A Study of Characteristics and Roles of Counselor Based on the Opinions of Thai-German Pre-engineering School Students

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to: 1) study the opinions of students studying in Thai-German Pre-Engineering School on characteristics and roles of counselors, and 2) compare the opinions of students in the Thai-German Pre-Engineering School classified by fields of study and year level on characteristics and roles of counselors.The sample group was 350 informants of the 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd  year students who enrolled in the 2^nd semester of the academic year 2021 and studied at professional certificate level in the pre-engineering course (science and technology base) in all fields derived by randomly selected according to the stratified random sampling method. The data collection came from a questionnaire with 0.951 of its reliability. The statistics used in the study included percentage, standard deviation, chi-square test, and one way analysis of variances.

The study results are summarized as follows: 1) the analysis of relationship between characteristic variables according to students’ opinions are 4 elements, i.e., human relationship, student-related knowledge, personality, and ethics. The roles of a counselor comprise 5 elements, i.e., academic, service and student development, career potential support, coordinate and others, and life skills. 2) The comparative of characteristic elements and role elements based on students classified by their fields of the study showed no difference on the characteristic elements of a counsellor. However, there was a statistically significant difference at 0.05 on the role elements of a counselor organized by the area of the study of pre-mechanical engineering, pre-electrical, and electronic engineering students. The comparison of the other pair showed no statistical difference. Finally, the comparison of characteristics and role elements of the counselor based on students classified by annual batch showed no statistical difference.