The Guidance Needs of the Lower Elementary Stage Students in Tulkarm Governorate, Northern Palestine, from the Viewpoint of Their Teachers

Authors

Hosni Al-Quds, Al-Quds Open University, PalestineFollow

Abstract

The study aimed to recognize the counseling needs for the students at the basic elementary stage at the Province of Tulkarm north of Palestine according to the students' teachers' view. The study determined the effect of the following Variables: sex, qualification, specialization and the years of experience to the extent of these needs. The researcher chose a Simple random sample of teachers (200) male and female teachers of the basic elementary stage and in order to achieve the purposes of the study: he prepared a questionnaire by which he measured the counseling needs for the students at the basic elementary stage and it was valid and reliable. The study reached the following results: The total average of the counseling needs for the students at the basic elementary stage was very big (82.7%). There are statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.05 2 a) between the male and female for male in evaluating the social counseling needs for. As for the rest of the fields, the differences were not statistically significant. There are fundamental differences in estimating the degree of psychological and counseling needs for the students according to the variable of the experience, and the differences were among teachers who had one to five years of experience and among teachers who had six to ten years of experience for the second category, and among teachers who had six to ten years of experience and among teachers ho had more than ten years of experience for the second category. There are statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.05 a) on the degree of the counseling needs for the students according to the variable of qualification over all the total degree. The differences were between the Diploma teachers and Bachelor teachers, and it was for the Bachelor teachers There are no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.05 2 a) on the degree of the counseling needs for the students at the basic elementary stage at the Province of Tulkarm north of Palestine according to the variable of specialization The study concluded some recommendations concerning the counseling needs for the students at the basic elementary stage: a. Designing social, psychological and counseling needs fulfilling the talented students' needs, especially the cognitive-mental and psychological fields which are highly needed. b. Preparing and codifying the measurements of cleverness and the intellectual abilities especially in the Palestinian society so as to enable the teachers to discover the talented students early

Recommended Citation

Al-Quds, Hosni (2013) "The Guidance Needs of the Lower Elementary Stage Students in Tulkarm Governorate, Northern Palestine, from the Viewpoint of Their Teachers," Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات: Vol. 14: Iss. 2, Article 1.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/jpu/vol14/iss2/1