درجة امتلاك المرشدين التربويين في المدارس الحكومية الفلسطينية للمهارات الإرشادية و علاقتها بالصعوبات التي يواجهونها

Abstract EN

The study aimed to explore the degree of counseling skills among the school counselors in Palestinian public schools and its relationship with the difficulties they face, as well as the differences in the averages of both the counseling skills and difficulties depending on: gender, specialization, and years of experience of counselors.

The study was conducted on a cluster sample of (333) counselors working in West Bank Public schools, representing (48.0%) of the total population, using a correlational descriptive approach.

The results indicated that the level of counseling skills was high with an average of (3.89) , and the level of difficulties scores facing the counselors was moderate with an average of (2.85).

The results also indicated that there were no statistically significant differences in the counseling skills due to gender, while the differences in the total degree of counseling skills according to specialization, were in favor of psychological and educational counseling, and the skills of career counseling are positively developed after 6 years of experience.

Results also indicates that there are substantial differences in the difficulties facing counselors in favor of males, and in favor of 5 years experience or less, and unspecified specializations.

The results also showed the existence of a negative statistically significant correlational relationship between the counselors’ skills and difficulties facing them, with a correlational coefficient of (0.21) , and the regression model was able to explain (20%) of the variance in the degree of difficulties that they faced in the performance of their skills