Effectiveness of Bibliotherapeutic Techniques in Enhancing Career Awareness among Secondary School Students in Bauchi Metropolis.
ABSTRACT
This examined the of bibliotherapeutic techniques, in enhancing awareness among secondary students in the .
Career Awareness Rating Scale (CARS), was administered to two hundred and fifty (250) students sampled from the entire senior secondary school students (SSS II) of both private and public schools in Bauchi Metropolis.
They were randomly distributed into groups (Experimental and control groups) after they had responded to the instrument developed to obtain their pretest scores, therefore, 125 students were in the experimental group while 125 were in the control group.
The subjects in the experimental group were exposed to handouts as bibliotherapeutic technique, while, the control group were not “t” test and standard deviation were employed in data analysis and the result showed that handouts as a bibliotherapeutic technique can enhance secondary school students’ career awareness.
It further revealed that gender difference will not affect the treatment package based on the findings, the study recommends that the use of handouts as a bibliotherapeutic technique in the curriculum of the secondary school programme and should be handled by counsellors.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page ii
Declaration iii
Certification iv
Dedication v
Acknowledgement vi
Abstract vii
Table of Contents viii
List of Tables xi
List of Appendices xii
Definition of Terms xiii
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
- Background to the Study 1
- Statement of the Problem 2
- Objectives of Study 3
- Research Questions 3
- Hypotheses 4
- Significance of Study 4
- Basic Assumptions 5
- Scope and Delimitation 6
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
- Introduction 7
- Concept of Bibliotherapy 7
- Theoretical framework 13
- Importance of Bibliotherapy 16
- Procedures for Practical Bibliotherapy 16
- Types of Bibliotherapy 18
- Objectives of Bibliotherapy 20
- Ways for Effective use of Bibliotherapy 21
- Concept of Career 23
- Concept of Career Awareness 25
- Factors Affecting Career Awareness 27
- Environmental Factors 28
2.11.2 Home Factor 29
- Parental Factor 29
- Personal Interest and Ability Factor 30
- Peer Group Factor 30
- School Factor 31
- Aptitude Factor 31
- Empirical Studies 33
- Review of Related Studies 35
2.14 Summary 39
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
- Introduction 40
- Research Design 40
- The population of Study 40
- Sample Size and Sampling Procedure 41
- Research Instrument 42
- Validity and Reliability 42
- The procedure of Data Collection 43
- Procedure for Data Analysis 44
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND RESULTS
- Introduction 46
- Answer to Research Questions 46
- Hypotheses Test 48
- Summary of Findings 50
- Discussion of Findings 51
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
5.1 Introduction 55
5.2 Summary 55
5.3 Conclusion 56
- Implications for Career Awareness to Secondary School Students and Career Teachers 57
- Recommendations 58
REFERENCES 59
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
Man in his environment has a lot of activities streamlined to satisfy his unlimited needs. This concept of the struggle for survival brings the need for a strategic process for meeting the basic need of mankind. Thus, there is a need for career awareness through systematic guidance and counselling to students in secondary schools.
Career awareness should provide a clear vision of a sustainable future Endeavour based on a person’s capability, aptitude, interest and personality, as well as suggesting avenues for translating this vision into reality. Bojuwoye (1985) indicated that “many factors have combined to make the present-day Nigerian society with which young people must contend”.
These factors according to him could be educational, vocational or social problems, which are emotion-laden. Many educators have expressed the opinion that in order for today’s secondary school students to grow up with a meaningful outlook in life, they must be helped to come to terms with their social and emotional problems (Rothney, 1985).
Teachers on their part are being over tasked beyond their academic and training abilities. Herring (1998) states, “counsellors should be assisting students to increase their awareness of self and their sense of autonomy”.
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