The Contribution of Guidance and Counseling to Holistic Development of the Pupils in Banjo Laurel Elementary School S.Y. 2017-2018

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The term "guidance and counseling” has been perceived in different ways. Kinra (2008) defined them as an interaction process co-joining the counselee, who is vulnerable and who needs assistance and the counselor who is trained and educated to give the assistance, the goal being to help the counselee learn to deal more effectively with himself and the reality of his environment. Guidance and counseling services are essential elements in discipline management of people in all societies even the most primitive societies grew out of the necessity of guiding individuals' behavior patterns in the interests of the group. Additionally, most of the teachers tasked with guidance and counseling roles are overburdened due to the high number of students in schools.

METHODS

The researcher used the following methods in this research: counseling services, information services and testing services. Counseling services includes appraisal, information, placement, placement, orientation, evaluation, referral and follow-up. Each of these major components of guidance and counseling alone with their services address students' needs, challenges and problems. The researcher also used the two major types of counseling, the individual counseling and the group counseling.

RESULTS

To test whether there is a significant contribution of guidance and counseling to holistic development of the pupils. The researcher conducted a survey using the descriptive method with the questionnaire as the primary data gathering instrument. The respondents are the pupils from grade one to grade six. Based from the result of the survey conducted, all the respondents agreed that guidance and counseling contributed much to the holistic development of the pupils.

DISCUSSIONS

The information service is designed to provide accurate and current information in order that the students may make an intelligent choice of an educational program, an occupation or a social activity. The counseling service is designed to facilitate self-understanding and development through dyadic or small group relationship. The testing service is designed to collect, analyze and use a variety of objective and subjective personal, psychological and social data about each pupil. The two major types of counseling are the individual counseling and the group counseling. Individual counseling is referred to as one-on-one counseling, and group counseling is a counseling session that takes place between the professionally trained counselor and a group of people.