The application of integrated learning and individualized group counseling in guidance activity of Matthayomsueksa 3 students in Ban Wai School

Abstract

This study aims to explore the result of applying integrated learning and individualized group counseling in guidance activity of Matthayomsueksa 3 students in Ban Wai School, Yasothorn Primary Education Service Area 2. This research employed integrated learning and individualized group counseling as the core of the process. The process pointed at the overall anxiety toward educational programs selection for further matthayomsueksa 4 enrollments. There were 8 sessions within 8 weeks, 50-60 minutes per each. The participants were 21 matthayomsueksa 3 students, studied in the first semester of 2020, from Ban Wai School. The selection process was proceeded by focusing on those who has 75 percent of anxiety rate along with 7 volunteers. This research is Quasi Experimental Research which includes pre-test and post-test one group design in guidance activity. The individualized group counseling process in this study is modified by researcher based on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI Form) There are 20 questions in total including 7 on positive anxiety, and another 13 for negative anxiety.

             The result suggested that students who participated individualized group counseling has high anxiety before starting the process, and lower anxiety after the process. As observable, the participants who attended individualized group counseling integrated lesson displayed lower anxiety than pre-experimenting process with 0.5 significance.