Principals', counselors' and teachers' understanding of the role and tasks of school counselors(Case Study Norabad city)

Authors
Sakine Ashrafi
bizhan abddolahi
fateme goudini
10.52547/erj.4.34.1
Abstract
The goal of the present study is exploratory data analysis of the role and tasks of school counselors of Delfan city. This research is a quantitative one with a focus on correlational method. The study population consists of all principals, counselors and teachers of Noor Abad City among whom 250 were chosen randomly. To determine the role and tasks of school counselors, a questionnaire prepared by the present researcher containing 28 questions was used. To analyze the research data spss software descriptive statistics (percent, frequency, average and correlation) and inferential statistics (factor analysis and one-sided variation analysis) are used. The results of exploratory factor analysis showed that five components of the planning and development of educational guidance, the role of growth and development of students' intellectual faculties, the role of the evaluation of students, the role of the development of students' characters and the role of consultation and collaboration with a working group of employees showed a total of 57/5 of the total variance. Results also showed the school administrators', counselors' and teachers' perception of the school counselor’s roles of the planning and development of educational guidance, the role of the development of students' characters and the role of consultation and collaboration with a working group of employees and tasks are different.
Keywords
exploratory data analysis
school counselors and role and tasks
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