COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COUNSELING PERCEPTION: AMONG STUDENTS AND GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING COLLEGE STUDENTS

Abstract

This study aims to align the perceptions of students and counseling guidance students regarding counseling services in schools. The method used in this research is to use a comparative study to compare two or more variables, groups, conditions or more so that later the results or facts of this study will be obtained, namely the comparison between variables, groups, conditions etc. Data collection in this study used a questionnaire prepared based on aspects of counseling according to taken from various definitions of counseling by experts. The research results show that students' perceptions of counseling services are different from the perceptions of counseling guidance students. Therefore, counseling guidance students must be able to provide an understanding for students regarding the real meaning of Guidance and Counseling and the implementation of counseling, especially regarding the facts and myths scattered around the school regarding counseling services so that the implementation of counseling in schools will run properly.