Counselling In Nigeria Research Articles

Effect of the Constructivist Method on Junior Secondary School Students’ Achievement in Poetry: Implications for School Counseling in Nigeria

This study examined the effect of the constructivist method on junior secondary school students’ achievement in poetry in Nigeria. Sixty junior secondary class-two students participated in the study. The instrument used was a questionnaire developed by the researchers. The experiment consisted of 12 weeks of full intervention and 6 weeks of follow-up meetings. The study used repeated-measures ANOVA to see the achievement level in poetry of each participant across control and treatment groups post intervention. Results show a significant effect for the constructivist method on achievement in poetry among students in the treatment group compared to the control group. They also show that the effect of the constructivist method on students’ achievement in poetry is not determined by gender. The implications for research and practice are discussed in accordance with these outcomes. The researchers conclude by emphasizing the importance of a follow-up study in the Nigerian context that would make the teaching method more robust through the use of the constructivist method for high academic achievement and improved school counseling.

Nurturing the Contemporary Entrepreneur: A Tactical Solution to the Outrageous Unemployment and Poverty Rate in Nigeria

Despite the Nigerian government's supports for entrepreneurial development through initiatives with significant capacity for growth as witnessed over the years from the activities of establishments like National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN). The existing level of poverty and unemployment is disheartening though many attributed it to unbalanced increase in population growth. The study reviewed literatures on building entrepreneurial mind-set, entrepreneur culture and competent skill development in relation to entrepreneurial development. The study is based on qualitative research method and in the process large amount of data was generated with results descriptively drawn from the data obtained. The aftermaths of literature review indicate the absence of entrepreneur mentorship and counselling in Nigeria. Similarly, the absence of entrepreneurial mind-set and clarity of entrepreneur culture is another factor. For that reason, there is need to develop a framework to help nurture our ideal contemporary entrepreneur which entails setting up an adequate entrepreneurial mentorship and counselling programmes to help inculcate the act of building an entrepreneur mind-set as well as entrepreneur culture in all aspects be it a new entrepreneur start-up or an existing venture with the hope of a wide geographical spread in both rural and urban areas. Adequate geographical coverage and equal opportunity for both genders will significantly help in curbing poverty in Nigeria. Integrating these practices with adequate government policy can contribute to entrepreneur growth as a job creation strategy to reduce government burden of employment generation as well as improve the living standard of Nigerians.

Issues around vocational and career counselling in Nigeria

Issues around vocational and career counselling in Nigeria

An investigation of senior secondary school students' perception on counselling services in Awka metropolis

This paper presents a study of senior secondary school student's perception on counselling services in Awka metropolis. Descriptive survey design was used in the study. A total of 180 public senior secondary students were sampled. The researcher developed questionnaire on senior secondary student's perception on counselling services questionnaire (SESSPOCS) which consists of 15 items to address the three research questions in the study. The questionnaire was validated by three experts as mean and t-test were used for data analysis. The study revealed that the perception of senior secondary school students in Awka metropolis on counselling services is positive and that gender has an insignificant influence on the perception of students. Based on these findings, the research recommended that school counsellors should always provide for other services that may be lacking through seminars and that Counselling Association of Nigeria (CASSON) stipulate a minimum requirement for prospective counsellors in order to enhance counselling in Nigeria.

Internship in Counsellor Training: A Missing Gap in Counsellor Preparation in Nigeria

Counseling in Nigeria emerged as a needed school service and counselor preparation tend to produce counsellors who will work in schools. In the preparation of counsellors, the trainees are exposed to two-six weeks practicum exercise where the trainees have to go on practicum twice a week. This is the picture especially in the preparation of counsellors at the first degree level. At the master’s degree level, some institutions provide for a six week intensive practicum exercise in any site of trainee’s choice. The picture is not so different at the Ph.D level. There is no provision for proper internship. Given the importance and benefits accruable from having internship component in counselor preparation, this paper calls for its inclusion in the training of counsellors in Nigeria.

Professional Counseling in Nigeria: Past, Present, and Future

The events that circumscribed the parameters of today's counseling in Nigeria are many and varied regarding their influence in shaping the development of the profession in the country. The authors review these events and the current status of counseling in Nigeria, including the challenges faced in the profession. Future trends and suggestions for strengthening the profession are emphasized.

Indigenous counseling: A needed area in school counseling in Nigeria

Indigenous counselling has not been given attention in Nigeria’s school counselling programme. This counselling gap was created by European colonialism, which succeeded in developing in the minds of the African that anything indigenous is local, unscientific and unorthodox. Indigenous counselling is one of the casualties of colonial mentality. Counselling which is supposed to be a culturally loaded process for helping individuals to either regain or take direction for their lives is dominated by Western counselling. This neglect of indigenous counselling in the school counselling, forms the basis of this paper. The paper examines the relevant aspects of indigenous counselling and the need for indigenous counselling in Nigeria’s school counselling programme. The paper recommends a synthetic counselling curriculum made up of indigenous and western counselling for the school. Indigenous counselling should have an association of their own as the western trained counsellors in order to keep the ethics of their profession. Government should continue the training of more counsellors to make it possible for most schools to benefit from the counsellors’ services. There is also the need for indigenous counsellors to complement the efforts of the western counsellors in order to assist the students maximize their potentials as best as possible.

Counseling in Nigeria and the United States of America: Contrasts and Similarities

This paper compares the profession of counseling in Nigeria and the United States of America (USA). Many differences exist in the practice of counseling in these two countries, including a greater emphasis on specialization, credentialing and licensing in the USA. Issues such as lack of insurance coverage and general economic disadvantage affect the utilization of counseling services in Nigeria. Although both countries are dealing with similar societal concerns, training standards remain localized. The authors recommend that given the global nature of counseling's reach and potential impact across the world, efforts should be made to implement international credentialing standards.

Client/family interface in counselling: Challenges for counsellor acceptability and performance in Nigeria

In its three decades of formal existence in Nigeria, counselling is still an emerging profession. This paper does not attempt to evaluate the current status of counselling in Nigeria. Instead, the major thrust of the paper is to bring to light a major dimension that a number of practitioners tend to ignore in their interaction with Nigerian clients-that is, the client/family interface. This dimension is a major distinguishing factor in bringing in culture-relevant variables and how these variables impact and impinge on the counselling process, counsellor effectiveness and acceptability.

Writing as a Process of Counselling

Counselling in Nigeria, as in most of West Africa, is still in its beginning stages of development. Indeed, one of the complaints found among the few psychologists in Nigeria is the lack of recognition of the field. And yet Nigerian adolescents have much need for the services of a sound guidance and counselling programme. They, like most adolescents everywhere, derive benefit from assistance with developmental concerns such as career choices, identity problems, self-image and self-confidence, and ambivalent feelings toward adult authorities. These problems, common to most young people, are compounded in a developing society where students are under considerable stress from competition for access to higher education and job opportunities. In many cases, they are also leading double lives an intellectual life of western ideas and values and a family life of traditional attitudes and expectations representative of rural and often functionally illiterate settings.

The state of counseling in Nigeria

African nations are in a hurry to educate citizens in order to modernize and enhance their social, economic and political development. The concept of guidance and counseling, although relatively new in Africa has been embraced by most developing nations with enormous enthusiasm. This is because counseling is being regarded by most nations as an educational service through which efficient manpower for development can be attained. Counseling practice, however, does run into frequent clashes with African traditions and development goals typical of developing countries. In order to become fully acceptable at this initial stage, the guidance and counseling profession in Africa must tolerate some compromises and modifications from its original philosophy in the Western sense.

Introducing group counselling into Nigerian secondary schools: Report of a three-year experience

This paper presents a progress of the efforts by a department in a Nigerian University to introduce group counselling into near-by secondary schools. First, it reviews the traditional concept of guidance and counselling in Nigeria and compares this with the western concept, with emphasis on providing guidance/counselling to one individual at a time. The paper then discusses at length the group counselling programme that is used in various schools, mentioning findings on problems that adolescents are faced with. In a section devoted to evaluation, it was shown that Nigerian schools do need guidance counsellors. The last section discusses counselling techniques. Here is emphasised that, as counselling goes into Nigerian schools, there is a need to devise culturally viable techniques of handling issues and problems that are culturally peculiar to Africans.

Social Values and Individual Motives: The Dilemma of the Gifted

Previous articleNext article No AccessSocial Values and Individual Motives: The Dilemma of the GiftedJ. W. GetzelsJ. W. Getzels Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Volume 65, Number 1Spring, 1957 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/442376 Views: 2Total views on this site Citations: 4Citations are reported from Crossref Journal History This article was published in The School Review (1893-1979), which is continued by the American Journal of Education (1979-present). Copyright 1957 University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Daniel I. Denga The state of counseling in Nigeria, International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling 6, no.22 (Jan 1983): 115–123.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00123502Manfred Adler A Study of Attitudes Toward the Gifted Child as a Causal Factor in His Socio-Personal Adjustment, Gifted Child Quarterly 5, no.44 (Jul 2016): 134–141.https://doi.org/10.1177/001698626100500413Louis A. Fliegler, Charles E. Bish Chapter II: The Gifted and Talented, Review of Educational Research 29, no.55 (Jun 2016): 408–450.https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543029005408Leona E. Tyler Chapter VII: Studies on Motivation and Identification of Gifted Pupils, Review of Educational Research 27, no.44 (Jun 2016): 391–399.https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543027004391