Academic Administration Guideline of Mental Health Education for Left-behind Children of Xiang Zhou Junior High School China

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) To investigate needs and problems of mental health education for left-behind children. 2) To construct an academic administration guideline of mental health education for left-Behind children. The respondents in this research were 196 students and 40 teachers obtained through stratified random sampling at Xiang Zhou Junior High School, China. The research instrument employed in this study was a questionnaire with 20 questions for 5 rating scales, quality of instrument evaluated for the Index of item-objective congruence scores by the 3 specialists. The information and data collected were analyzed through the quantitative research method and presented in terms of percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The findings indicated that: 1) problems of mental health education for stdents are at the middle level. (Mean=3.11, S.D. =1.31), problems for teachers teaching mental health courses are at the hight level. (Mean=3.63, S.D. =1.20), needs of mental health education for students are at the hight level. (Mean=3.63, S.D. =1.21), and needs for teachers teaching mental health courses are at the hight level. (Mean=3.81, S.D. =1.17). 2) The academic administration guideline of mental health education for left-behind children having comprised of 4 units; namely, 2.1) Strengthen mental health education, 2.2) Strengthen the construction of mental health education teachers, 2.3) Carry out mental health monitoring, and 2.4) Strengthen cooperation between families and schools. All of the 4 units were evaluated by the 3 specialists and possessed the IOC values at 1.00 that meant the academic management guideline was reliable and valid, and could be used as a academic management guideline for students and teachers at Xiangzhou Junior high School.