Counseling Needs of Adult Students.

Autor/inn/en	Perrone, Philip; und weitere
Institution	Wisconsin Univ., Madison.
Titel	Counseling Needs of Adult Students.
Quelle	, (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Career Counseling; Educational Needs; Educational Research; Information Needs; Postsecondary Education; Questionnaires; Sex Differences; Student Needs; Vocational Education; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Information need; Informationsbedürfnis; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Fragebogen; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	The purpose of the study was to identify the counseling needs of the adult student enrolled in vocational-technical schools, and specifically to identify the vocational, financial, educational, personal, and social concerns reported by students. A paper-and-pencil questionnaire was administered to a total of 1,817 subjects--1,514 full- or part-time students attending one of three area vocational-technical schools in Wisconsin during 1975-76, and 303 from the same three communities who were considering returning to school but were not enrolled at the time of the study. The particular schools were selected to insure representative sampling across size of institution, rural vs. urban setting, and area of the State. Results showed that sex, age, and full-time/part-time status all appear to be related to the type of concerns reported by students attending postsecondary vocational schools and that academic and vocational concerns appear to be predominant among students and nonstudents. Implications resulting from the findings were (1) the need for trial learning experiences (possibly minilabs) wherein the adult has an opportunity to perform the "typical" student behavior in a relatively low-risk supportive environment, (2) the need to provide vocational information in a manner more geared to adults rather than adolescents, and (3) the need to recognize and attend to the unique needs of full-time and part-time, male and female students of varying ages. (SH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC