시각장애학교 중등학생의 생활지도 실태 및 개선 방향

Abstract

This study was done to provide basic material for quality improvements on school guidance, investigating the state and its improvements on guidance directed at schools for the visually impaired in Korea. To achieve the goal, 178 secondary school students attending schools for the visually impaired through out the nation were surveyed with the questionnaire(30 questions) consisting of the factors- 'understanding students', 'instructing sociality', 'directing career' and 'counseling activity'. The results of the investigation are as follows. Firstly, the overall level of school guidance showed 'average' and 'counseling activity', among the factors, suggested the highest level. Secondly, in all factors, male students revealed higher level than female ones and students with the congenital ophthalmic ailment, higher than those with the acquired one. In 'understanding students' and 'instructing sociality', students in highschool suggested higher level than those in middle school. Thirdly, for 'current worries and what needs to be helped', 'school performance' indicated the highest level, followed by 'career choice'. As a preferable counselor, male students chose 'homeroom teacher' most, followed by 'mother' and female students, 'another teacher', followed by 'homeroom teacher'. In counseling experience with homeroom teacher, in the case of male students, 'to have ever experienced' was higher and in the case of female students 'to have never experienced' was higher. In motivation for counseling, 'teacher's request' indicated the highest. In satisfaction of counseling result, both male and female students reflected higher level and for reasons not to counsel, 'not to have contents to counsel', for both male and female students, displayed the highest. Restrictions needed in the follow-up studies are suggested, focusing on the results of the investigation.