IMPACT OF COUNSELLING APPROACHES ON SKILL ACQUISITION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS IN MAKURDI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, BENUE STATE, NIGERIA
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Secondary School and Adolescents, Skill Acquisition, Counselling Approaches,, Educational FoundationsAbstract
The study investigated impact of counselling approaches on skill acquisition of secondary school adolescents in Makurdi Local Government Area, Benue State, Nigeria. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. Descriptive survey design was employed. Population of the study was 7,854 students from 22 Government Grant-Aided secondary schools in Makurdi Local Government Area. A sample size of 200 students was used for the study. The data were collected through researchers-structured questionnaire titled' Counselling Approaches and Skill Acquisition Questionnaire' (CASAQ). The reliability co-efficient of .87 was obtained. Mean and standard deviation were utilized to answer the research questions, while chi-square statistics was employed to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings showed that Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy has significant impact on skill acquisition of secondary school adolescents in Makurdi Local Government Area. The study concluded that counselling approaches has impact among secondary school adolescents in Makurdi Local Government of Benue State. It was recommended that teachers and counsellors should work with students to set specific, achievable academic goals (e.g., improving in a particular subject) using CBT’s goal-oriented framework, counsellors should use PCT techniques in one-on-one sessions, actively listening and reflecting students’ feelings to build psychological safety and teachers and counsellors should work together to integrate these therapeutic approaches into both classroom and counseling settings, ensuring consistency in supporting students’ skill acquisition.
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