Date of Award

1973

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Education (M.Ed.)

Department

Educational and Counseling Psychology

First Advisor

Edward Pohlman

First Committee Member

Armand P. Maffia

Second Committee Member

W. Preston Gleason

Abstract

Planning of educational and guidance programs is conducted without providing a way for parents and students to express their expectations of that program and without discovering how well the parents and students understand the program which is proposed.

Historically, education in Iran has been organized to allow for no involvement of the community in educational planning and change. Students and parents have had to accept the programs without expressing their attitudes toward these programs or raising questions as to their validity. A great number of students and their parents have not been satisfied with the services of the schools, and the result has been that they have lost interest in educational affairs. Consequently, they have tried to ignore all problems having to do with schools and education.

The Fourth Plan Program, while introducing counseling and guidance into the school program, nevertheless does not provide for an increased amount of parent and student involvement in the decisions which directly affect them. In order to gain information about the concerns and attitudes of people at all socio-economic levels during the process of the current reforms, direct inquiry from students and parents at the middle and lower socio-economic level is needed. Therefore, it seemed appropriate to survey the extent of the knot/ledge and the attitudes of Iranian school students and their parents toward the new educational system. In addition, it appeared important to gain information about their perceptions and expectations of the role of guidance counselors in the schools.

Pages

128

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