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Research paper thumbnail of Assessment of the counselling needs of students in a Ghanaian public university

Ghana Journal of Education, Dec 1, 2015

Needs assessment is the starting point for developing comprehensive and relevant counselling serv... more Needs assessment is the starting point for developing comprehensive and relevant counselling services for students. This study assessed the counselling needs of students in the University of Energy and Natural Resources in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of all students in the University. A sample of 335 students made up of 286 males and 49 females was selected through proportional stratified random sampling and simple random sampling techniques. A needs assessment questionnaire was used to source for the data. The data were analysed using means, standard deviations and independent samples t-test. The study found that practical and vocational/career needs were the most pressing needs of students. The study further revealed that there was no significant difference between the counselling needs of male and female students. Based on the findings, it was recommended that counsellors at the University of Energy and Natural Resources should design and implement counselling services based on the most important needs of the students: practical and vocational/career needs.

From Table 6, it can be realized that the p value for academic, vocational, personal-social and practical needs between male and female are all greater than the significant level of 0.05. This means that there was no statistically significant difference in the counselling needs of male and female students in the University of Energy and Natural Resources. Therefore, based on the result the null hypothesis is retained. This implies that both male and female students in the University of had similar level of needs. 38 ~=C. O. Okyere, G. Awabil & E. Nyarko-Sampson Discussion of Findings iia nme: ... ail With regard to the broad categories of student needs, it was found that the practical needs were the most pressing concern of students. The findings of the current study are in line with the findings of Apreko (2010) who revealed that practical and vocational problems were the greatest problems of students followed by personal-socia ones. He further revealed that the least important need was educational related. The findings of the current study further confirmed the study of Awabil and Akande (2013) who discovered that practical need was the most pressing need of students. Further analysis of the current data showed that the specific practical needs that were of greater concern to respondents centered on worry about inadequate lecture room space in the University and high user fees charged by the University. The findings are understandable because the institution is a new university and as such did not have adequate facilities and infrastructure.

Research paper thumbnail of Assessment of the counselling needs of students in a Ghanaian public university

Ghana Journal of Education: Issues and Practice (GJE), 2015

Needs assessment is the starting point for developing comprehensive and relevant counselling serv... more Needs assessment is the starting point for developing comprehensive and relevant counselling services for students. This study assessed the counselling needs of students in the University of Energy and Natural Resources in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of all students in the University. A sample of 335 students made up of 286 males and 49 females was selected through proportional stratified random sampling and simple random sampling techniques. A needs assessment questionnaire was used to source for the data. The data were analysed using means, standard deviations and independent samples t-test. The study found that practical and vocational/career needs were the most pressing needs of students. The study further revealed that there was no significant difference between the counselling needs of male and female students. Based on the findings, it was recommended that counsellors at the Un...

Research paper thumbnail of Factors Influencing Body Image Perception of University Students in Ghana

Technium Social Sciences Journal

This study aimed to find out the perception of University of Cape Cost students about their body ... more This study aimed to find out the perception of University of Cape Cost students about their body image and the factors which influenced their body image perception. Cross-sectional descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. A sample of 380 students was used for the study through the proportional stratified random sampling technique. Data were collected by using questionnaire adapted from the instrument of Pop (2016). A Cronbach co-efficient alpha of 0.821 was obtained indicating that the instrument was reliable. Mean and standard deviation were used in analysing the data. The study revealed that the respondents did not see themselves as having the perfect body shape, were not satisfied body shape and size and were not satisfied with their weight. Overall, the respondents had poor body image. The study revealed also that media and peer influences were the main factors which influenced body image perception among the students. The other identified factors were society and cu...

Research paper thumbnail of Assessment of the counselling needs of students in a Ghanaian public university

Ghana Journal of Education, Dec 1, 2015

Needs assessment is the starting point for developing comprehensive and relevant counselling serv... more Needs assessment is the starting point for developing comprehensive and relevant counselling services for students. This study assessed the counselling needs of students in the University of Energy and Natural Resources in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of all students in the University. A sample of 335 students made up of 286 males and 49 females was selected through proportional stratified random sampling and simple random sampling techniques. A needs assessment questionnaire was used to source for the data. The data were analysed using means, standard deviations and independent samples t-test. The study found that practical and vocational/career needs were the most pressing needs of students. The study further revealed that there was no significant difference between the counselling needs of male and female students. Based on the findings, it was recommended that counsellors at the University of Energy and Natural Resources should design and implement counselling services based on the most important needs of the students: practical and vocational/career needs.

From Table 6, it can be realized that the p value for academic, vocational, personal-social and practical needs between male and female are all greater than the significant level of 0.05. This means that there was no statistically significant difference in the counselling needs of male and female students in the University of Energy and Natural Resources. Therefore, based on the result the null hypothesis is retained. This implies that both male and female students in the University of had similar level of needs. 38 ~=C. O. Okyere, G. Awabil & E. Nyarko-Sampson Discussion of Findings iia nme: ... ail With regard to the broad categories of student needs, it was found that the practical needs were the most pressing concern of students. The findings of the current study are in line with the findings of Apreko (2010) who revealed that practical and vocational problems were the greatest problems of students followed by personal-socia ones. He further revealed that the least important need was educational related. The findings of the current study further confirmed the study of Awabil and Akande (2013) who discovered that practical need was the most pressing need of students. Further analysis of the current data showed that the specific practical needs that were of greater concern to respondents centered on worry about inadequate lecture room space in the University and high user fees charged by the University. The findings are understandable because the institution is a new university and as such did not have adequate facilities and infrastructure.

Research paper thumbnail of Assessment of the counselling needs of students in a Ghanaian public university

Ghana Journal of Education: Issues and Practice (GJE), 2015

Needs assessment is the starting point for developing comprehensive and relevant counselling serv... more Needs assessment is the starting point for developing comprehensive and relevant counselling services for students. This study assessed the counselling needs of students in the University of Energy and Natural Resources in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of all students in the University. A sample of 335 students made up of 286 males and 49 females was selected through proportional stratified random sampling and simple random sampling techniques. A needs assessment questionnaire was used to source for the data. The data were analysed using means, standard deviations and independent samples t-test. The study found that practical and vocational/career needs were the most pressing needs of students. The study further revealed that there was no significant difference between the counselling needs of male and female students. Based on the findings, it was recommended that counsellors at the Un...

Research paper thumbnail of Factors Influencing Body Image Perception of University Students in Ghana

Technium Social Sciences Journal

This study aimed to find out the perception of University of Cape Cost students about their body ... more This study aimed to find out the perception of University of Cape Cost students about their body image and the factors which influenced their body image perception. Cross-sectional descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. A sample of 380 students was used for the study through the proportional stratified random sampling technique. Data were collected by using questionnaire adapted from the instrument of Pop (2016). A Cronbach co-efficient alpha of 0.821 was obtained indicating that the instrument was reliable. Mean and standard deviation were used in analysing the data. The study revealed that the respondents did not see themselves as having the perfect body shape, were not satisfied body shape and size and were not satisfied with their weight. Overall, the respondents had poor body image. The study revealed also that media and peer influences were the main factors which influenced body image perception among the students. The other identified factors were society and cu...

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