JOMSIGN: Journal of Multicultural Studies in Guidance and Counseling
Vol 7, No 2 (2023)

THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR AND MULTICULTURAL DIVERSITY AWARENESS IN THE VOLTA REGION OF GHANA

Sedem Nunyuia Amedome (Ho Technical University, Ghana, and Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Sep 2023

Abstract

The skill of a counselor to work effectively with patients from varied cultural backgrounds is referred to as multicultural competency. Counselors and their clients may encounter cross-cultural differences in terms of race and other social variables; nonetheless, a culturally competent counselor does not see clients from different cultures negatively; otherwise, clients may assume the counselor is superior to them. This study investigates 60 counselors’ multicultural diversity knowledge and awareness in the domains of self-awareness, knowledge, skills, and their self-reported demographic characteristics using a standardized questionnaire. Though gender and age did not show any significant relationship with the counselors’ multicultural diversity knowledge and awareness, the number of years of working experience and the number of multicultural counseling courses a counselor took reported some relationship. The results and their implications are reported below for further consideration.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JOMSIGN

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Subject

Education

Description

JOMSIGN: Journal of Multicultural Studies in Guidance and Counseling is published by Departement of Educational Psychology and Guidance, Faculty of Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia is interdisciplinary forum for educators, counselor, psychologists, and sociologists who study how cultural ...