High School Guidance Research Articles

The Parental Factors that Impact Hispanics’ Post-Secondary Education Completion

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to explore the parental factors that impact Hispanics’ post-secondary education completion. This is an important social issue as prior literature has indicated that educated parents have a strong influence on their children’s abilities, knowledge, and values. For this study, 20 in-depth, semi-structured interviews of Hispanic adults aged 23 to 42 were conducted. Nine participants completed their college degrees, six participants enrolled in but did not complete college, and five participants did not enroll in college. Nineteen participants reported that their parents and family placed a high value on furthering their education beyond high school, irrespective of their own educational level. The absence of parental involvement, caused by family instability, was an unanticipated barrier to obtaining a college degree. One-fourth of participants (n = 5) expressed a desire to have accessed a high school guidance counselor with whom they could have discussed various college funding possibilities and scholarship information. This study’s findings can help public schools, colleges, and universities identify strategies to improve college retention and graduation rates of Hispanic students by using programs and seminars for entering students.

Guidance And Counseling In Junior High School (SMP) And High School (SMA)

This study aims to describe Guidance and Counseling (BK) held in Junior High School (SMP) and Senior High School (SMA). The results showed: (1) Junior High School (SMP), (2) Senior High School (SMA), (3) guidance and counseling, (4) material and equipment for secondary school guidance and counseling. Guidance and counseling students are expected to understand to realize the goals of guidance and counseling optimally.

PROGRAM BK UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN KOMUNIKASI ANTARPRIBADI PESERTA DIDIK SMP NEGERI KABUPATEN BEKASI

The guidance and counseling program is an effort to help individuals improve their communication skills, learn about good ways of communicating, and respect the other person. This study aims to describe the implementation of the guidance and counseling program in improving the communication skills of class VII students of SMP. this really needs to be researched because guidance and counseling services in junior high schools help students to practice interpersonal communication skills. Descriptive technique with a quantitative approach, thus obtained 69.4% in the category of medium communication skills, and as much as 30.6% in the category of low communication skills. According to data collected from 36 respondents, the students' communication skills were sufficient as expected for grade VII junior high school level.

Faktor-Faktor Penghambat Guru BK Dalam Melaksanakan Program Bimbingan Dan Konseling di SMA Se-Kota Sungai Penuh

The existence of guidance and counseling in schools remains to be met as is expected, for in the school community there are those who are not familiar with the real duties of guidance teachers and counseling. The results of an interview with some guidance counselors, they found that some of the bk services were somehow affected by their performance. The implementation of the program at the school has not reached its intended target because of several obstacles such as education, experience, health conditions, bk teacher competency, tools and infrastructure, regulatory terms, and lack of student participation.The quality of a full-river high school guidance and counseling program, which reveals the quality of the internal factor to which the guidance and counseling programs are conducted at a full-river high school. , and express the quality of external factors to the guidance and counseling program at a full-river high school.The study has been limited to full-river high school guidance and counseling programs, the internal factors that the guidance and counseling teachers have in full-river high schools and the external factors that the guidance and counseling teachers have in full-river high schools.

Implementation of Junior High School Individual Counseling Services in Medan City

Individual counseling service activities are one of the guidance and counseling services practiced by teachers (counselors) in schools to help solve student problems (counselees). Therefore individual counseling services must be carried out properly and have a positive value. This study aims to determine the extent to which the implementation of individual counseling services for junior high schools in the city of Medan is viewed from several aspects of the implementation of individual counseling services provided by guidance and counseling teachers at schools. The research method used is a quantitative descriptive approach with a survey design. Data collection instruments are interviews, observation, documentation and questionnaires. The subjects of this study were guidance and counseling teachers at junior high schools in the city of Medan. As for the results, it can be seen that the implementation of individual counseling services is a service that is often used by guidance and counseling teachers. Based on the results of this study it can be concluded that junior high school guidance and counseling teachers in Medan City choose individual counseling services as a good service in alleviating student problems at school, with a success rate of solving student problems from 61% to 100%.

Expanding access to STEM pathways: Professional learning for high school counselors

AbstractThis study is situated within a large‐scale national high school level engineering education initiative that aims to “demystify” engineering for high school students, teachers, and counselors through an all‐inclusive high school level engineering course. Counselors participated in a series of PD activities centered on the following components: (1) design and development of a new engineering course open to all high school students, (2) teacher and counselor PD, and (3) a learning community of teachers, counselors, engineering educators, and practicing engineers. We utilized an exploratory qualitative research design to understand counselors’ perceptions and experiences. Through their own hands‐on experiences, counselors had concrete examples to share with students about engineering as a field to consider for postsecondary education and careers. Further, through a broadened understanding of the skills needed to excel in engineering, counselors expressed that they would work with all students to recommend them towards engineering, rather than just the “math and science” students. Through this study, we identified an important gap in the engineering pipeline: high school guidance counselors. In order to broaden participation in engineering, we must first expand the knowledge of those people working closely with high school students on postsecondary plans.

Influence of guidance knowledge and counseling services and attitudes toward guidance on the performance of guidance teachers in high schools

AbstractGuidance and counseling teachers play an important role in students' career planning and dealing with students' problems. The primary objective of this study is to examine the influence of knowledge of guidance and counseling services as well as attitudes toward guidance on the performance of high school guidance teachers by measures of partial and multiple correlation. This study was conducted with a quantitative approach using the explanatory survey method. By employing a simple random sampling technique, the sample obtained consisted of 145 junior and senior high school guidance teachers. The data was analyzed with descriptive statistics using regression test methodology. The study results show that the level of knowledge of guidance and counseling for guidance teachers falls in the “moderate” category, the attitudes toward guidance tend to be on the positive side, whereas the results suggest the performance of guidance teachers is in the “high” category. It was found that the influence of knowledge of guidance and counseling services is positive and significant on the performance of guidance teachers. The influence of attitudes toward guidance is positive and significant on the performance of guidance teachers. Knowledge of guidance and counseling services and attitudes toward guidance jointly influence the performance of high school guidance teachers.

Effectiveness of Conflict Resolution Counseling for The Development of Peace Core Values on Vocational High School Students

The research was motivated by the inability of students to resolve conflicts constructively, so many cases of conflict between students ended in violence. This study examines the effectiveness of conflict resolution counseling for developing core values of peace in adolescents. This research uses the positivism paradigm, quantitative approach, quasi-experimental method, and non-equivalent pre-test post-test control group design. The research participants were vocational high school students in the city of Bandung, totaling 63 people (32 people for the control and experimental groups), which were determined through a purposive technique. The data collection tool is a questionnaire on the core values of peace based on the U NESCO -APNIEVE Thurstone scale model with a reliability coefficient of 0.92. Data analysis to test the hypothesis using the One-Way ANOVA technique. The calculation results show that F hit = 3.401, at p = 0.070>0.05, dk = 1.58, which means that there was no significant difference in the core values of peace between the control group and the treatment group after conflict resolution counseling intervention. Partially, conflict resolution counseling effectively increases the three core values of peace: tolerance, recognition of other people's souls, and gratitude. The research recommendations are aimed at guidance and counseling teachers in vocational high schools.

Brief counseling skills training for elementary school teachers in Barito Kuala Regency

The implementation of guidance and counseling in elementary and high schools as one of the integrated class teacher responsibilities has been clearly regulated by Permendikbud Number 111 of 2014. This training was provided as program support to increase the capability of teachers to carry out counseling assignments. A total of 39 elementary teachers participated in the 7 sessions, which included policy outreach activities, material delivery, simulations, and supervised practice. The training's results show that elementary school teachers in the Barito Kuala District's counseling skills generally improved from the low category (3.77) to the medium category (6.62). Based on the result, the elementary educators in the Barito Kuala district need to applied the new skills in practical settings in order to improve their counseling competencies.

Rasch model for the need assessment instrument of academic guidance and counseling program in junior high school

Developing an instrument for the need for academic guidance and counseling topics is a strategic step to support the needs assessment carried out by guidance and counseling teachers and counselors in schools. The development of this instrument had been carried out by Arfalah using exploratory factor analysis. This study aims to analyze the instrument using the Rasch model. The research procedure began with collecting data from two integrated online needs assessments of academic guidance and counseling instruments. The content validity test involved six experts, and the field test involved 111 students from three junior high schools in Yogyakarta. Data were analyzed using Winsteps version 3.73 according to Fisher’s five criteria for a good instrument. The content validity test showed Aiken’s coefficient of 0.71, considered in the high category. Meanwhile, the results of the Rasch test showed the item response model. The analysis also indicated high reliability on both instruments above 0.90 and Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.98. Five items were decided to be maintained based on the misfit test explored. The accuracy and focus of the instruments in revealing the need for academic guidance and counseling topics for high school students indicated a number above 40% and a fairly good level of instrument contamination, which was below 10%.

Gender, Problems Encountered and Counseling Techniques of High School Guidance Counselors in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, Philippines

This study dealt on the gender, problems encountered, and counseling techniques of high school guidance counselors in Marawi City Lanao del Sur, Philippines. There were 42 respondents from Department of Education Marawi City Division and from MSU External High Schools: MSU-ILS, MSU-UTC and ISED-SHS designated or appointed as guidance counselors of the respective schools included in this study. The study aimed to determine the gender of the guidance counselors, determine the problems encountered in counseling by the guidance counselors, and find out the counseling techniques of guidance counselors. The study used a descriptive method aided by validated questionnaires in gathering the needed data for the study. The data were tabulated, analyzed, and interpreted using frequency count, percentage, weighted mean and ranking. Result revealed that majority of the respondents were females. Most of the problems encountered by the guidance counselors were from the students such as coming to class late or habitual absences, limited resources of the guidance room, availability of guidance room, not comprehensive guidance program, and moral support from the administration were found problems encountered by counselors. In terms of techniques used, individual counseling technique was employed to cater the needs of the students. This study concluded that moral support from the administration, teachers and parents were in need to inspire the counselors to do their tasks. It is recommended that similar studies be conducted with more on concerns and issues drawn from the students and administrators.

Teacher Competencies and School Improvement Specialist Coaching (SISC+) Programme in Malaysia as a Model for Improvement of Quality Education in China

The focus for Chinese citizens to pursue study in Malaysia is based on quality improvement in the Malaysian education system, especially in the teacher quality and school improvement specialist coaching (SISC+) program implemented in the Malaysian school system. The role of teacher’s competencies, such as teacher enthusiasm, which involves the invoking of passion and excitement in students and the participation of teachers, are the most positive teaching activity associated with the gratification of specific lessons. As a model to attract foreign students, especially from China, it is important to review the Ministry’s SISC+ plan and determine if teaching competencies among teachers can positively impact the system. The purpose of this study is to examine how teacher competencies influence the SISC+ Coaching program (Guidance) in rural high schools in Malaysia. The novelty of this research lies in measuring teachers’ competencies in three dimensions: communication skills, skills in teaching strategies, and methods and teaching-involvements skills within a framework. This study employed a quantitative method consisting of a questionnaire with a five-point Likert scale. The instruments were taken from a questionnaire developed by the Malaysia Ministry of Education (MOE) for the coaching of SISC+ (16 questions), while the measurement of teachers’ competencies (22 questions) was performed using a questionnaire from past literature. A total of 186 teachers from six Malaysia secondary schools were involved in the study and the data were analyzed using SEM PLS. The findings revealed that out of all the three competency dimensions (communication, policy, process, and methodology, and student involvement), only teacher communication skills with learners had a major effect on the SISC+ coaching program. The findings also showed that the contact capabilities with students appeared to favor the SISC+ method. Thus, the study contributes to the creation of new knowledge with empirical tests, along with several practical implications for research on teaching competency development.

DIALECT POLITENESS: IS VIOLATING THE COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLE AN IMPOLITENESS?

The way someone shows politeness in speech acts is not only seen from a macro understanding of how speech participants can keep each other's face and maintain maxims with the inclusion of linguistic elements. Politeness of speech acts should be seen and understood on a micro level; more specifically in the context of language use in a language community as a cultural practice, both collectively and individually. Using the ethnographic perspective of communication, the current study investigates the politeness of speech acts in the context of guidance and counselling communication interactions in senior high schools, in the province of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. The results of the analysis of S-P-E-A-K-I-N-G showed that the politeness of speech acts that appeared in the guidance and counselling process was mediated pragmatically by the use of local dialects. To find the forms, functions, strategies, and cooperative principles of speech act politeness that exist in the speech process, further analysis is carried out using coding techniques which also aims to construct a concept. The results of the analysis showed three forms of politeness, four functions of politeness, six strategies of politeness, and two principles of cooperative principles. The current study understands that violating the principle of cooperation in the context of communication in this study is actually a courtesy and that is why a polite speech act should be relied on the context in which a communication happened. This understanding was constructed theoretically then labelled as 'Dialect politeness' as a cultural communication practice.

Mindfulness Community Education for High School Students and Guidance and Counseling Teachers

Some events that occur in a adolescence's life can be a source of stress. Stress could cause physical and psychological disorders. Stress resilience allows a person to avoid the negative effects of stress. Objective of this community education activity was to provide initial information about mindfulness as a way of self-empowerment to improve stress resilience of high school students and identify the resilience level to determine the need for further training. The participants in this activity were high school students and guidance-and-counseling teachers. Education about mindfulness were given to high school students and guidance-and-counseling teachers through online meeting platform. Before the education session, participants were asked to voluntarily fill out a Brief Resilience Scale questionnaire to identify the participants' level of stress resilience. At the end of the education, a mindfulness practice session was given. Identification of stress resilience showed that of the 277 participants who filled out the questionnaire, 27.2% had low resilience levels, 72.2% had normal resilience levels, and 0.4% had high resilience levels. The percentage of respondents with low resilience decreased with increasing age (31.5% in adolescents, 22.2% in young adults, and 10.2% in adults). In teacher’s group, 10.71%, 87.50%, and 10.71% of respondents had low, normal, and high resilience, respectively. In student’s group, 68.33% and 31.67% of respondents had normal and high resilience, respectively. A higher percentage of adolescents with low resilience require follow-up. This activity revealed the importance to increase stress resilience which have an impact on improving the learning quality, especially for adolescents as the nation's next generation.

Planning Of The Needs Assessment Program For The College In Guidance And Counseling In Junior High School

<p><em>Guidance and counseling programs in junior high schools are arranged based on the needs of students/counselees and school needs. Needs assessment is an activity that aims to find out the real conditions of students that will be used as a basis in planning guidance and counseling programs. A good guidance and counseling program at an educational institution is a well- done plan. The research method used is a literature study. Researchers dig up information through the google scholar search page and DOAJ (Directory Open Access Journal) to find traces of past research related to literacy skills. Through this research, it is expected to know the development of research that has been done about the need assessment in the planning of counseling and counseling programs in junior high schools</em>.</p>

Pengembangan E-Modul Berbasis Android Sebagai Media Pembelajaran Bimbingan Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi pada Sekolah Menengah Pertama (SMP)

This study aims to develop an e-module based on android as a learning media for information and communication technology guidance in junior high schools that is valid, practical, and effective in improving student learning outcomes. The development model used is 4D which includes: Define, Design, Develop, and Disseminate. The research subjects were students of class VII with details: 5 students for one to one test at UPT SMPN 1 Duampanua, 10 students for small group testing at UPT SMPN 1 Duampanua, and 22 students for large group testing at UPT SMPN 5 Duampanua. The results showed that (1) The valid e-module was used based on the value of the media expert of 88.46 in the very valid category and the material expert of 90.05 in the very valid category; (2) The practical e-module is used with a score from the teacher of 87.53 in the very practical category, students of 86.66 in the very practical category, and observers of 87.46 in the very practical category, and (3) N- Gain score from the pre-test and post-test results was 0.71 with the high category, so it can be said that e-module based android is effective in improving learning outcomes of information and communication technology guidance.

Factors that hinder medical career aspirations: A nationwide questionnaire survey of teachers in charge of career guidance in Japanese high schools

Despite concerns raised on the inequality in healthcare provision in Japan, little is known about the factors that hinder candidates’ application to medical schools. A nationwide cross-sectional survey was conducted to identify the impact of economic factors and living place on students’ choice of and preparation for medical school. The survey was administered to high school teachers with career advisory roles, as they support and likely influence students’ choice and decision on this matter. Responses totaling 1,094 were obtained from 1,746 high schools across Japan. The ratio of high schools with two or more students enrolled in medical schools every year is higher in private schools, those with high tuition, and those located in big cities. Approximately 66.8% of the respondents agreed that "It is difficult for students in economically disadvantaged families to enroll in medical schools;" 42.0% agreed that "Some students gave up on aspiring to enter medical schools because they could not afford it," and 61.2% agreed that "Students living in urban areas are more likely to enroll in medical schools." When asked about the percentage of students attending prep school among those aspiring for a medical career, significantly more respondents from private versus public high schools answered "80% or more." When asked about the percentage of parents who are doctors or dentists among students aspiring for a medical career, significantly more respondents from private versus public high schools answered "50% or more.” The results suggest that students from lower-income families and those living in rural areas are more likely to be disadvantaged when choosing a medical career (because of financial difficulties) than those who live in urban areas and come from wealthier families. The results imply that economic and geographical divides in medical admission are reflected in high school teachers’ perception of and support provided to students.

PENTINGNYA MINAT DAN BAKAT DALAM MEMILIH PROGRAM STUDI YANG PROSPEKTIF DI INDUSTRI MELALUI BIMBINGAN DAN KONSELING KARIR DI SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEJURUAN [THE IMPORTANCE OF INTEREST AND TALENT IN CHOOSING A PROSPECTIVE STUDY PROGRAM IN INDUSTRY THROUGH CAREER GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING IN VOCATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL

This research is motivated by the difficulty of choosing the right learning program because vocational students do not have clear goals and career plans. Therefore, this study aims to determine the importance of interest and talent in choosing the right study program towards a prospective career in industry through career guidance in vocational schools. This study uses a literature study method with the finding that career guidance is one of three areas of guidance and counseling services, namely tutoring, social guidance, and personal guidance. The vocational high school guidance program aims to help students to plan their professional future by making career choices according to their talents and interests. In this case, talents and interests are very important for that guidance and counseling teachers help students to recognize their potential such as adjusting their interests and talents to the chosen study program so that the study program can be said to be right. Finally, career guidance not only provides answers to problems that arise, but also helps students acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and skills that students need for their profession or future career.

Pelatihan Penyusunan Rancangan Penelitian Tindakan bagi Guru Bimbingan dan Konseling SMA di Kabupaten Tanggamus

Guidance and Counseling Teachers should be accustomed to conducting action research. In fact, BK teachers have not been able to design and carry out research in accordance with the rules and principles of an action research. This training aims to improve the ability of BK teachers to design action research in the field of guidance and counseling. The training was carried out in Tanggamus District using a work-assignment learning method in the form of a workshop and was attended by 40 high school guidance and counseling teachers. The activity begins with briefing and continues with the practice of preparing research proposals in a guided manner. Evaluation of the achievement of activities is carried out to check the level of teacher skills in preparing action research designs correctly using the Action Research Design Quality Assessment Form. The results of the activity showed that in general the skills of the participants had improved. They have been able to formulate the title, problem, objective, and research methodology correctly. Participants categorized as "Highly Skilled" = 15%, "Skilled" = 35%, and "Sufficiently Skilled" = 27.50%, "Less Skilled" = 17.50%, the rest, around 5% are still in the category " Very Unskilled.” Based on the results of the evaluation of activities, it is recommended that this kind of training be followed up by increasing the intensity of the debriefing and expanding the target audience.

The Soldier's Dilemma

Int. Fort Leavenworth Prison Cell, Nighttime.A man lays sleeping in bed, by his lonesome. The man in bed is Private Francis Orestes. He is in his early 20s, tall with a medium build, dark blond hair, and hazel eyes. His generally handsome features have been dampened by rather severe bruises and cuts. Parts of his torso are clearly bandaged. He tosses violently in his sleep, dreaming of quiet horror.The clanking of pipes audibly rustles.Int. Prison Psychiatrist's Office, Daytime, Orestes and Euterpe Sit Across from One Another.Francis Orestes sits in a room reminiscent of a high school guidance counselor's office, with the additional features of a prison.Orestes sits with both his arms and legs crossed, even though he is chained to the floor, making the position uncomfortable.Across a cluttered desk sits Doctor Valentina Euterpe. She is thin with brown hair and poses average height. She wears a pastel buttoned jacket and matching skirt, like the style of Jackie Kennedy, as well as white oval glasses. She possesses a somewhat timeless beauty and elegance, so her age could range from late 40s to early 60s.Int. Prison Meeting Room, DayOrestes sits at a metal table, handcuffed in place. He wears his usual prison garb and bears a grim look as he waits.Enter Corrections Specialist Curtin, followed shortly by an officer.The officer, Captain Jaxon Boedromi, in full uniform. He has dark black hair, cut short, and dark brown eyes. He is of average height, but of an exceedingly good build. There is a casual coolness to his stride, but he walks with a barely noticeable limp.Int. Daytime, Prison Visitors’ Center. Orestes Is Seated.Francis Orestes sits alone, nervously tapping his foot. He has a twisted look of distress on his face. He looks toward the door, waiting for someone to enter.Monique Orestes enters. She is of average height, with a small frame, blonde hair, and brown eyes. She is wearing a blue floral pattern dress cinched at the waist by a belt. She looks solemnly upon the crowd of faces, finds her son, and makes her way to him.Int. Prison Psychiatrist's Office, Bright Daytime, Orestes and Euterpe Sit Across from One Another.Orestes sits chained to the ground, glumly looking toward the floor. Doctor Euterpe sits across from him and attempts to get his attention by clearing her throat, though his stare remains blank.Int. Courtroom, Daytime, Boedromi and Orestes Sit at a Table Facing an Empty BenchOrestes and Boedromi orient themselves at their desk, both dressed in formal fatigues. Behind them sits many military onlookers. Enter Potineish and the Judge Advocates (they sit at the opposite table of Orestes).Int. Daytime, Prison Visitors Center. Francis Is Seated Across from His Two Parents.Francis sits facing his two parents. They all look nervously at one another. Orestes taps his foot absently until his mother places her hand on top of his.