Abstract
Students need guidance and counselling at various levels of their educational development. The general purpose of this study was to find out teacher-trainees’ perception of guidance services offered in Colleges of Education in the Volta Region of Ghana. The research study was guided by Existential theory and Humanistic person-centred theory. The study is a quantitative research which employed descriptive survey design. A sample size of 346 respondents made up of teacher-trainees was selected from seven Colleges of Education in the Volta Region using a multi-stage sampling procedure with purposive, quota, convenience and simple random sampling techniques. Data was collected with a 55-item researcher-made questionnaire with reliability coefficient of 0.89 alpha and content validity was established for the items. One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Independent samples t-test were used to analyze the four research hypothesis stated for the study. The statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS) software application were used to test hypothesis at 0.05 significant level. The study reveals that guidance and counselling needs of teacher-trainees is the same for male and female. It was recommended that Ghana Education Service should ensure that trained and qualified counsellors are posted to the colleges to offer services that will meet the needs of teacher-trainees. Keywords : Teacher-trainees, Perceptions, Guidance services, Colleges of Education. DOI : 10.7176/RHSS/9-24-06 Publication date: December 31 st 2019
Highlights
Guidance and counselling is a professional field which has a broad range of activities and services aimed at assisting individuals to understand themselves, their problems, their school environment and their world (Egbochuku, 2008; Oniye & Alawaneye, 2008; Eyo, Joshua & Esuong, 2010; Lunenburg, 2010). Farrant (2004) opines that education is the total process of human learning by which knowledge is imparted, faculties trained and skills developed probably through schooling
The findings revealed that tutors and students rated the introduction of guidance and counselling programme as good but not satisfied with its administration want an improvement
Purpose of the Study The general purpose of this study was to find out teacher-trainees’ perception of guidance services offered in Colleges of Education in the Volta Region of Ghana
Summary
Guidance and counselling is a professional field which has a broad range of activities and services aimed at assisting individuals to understand themselves, their problems, their school environment and their world (Egbochuku, 2008; Oniye & Alawaneye, 2008; Eyo, Joshua & Esuong, 2010; Lunenburg, 2010). Farrant (2004) opines that education is the total process of human learning by which knowledge is imparted, faculties trained and skills developed probably through schooling. Guidance and counselling is a professional field which has a broad range of activities and services aimed at assisting individuals to understand themselves, their problems, their school environment and their world (Egbochuku, 2008; Oniye & Alawaneye, 2008; Eyo, Joshua & Esuong, 2010; Lunenburg, 2010). Gysbers and Henderson (2001) provide a historical outlook on the development of guidance and counselling. They surmised that it was introduced during the industrial revolution in the United States of America. Rutondoki (2001) points out that the Ugandan White Paper on Education demands that career guidance and counselling be established in all secondary schools Some African countries (Uganda, Malawi, South Africa and Nigeria) have policies on guidance services. Rutondoki (2001) points out that the Ugandan White Paper on Education demands that career guidance and counselling be established in all secondary schools
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