The practice of moral values among guidance and counseling teachers in providing guidance and counseling services in secondary schools
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Date
2006
Authors
Ahmad, Salema
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Abstract
The objective of this study is to explore the relationship between the use
of moral values and the practice of guidance and counseling in secondary
schools in the district of Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Samples of the study comprised
70 guidance and counseling teachers and 70 clients, randomly chosen from 36
secondary schools in the district of Kota Bharu. The research used two groups
of samples such as the school guidance and counseling teachers and their
clients. Data is gathered through the use of two sets of questionnaires, one for
the guidance and counseling teachers and one for the clients. The first set of
questions was aimed at exploring the relationship between the use of moral
values and the guidance and counseling services from the guidance and
counseling teachers’ perspective. The second set was aimed at exploring the
clients’ perception on whether the guidance and counseling teachers integrated
moral values in their guidance and counseling services. Six out of ten
hypotheses of the research were tested by using Pearson ‘r’ Correlation and
the four hypotheses by ‘t’ Test. Findings of the study showed that guidance and
counseling teachers perceived that there is a significant relationship between
the use of moral values and the process of guidance and counseling (r=.704,
p=.000), but there is no significant relationship between the moral values with
the characteristics of guidance and counseling teachers (r=.090, p=.460) and
management of guidance and counseling services (r=.133, p=.273). Feedback
from the clients revealed that there is a significant relationship between moral
values with characteristics of guidance and counseling teachers (r=.628,
p=.000), and process of guidance and counseling (r=.620, p=.000), as well as
management of guidance and counseling services (r=.622, p=.000). The
findings also showed that there is no significant difference between the
perceptions of the guidance and counseling teachers and the clients about the
characteristic of guidance and counseling teachers (t=.017, p=.986),
management of guidance and counseling services (t=.059, p=.953), and the
application of moral values (t=.594, p=553). Nevertheless, there is a differences
between the guidance and counseling teachers and clients in the process
guidance and counseling ( t=3.108, p=.002). In conclusion, the study showed
that moral values were instilled while providing the guidance and counseling
services. Nevertheless there is a need to further explore its effective application
amongst the guidance and counseling teachers while providing guidance and
counseling services in secondary schools.
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Keywords
Education , moral values , counseling teachers , counseling services