Middle School Students Attitudes Toward Educational Counseling Services Provided in Jordanian Schools

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the attitudes of middle school students towards the educational counselling services provided in Jordanian schools and to reveal whether their attitudes towards the counselling services are affected by the variables of gender and place of residence. It also sought to predict middle school students' attitudes toward the counselling services provided in Jordanian schools through the study's psychometric and demographic variables. A total of (820) male and female middle school students in Jordanian schools participated in the study during the second semester of the academic year (2023/2024) and were selected using a random method. The study tool (questionnaire) was applied to measure students' attitudes toward the counselling services provided. The study findings revealed that students' attitudes towards the counselling process ranked highest, followed by their attitudes towards the counsellor (second place) and the counselee (third place). Regarding the study samples' overall performance on the study tool, they exhibit a typically positive attitude towards the educational counselling services offered in Jordanian schools. Furthermore, it was found that there were statistically significant differences between the averages of the participants' attitudes towards the educational counselling services provided in Jordanian schools attributable to the variable of the place of residence favouring the category of those residing in (the village). No significant statistical gender differences between the averages of the participants' attitudes towards the educational counselling services provided in Jordanian schools were observed. Finally, based on the results of this study and the literature reviewed, the researcher proposed a set of practical procedures to be applied. Received: 14 July 2024 / Accepted: 27 October 2024 / Published: 05 November 2024