health Workers at the Dawn of a New Era”. Methods Drawing on lessons from case studies of large well-established CHW programmes, published literature, and the authors’ experience, the paper highlights major issues that need to be acknowledged to design and deliver effective CHW programmes at large scale. The paper also serves as an introduction to a set of articles addressing these issues in detail. Results The article highlights the diversity and complexity of CHW programmes, and offers insights to programme planners, policymakers, donors, and others to inform development of more effective programmes. The article proposes that be understood as actors within community health system(s) and examines five tensions confronting large-scale CHW programmes; the first two tensions concern the role of the CHW, and the remaining three, broader strategic issues: What kind of an actor is the CHW? A lackey or a liberator? Provider of clinical services or health promoter? Lay versus professional? Government programme at scale or nongovernmental organization-led demonstration project? Standardized versus tailored to context? Vertical versus horizontal? Conclusion CHWs can play a vital role in primary healthcare, but multiple conditions need to be met for them to reach their full potential.

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Visualizing ideas-heard of C-map

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20192869 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (7) ◽

pp. 3165

Author(s):

Rajarajeswari Neethiselvan ◽

Suguna Anbalagan ◽

Surekha Anbalagan ◽

Seetharaman Narayanan

Keyword(s):

Time Use ◽

Educational System ◽

Vital Role ◽

Full Potential ◽

Technical Tool ◽

Academic Field ◽

Conceptual Mapping ◽

Teachers And Students ◽

The Subject ◽

Made In

Communication and interaction between teachers and students always plays a vital role in building a sound educational system where learning becomes an experience. Further enhancement of this learning and understanding of the subject can be supported and secured by a process of conceptual mapping. Conceptual mapping is a step-wise process which includes text filling, relational predicates (understanding) and finally constructing the map. It is a technical tool which is easily accessible and economical in its time use. The idea of using the concept map is still in the primitive level and more emphasis has to be made in this area to use it to its full potential in the academic field.

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THE ATTITUDE OF TEACHERS TOWARDS PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SERBIA

Problems of Education in the 21st Century ◽

10.33225/pec/17.75.34 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 75 (1) ◽

pp. 34-53

Author(s):

Bisera S. Jevtić

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Secondary Schools ◽

Educational System ◽

Professional Services ◽

Prosocial Behaviour ◽

Analysis And Synthesis ◽

Descriptive Method ◽

Educational Professional

Analyzing the significance and the role of school and teachers in the encouragement of prosocial behaviour of the learners in secondary schools, the following problem appeared: the connection between the teachers’ encouragement of prosocial behaviour and the academic achievement in the secondary schools in Serbia through the following segments: procedures and activities used by teachers, and the interrelatedness of prosocial behaviour and academic achievement. A review of theoretical findings and a study conducted on the sample of 695 respondents are presented. The method of theoretical analysis and synthesis, the causal non-experimental method and the descriptive method are applied. The applied techniques include content analysis, scaling and evaluation. The results showed that teachers’ activities partly promoted prosocial behaviour. The results of the research pointed to certain pedagogical implications: the reform of the educational system in Serbia; a change of educational objectives and tasks; establishing a continuity between all levels of the educational system and raising cooperation with parents; educational professional services to teachers in the area of raising their interest in acquiring and applying strategies and skills directed at educating prosocially oriented personalities and improving the quality of their work. Key words: school indicators, interrelatedness of predictors, encouragement of prosocial behaviour, academic achievement, comparative analysis.

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IMPACT OF MULTILINGUALISM ON THE GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING SERVICES A CASE STUDY OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF QUETTA CITY

Al-Burz ◽

10.54781/abz.v9i1.100 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

Muhammad Asif ◽

Mohammad Zakir ◽

Abdul Manan ◽

Khalid Raza

Keyword(s):

Education System ◽

Social Life ◽

First Language ◽

Vital Role ◽

Quality Education ◽

Primary Language ◽

The Public ◽

Counselling Services

The most significant part of schooling is the guidance and counselling of students related to their social and educational problems , the students suffer several types of problems and issues related to their studies and relations with their mates, the guidance and counselling plays a vital role in order to capable the students to face and solve the issues related to their educational and social life, in guidance and counselling the role of primary language cannot be ignored because such like Quetta city, the majority of the students learn education in their secondary language, the medium of instruction in private schools is mostly English and Urdu but in public school the Urdu is used commonly. However, the large number of population lives in Quetta they speak their first language as Pashto, Balochi, Brahui, and Hazargi, but less number of students speak Urdu as first or primary language, the education system not only in Quetta but also in all over the province the education system is not good enough to provide quality education to the students, the public and

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School Success and School Engagement of Immigrant Children and Adolescents

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027/1016-9040/a000139 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 126-135 ◽

Cited By ~ 42

Author(s):

Frosso Motti-Stefanidi ◽

Ann S. Masten

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Academic Success ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

School Engagement ◽

School Success ◽

Immigrant Children ◽

Integrative Model ◽

High Stakes ◽

The Individual

Academic achievement in immigrant children and adolescents is an indicator of current and future adaptive success. Since the future of immigrant youths is inextricably linked to that of the receiving society, the success of their trajectory through school becomes a high stakes issue both for the individual and society. The present article focuses on school success in immigrant children and adolescents, and the role of school engagement in accounting for individual and group differences in academic achievement from the perspective of a multilevel integrative model of immigrant youths’ adaptation ( Motti-Stefanidi, Berry, Chryssochoou, Sam, & Phinney, 2012 ). Drawing on this conceptual framework, school success is examined in developmental and acculturative context, taking into account multiple levels of analysis. Findings suggest that for both immigrant and nonimmigrant youths the relationship between school engagement and school success is bidirectional, each influencing over time the other. Evidence regarding potential moderating and mediating roles of school engagement for the academic success of immigrant youths also is evaluated.

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Asiana Airlines Flight 214

Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors ◽

10.1027/2192-0923/a000066 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 113-121 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Stephanie Chow ◽

Stephen Yortsos ◽

Najmedin Meshkati

Keyword(s):

Human Factors ◽

Aviation Safety ◽

Cultural Factors ◽

Vital Role ◽

Cultural Issues ◽

Flight Crew ◽

Pilot Performance ◽

Engineering Designs ◽

Flight Deck

This article focuses on a major human factors–related issue that includes the undeniable role of cultural factors and cockpit automation and their serious impact on flight crew performance, communication, and aviation safety. The report concentrates on the flight crew performance of the Boeing 777–Asiana Airlines Flight 214 accident, by exploring issues concerning mode confusion and autothrottle systems. It also further reviews the vital role of cultural factors in aviation safety and provides a brief overview of past, related accidents. Automation progressions have been created in an attempt to design an error-free flight deck. However, to do that, the pilot must still thoroughly understand every component of the flight deck – most importantly, the automation. Otherwise, if pilots are not completely competent in terms of their automation, the slightest errors can lead to fatal accidents. As seen in the case of Asiana Flight 214, even though engineering designs and pilot training have greatly evolved over the years, there are many cultural, design, and communication factors that affect pilot performance. It is concluded that aviation systems designers, in cooperation with pilots and regulatory bodies, should lead the strategic effort of systematically addressing the serious issues of cockpit automation, human factors, and cultural issues, including their interactions, which will certainly lead to better solutions for safer flights.

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