THE ENCHANCEMENT OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CAREER CHOICE ABILITY THROUGH REALITY COUNSELING THEORY

Abstract

The purpose of this quasi-experimental research was 1) study the effects of the reality theory counseling on the enhancement of junior high school students’ career choice ability. 2) To compare the career choice scores of junior high school students through online counseling with reality theory between the experimental group and the control group. The instruments were 1) Measuring career choice ability, a total of 28 items, the confidence value was 0.95; 2) Online-counseling with Reality theory program for enhancing junior high school students’ career choice ability. The sample in this research were Thai students, who have been studying junior high school in district of the secondary education area 18 who are willing to participate in the research project. The sample used in this research was 20 students who have lowest scores of career choice ability form measurement, using a random number table through a computer system, into the experimental group and control group, 10 students per group. The experimental group received 10 sessions of counseling for 60 minutes while the controlled group did not (live a normal life). The data collection was divided into three phrases; the pre-test, post-test, and follow up phases, and analyzed by using repeated measures analysis of variance: one between-subjects variable and one within-subjects variable. The research results showed that the career choice ability of junior high school students through online counseling with reality theory during post-test and follow up phases are higher than the pre-test period at .05 significance level and the experimental group had higher scores on career choice ability than the control group was statistically significant at the .05 level