The Effect of University Lectures in the Expressive Activities Course on the Levels of Personal and Professional Development of a Sample of Students of the Counseling and Mental Health Department at the World Islamic Sciences& Education University

Abstract

The study aims to explore the effect of university lectures of the expressive activities course on the levels of personal and professional development of a sample of students of the Counseling and Mental Health Department at the World Islamic Sciences& Education University, A measure of personal growth and a measure of professional growth have been prepared, in addition to preparing and designing activities to be applied in the course of expressive activities in counseling. The study population consisted of all students of the Counseling Department registered in the second semester of the academic year 2019/2020 and they counted 562 students, The study sample consisted of the expressive activities course division, which numbered 36 male and female students as an experimental group, and the preventive counseling course, which numbered 36 students, as a control group. The personal growth measure and the professional growth measure were applied to both groups. The control group, At the end of the semester, the measure of personal growth and professional growth was applied as a dimensional application, the results showed a statistically significant effect of the expressive activities lectures in improving the level of personal growth and professional growth of counseling students, and the study recommended the importance of employing the lectures of the expressive activities course in practical counseling to achieve personal growth and professional growth For students studying counseling.