THE TREND OF RESEARCH PROJECT AMONG GRADUATES OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING PROGRAMME

Abstract

Abstract: The aim of this research is to obtain the database of the final year projects conducted by undergraduates of Bachelor of Education specializing in Guidance and Counselling in Malaysia. The research surveyed the graduates effort in utilizing the research design, target group, variables, implications and their suggestion for future research. The focused search for the data was conducted on counselling graduates in one education university library in Malaysia. The findings showed that the initial query search resulted in 63 final year projects. The most preferable research design is quantitative research, while the target group mostly involved is school students. The data also showed that the variables mostly chosen is variables related to academic aspects. Implications from the data were focused on counsellor and the suggestions given were mostly on school students. Thus, the findings in this research are useful for future research in guidance and counselling.