Teacher and student perceptions of the emphasis placed on specific counselor functions in CPU

Abstract

Colleges and universities feel the great need for student guidance for vocational and educational placement of their students. This is a need brought about by the government’s emphasis on manpower development in order to improve the country’s economy.

Guidance services are very much needed at these times. These are much needed as anyone of these following counselor functions: educational and vocational information, individual analysis and appraisal, academic advising, curricular activities, placement, orientation in and out of school activities, etc.

The Problem:

This study attempted to answer these following questions:

1. How do the perception of students of specific counselor functions compare with the perceptions of teachers? The following are sub-questions:

a. which specific counselor functions do the students perceive as receiving enough or too much emphasis? b. which specific counselor functions do the teachers perceive was receiving enough or too much emphasis?

c. which specific counselor functions do the students perceive as receiving no emphasis at all?

d. which specific counselor functions do the teachers perceive as receiving no emphasis at all?

e. which specific counselor functions do students perceive as needing more emphasis?

f. which specific counselor functions do the teachers perceive as needing more emphasis?

g. which specific counselor functions do the students perceive as not emphasized at all?

h. which, specific counselor functions do the teachers perceive as not emphasized at all?