The Impact of Group Guidance on Graduate Counselling Students’ Preference for the Use of Computer-based Technology.
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2008
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Olusakin, A.M
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Journal of Social Sciences
Abstract
Computer-based technology is becoming an integral part of all types of learning and can potentially
be used as an important tool in the counseling skills training process and in the counseling practice if the right
awareness is created. This study was conducted to examine the impact of group guidance on the graduate counseling
students’ preference for the use of computer technology. 78 graduate counseling students participated in the study.
The participants were randomly assigned into two equal groups, the treatment and the control (delayed treatment)
groups. The treatment group participated in the group guidance on the use of computer-based technology while the
control group had their own group guidance after the post-test scores were recorded. The results obtained from
comparing the pre- and post-test scores of both groups using the Analysis of Covariance and the General Linear
Modal statistics showed that those who went through group guidance reported a significant higher preference for
the use of computer technology than those in the control group. A significant gender difference was recorded in the
analyses indicating that even though both female and male students benefited from the group guidance, male
students indicated higher preference for computer technology than the female students.
INTRODUCTION
There is a background story that formed the
motivation for this study. A graduate counseling
student made a beautiful presentation with the
aid of computer technology following three
guidance sessions on the use of computer-based
technology and the other students gave the
presenter a resounding applause and showed
interest in knowing how to also make beautiful
presentations with the aid of computer technology.
This incidence brought to light the need to
embark on this study to examine the effect of
group guidance on the graduate counseling
students’ preference for the use of computerbased
technology.
Group Guidance
This is sometimes called ‘group therapy’ and
it involves two or more people meeting together in a group where everyone discusses his/her problem which is common to the whole group. It is an effective way of responding to the various needs of students and is typically used within the classroom setting, to address developmental
needs and to implement preventive or remediation programs. Group guidance addresses specific need and it provides participants with the opportunity to develop and explore common
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Impact , Group , Guidance , Graduate , Counselling , Students. , Preference , Computer-based , Technology , Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES
Citation
Olusakin, A. M. (2008). The Impact of Graduate Counselling Students’ Preference for the Use of Computer-based Technology. Journal of Social Sciences 17(3) 211-218